The ninth Delft Hyperloop team will be the first to build a full-scale cabin or ‘pod’. Last Thursday, the 43 member student team unveiled their design at the Design Reveal in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. Theia (‘heavenly goddess’), as presented there, will be 2.5 times larger than all previous pods. This marks a break
Of the 43 Vici grants awarded Friday by NWO, four were for TU Delft scientists. Of the 369 applications, 12 percent were honored, slightly more than last year. Utrecht University won the most grants, six. Two of the Delft grants go to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. Jan van Gemert is
A student has been sentenced to two months in prison for violent behaviour during the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). She climbed onto a loader and threw sticks at the police. This week, the student, Simone, appeared in front of the local AT5 TV channel’s camera. Originally from China, Simone claimed that
On Wednesday, 26 February, the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering is in mourning following the passing of design lecturer Stefan van de Geer (1956 – 2025). Van de Geer studied Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft from 1978 to 1987 and later returned to the faculty after working in industry for several years. By bridging
Do Delft students feel at home at their student association? That is one of the questions Tim Bentvelsen is trying to answer in new scientific research. The Delft student official, established by TU Delft for contact between students, the university and the municipality, is trying to do so together with the Lieve Mark foundation. That
For triple murder and arson, 34-year-old Fouad L., former Erasmus University Rotterdam medical student, will receive a life sentence. On Friday, the judge handed down the verdict in the much-discussed case. In September 2023, Fouad L first murdered his neighbor and her 14-year-old daughter , and then shot dead a lecturer at Erasmus MC, who
Delta’s editor-in-chief Saskia Bonger was close to becoming journalist of the year 2024. She was one of the last three remaining candidates for the award, which is presented each February by Dutch journalism trade magazine Villamedia. Winner was Saskia Belleman, court reporter for De Telegraaf. It was not previously announced who the nominees were. Villamedia…
Students at the Dutch Zeeland-based University College Roosevelt went on strike Monday in solidarity with staff members who are at risk of losing their jobs. A quarter of the staff will be laid off, the institution announced last week. University College Roosevelt (UCR), which is part of Utrecht University and offers an English-language liberal arts
Currently, there are no plans for a strike against higher education budget cuts in Delft, but this could change. This was stated by Fred Veer, chairman of the internal trade unions at TU Delft, when asked. In various cities, there are concrete plans for strikes by university staff. The trade unions and action group WOinActie
If the number of non-European students decreases by 10 percent, universities will face an additional deficit of 37 million euros. So says accountancy firm PwC in a report on the financial position of universities. The firm sounded the alarm last week: with falling numbers of national students, they will get less money anyway. Now that
