Alex Klootwijk (left) and Ludo de Goeje have devised a simple way to improve the insulation of old refrigerators. (Photo: Ludo de Goeje) Improve the insulation of your fridge in four hours with some Styrofoam, strips of wood, double-sided tape and magnets. That is the idea behind the project hack your fridge by Industrial Design
Presentation at the Sustainable Healthcare Challenge on 5 Februari 2024. (Photo: Tim Horeman) At the Sustainable Healthcare Challenge last Monday, engineers, healthcare professionals and policy-makers interacted in the auditorium to find ways to make and keep healthcare accessible, affordable and sustainable. The jury, consisting of Richard Goossens (Faculty of Industrial Design) and Rob Mudde (Executive
Nearly one in three (former) students with a study debt paid off extra in 2023, on average over three thousand euros per person. This is partly due to rising interest rates, DUO thinks. Especially at the end of the year, DUO suddenly received a lot of extra money, the service announced on Thursday. It is
The Education Inspectorate has doubts about the diplomas of a master's programme in Twente: were they rightly granted? The part-time master's programme 'public management' at the University of Twente is already warning its students and graduates: invalid master's degrees might have been issued. The Education Inspectorate will soon issue a report. Some 60 graduates and
Tim van der Hagen will stay on as Rector Magnificus and President of TU Delft's Executive Board. The Supervisory Board has reappointed him until Oct. 7, 2026, the Executive Board reports in an email sent to all TU Delft employees. The Board of Professors, the Deans of the Faculties, the Works Council and the Student
End Fossil Leiden and Delft have announced a new occupation of TU Delft on 19, 20 and 21 February. It can only be averted, the activists say on Instagram, if the Executive Board meets at least one of their demands: cut all ties with the fossil industry, ban all fossil and war companies from the
While TU Delft invests money in companies such as HollandPTC and does not shy away from financial risks, TU Eindhoven does not put money into companies. So reports Cursor, TU/e's independent news website. (Photo: Thijs van Reeuwijk) Dutch newspaper NRC recently reported that HollandPTC, the proton clinic on the TU Delft campus, is in financial
A bachelor student has displayed such 'serious misconduct' in recent years that the Executive Board has had him permanently deregistered from TU Delft as of 1 February. This penalty comes on top of an earlier building ban, which is extended by 12 weeks. The Executive Board invoked Article 5 of the TU Delft Regulations for
Outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is keen to encourage young people to opt for a programme in higher vocational education, and it seems the campaign is paying off. Last September, almost 8,900 vwo students started in higher vocational education: 7.9 per cent more than last year. But when compared to senior general secondary education students (havo,
Are the technical sciences indeed completely dominated by China? Those who do not trust the new Leiden Ranking can now check it themselves. For 15 years, research centre CWTS has been making its own world ranking of universities: the Leiden Ranking. In it, you can choose certain criteria yourself and thus create your own variants.
