Twelve TU Delft staff members become Academy of Engineering fellow The Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE), founded earlier this year, has appointed 62 fellows: people from the ‘top of the engineering ecosystem’. Twelve of them are connected to TU Delft. Besides rector magnificus Tim van der Hagen and dean of Applied Sciences Paulien…
Dutch only Oud-studenten die een deel van hun studielening hebben terugbetaald kunnen vanaf 1 januari een hogere hypotheek krijgen. Een jaar geleden had minister De Jonge van Volkshuisvesting het al aangekondigd en per 1 januari 2024 is het dan zover: ‘extra aflossingen op de studielening worden beter meegenomen bij het bepalen van…
Netherlands gives little money to STEM sector Dutch spending on STEM is lagging behind internationally and recruitment into undergraduate programmes is relatively low, writes education minister Dijkgraaf. VVD and ChristenUnie wanted more clarity on the distribution of research and education resources across the various science fields in the Netherlands, compared to other…
Delft-based student Dream Team Epoch has won the Computable Award 2023 for Sustainable Tech. They received the award for their achievement in the Artificial Intelligence Bio-masters competition. They developed an AI model to predict the amount of biomass in forestland in Finland. Currently, this information is collected based on a technique using lasers, which is
Mechanical Engineering students build marble trains As every year, on Monday 30 October, the 793 first-year mechanical engineering students presented their marble machines. Lecturer and Delta columnist Bob van Vliet instructs his students. (Photos: Thijs van Reeuwijk) The freshmen were divided into four project groups, each of which in turn consisted…
Middle East: X organises ‘conversations to share’ For students and staff who feel the need, X is organising two so-called Share & Care meetings: ‘open conversations about the impact the situation in the Middle East has on you’. On its website, X writes: “The events in the Middle East deeply affect many…
Book: Internet as a threat “Our world is eaten by the internet”, says postdoc dr Corinne Cath, an anthropologist at the faculty of Technology, Policy & Management (TPM). “We are living a unique moment: internet technologies are the default infrastructure for society, not just how we communicate but also how we organise our…
More participation in educational innovations The Dutch parliament voted in favour of a motion to involve co-determination in educational innovations from the start on 24 October. Then fewer things will go wrong, is the expectation. The reason for the motion was an issue at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, where major…
Many needy students do not know their rights Many students with support needs due to, for example, illness, disability, informal care or top-level sports still do not know their rights. Some institutions have their facilities and information in order better than others. TU Delft finishes in the middle of a study (in Dutch) by…
Action against cigarette butts on campus Members of staff association Prometheus have started an action against cigarette butts lying around. On the smoke-free campus, smoking is surprisingly common, judging by the proceeds. (Photo: Sicco van Grieken) Following an appeal in the Prometheus newsletter, more than 50 member signed up for the…
