He designed the first computers in the Netherlands, co-wrote international programming standards, and worked the Algol computer language. Wim van der Poel, who died this summer, was a computer pioneer who laid the foundations for today's information age. He could no longer drive a car, began having trouble organising his thoughts, and could also no
(Photo: Kim Bakker) Although the tented camp is gone, pro-Palestinian sentiment has not disappeared from the TU Delft campus. On Monday morning, slogans like 'TU Delft complicit' and 'Don't like graffiti? Look away like you do for genocide...' were written on the walls of the Faculty of Engineering, Governance and Management and Education and Students
To mark their 130th anniversary, members of study association Stylos (Architecture and the Built Environment) have built a sustainable pavilion. The structure, a meeting place for residents and students, has been developed in the Spoorzone and will remain standing until 27 June. The pavilion consists entirely of different modules that together form a complete structure.
For their investigation into discrimination in the fraud hunt by student funding agency DUO, journalists from Investico, the Higher Education Press Agency, NOSop3 and daily newspaper Trouw have been awarded de Loep. Those awards for the best investigative journalism in the Netherlands and Flanders were presented in Flanders on Friday. There were three winners and
The curtain falls for ME faculty bar 't Lagerhuysch, the bar's management writes in an Instagram message. The bar had already only been for private parties since February 2023, but even those will no longer take place. The bar at the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Faculty was supposed to fully reopen after a renovation in February
Good news for Delft professor David Abbink. On Friday, science financier NWO announced that he has been awarded a Stevin Prize worth 1.5 million euros. This makes him one of a total of 14 laureates of the prize, which has been awarded annually since 2018. It is meant for researchers who are particularly successful in
Students protested at the Senate on Tuesday morning against the proposed Affordable Rent Act. They fear the law will lead to an increase in room shortages. With the law, outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge wants to limit the possibility to split up homes into student rooms. Several student organisations and associations, including the National Chamber
Student Casper (InHolland) performed a downright heroic act on Saturday night. On the way back from a barbecue with his hockey team, he witnessed a car ending up in the water along the Oostpoortweg in Delft. This is what local broadcaster Omroep West writes on Monday. The student jumped in and saved the life of
Student rooms are cheaper and cosier, according to outgoing housing minister Hugo de Jonge. But studios are more profitable. That is why student rooms are being converted into studios, he warns. Landlords can charge more money for a studio because the students have their own kitchen, shower and toilet in one. The government compensates part
Student organisations and educational institutions have agreed that the allowances for students on representative councils must be raised. For students on central councils, the guideline will be EUR 500 to EUR 1,200 per month. For faculty or decentralised councils, it will be between EUR 250 and EUR 525. Students on representative councils have a say
