Concerns about PhD students at AE The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE) is going to offer online confidential talks to PhD students. The faculty is worried about this group of researchers. “Although we sympathise with all colleagues, we are concerned about our current PhD students,” writes the faculty in email with corona…
TU Delft aims for interfaculty education TU Delft expects that future education will increasingly be organised on an interfaculty or even interuniversity level. This means that instead of the traditional one Faculty, several Faculties will be responsible for a student’s education. The new ‘Pro Vice Rector Magnificus for Joint Educational Affairs’ Hans Hellendoorn will…
New incubator for student projects A new incubator for student projects officially opened its doors this week: the KD Campus, on the site of the former Dutch Kabelfabriek on the banks of the Schie River. The KD Campus is a place where student teams, affiliated with TU Delft, can work on various innovation projects,…
D66 wil studenten compenseren voor de studievertraging die ze door de coronacrisis oplopen. Dat zei fractievoorzitter Rob Jetten in de Tweede Kamer. Ook andere partijen maken zich zorgen om studenten. Urenlang sprak de Tweede Kamer woensdag over de aanpak van de coronacrisis op allerlei terreinen, zoals het onderwijs. Het ging vooral over het basis- en…
Universities to relax BSA after all Considering the corona crisis and the recently prolonged lockdown, the 14 Dutch universities have decided to generically lower the norm for the binding study recommendations (BSA) this academic year by 10 to 15 percent. According to the university association VSNU, the universities have closely monitored student progress recently. Because…
TU Delft Board wants to talk to students Would you like to tell the Executive Board how you as a student are experiencing this corona crisis and how your studies are going? On Friday 15 January from 5:15 PM till 6:00 PM you will have the opportunity to do so. Then, board member Rob…
TU Delft and Royal DSM join forces in new laboratory for AI and biotechnology TU Delft and Royal DSM are joining forces in a new laboratory for artificial intelligence and biotechnology, the Artificial Intelligence Lab for Biosciences (the AI4B.io Lab). Biotechnology is a branch of science that advances primarily through processes of trial and…
Solar Boat changes to hydrogen It will still be sustainable, but will lose its solar panels. The TU Delft Solar Boat Team will make the design for its new boat known on 21 January. The boat will no longer sail on solar power, but on hydrogen instead. The Team will compete in the Solar…
Andy van den Dobbelsteen new Sustainability Coordinator The Executive Board has appointed Professor Andy van den Dobbelsteen as Sustainability Coordinator at TU Delft as of 1 January 2021. The term of the appointment will initially be four years. Van den Dobbelsteen will fill the position two days a week, succeeding Sustainable Business…
Voor veel jongeren is de politiek een ver-van-hun-bed-show, redeneerden masterstudenten Isa de Beer (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) en Iris Zoet (Tilburg University). In aanloop naar de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen lanceerden de twee daarom de podcast KiesAdvies. In een serie afleveringen bevragen ze vertegenwoordigers van politieke jongerenpartijen over onderwerpen als alcohol, woningnood of institutioneel racisme. “We willen studenten laagdrempelig…
