Executive Board:  ‘Take a break’ Let us try to spare each other this year, the Executive Board wrote this week in an email to all employees. “December is traditionally the time when everyone tries to clear their own inbox, deal with everything on their to-do list, or spend the remaining budget. But what goes…

TU: vaccination readiness is low Not everyone in the Netherlands is jumping for joy at the prospect of being vaccinated for Covid-19. The people who are in doubt about the vaccination are mostly worried about any potential risks. These were the research findings of TU Delft, the University of Maastricht, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Roskilde…

Changed name? Then you can get a new diploma From now on if you change your name, you can get a replacement diploma. This is stated in a bill on higher education that the Dutch Parliament is expected to approve this week. In principle, university or college of higher education diplomas are only awarded…

TU Delft is looking for innovation trainees (Photo: Getty Images) What to do after your Master’s programme? Maybe a traineeship is something for you. TU Delft’s Valorisation Centre is looking for recent graduates for the X!Lead traineeship. This programme focuses on innovation and will be launched for the second time in March…

What do you need to succeed on the job market? Librae, the TU Delft network for female students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), will investigate the challenges students encounter during their studies as they prepare for their future careers. The research, focusing on the role of gender and diversity, is open to all engineering students. Librae…

Theun Baller temporary administrator of University Services At the request of the Supervisory Board, Professor Theun Baller, dean of the Faculty of 3mE, will temporarily act as administrator of University Services as of 1 December 2020. A temporary administrator is necessary because Vice President Operations Nicoly Vermeulen will leave TU Delft on 1 January…

Het is vandaag precies tachtig jaar geleden dat het startschot klonk van de studentenstaking van de TH Delft tegen de Jodenonderdrukking. Op zaterdagochtend 23 november 1940 kwamen Delftse studenten bijeen in de hal en het trappenhuis van het gebouw van Weg- en Waterbouwkunde aan het Oostplantsoen. Ze zijn op zaterdagochtendcollege van prof.mr. A.C. Josephus Jitta…

Door de coronacrisis zijn er tijdens de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in maart duizenden extra stembureauvrijwilligers nodig, bijvoorbeeld als de regering ervoor kiest stembureaus meerdere dagen te openen. Laat studenten de bureaus bemensen, bepleiten het CDA en de Landelijke Kamer van Verenigingen in een gezamenlijk persbericht. Ze willen dat de overheid een campagne start om studenten te…

Team ZED wins 4TU Impact Challenge A team of TU Delft students has won this year’s second edition of the 4TU Impact Challenge. With their win, team ZED (Zero Energy Development) secured a spot at the World Expo in Dubai which is being held from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. The 4TU…

Onder welke voorwaarden mag een opleiding zwakke studenten wegsturen aan het einde van hun eerste studiejaar? Op zijn minst zou de begeleiding ‘aantoonbaar’ goed moeten zijn, vindt GroenLinks. Het bindend studieadvies ligt in de politiek onder vuur, maar voorlopig mogen hogescholen en universiteiten studenten aan het einde van het eerste studiejaar wegsturen als ze niet…