Owners of houses that have been vacant for a long time may soon be fined, the Dutch House of Representatives decided on Tuesday 23 September. ‘It's a good first step,’ says the National Student Union (Landelijke Studentenvakbond or LSVb in Dutch). Due to the ever-increasing housing shortage, the LSVb, CNV Jong, FNV Young & United
The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after researcher-lecturer in archaeological materials Geeske Langejans (Faculty of ME). It is a rocky mini-planet measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter. Langejans reacted with surprise: “I received a cryptic message in the evening saying that there was something nice in my email. I didn't open the email
Ensure that we can learn effectively, according to a manifesto issued by student organisations ISO, LSVb and JOBmbo, and pupil organisation LAKS. They presented it to the Dutch House of Representatives yesterday, as they believe education should be a major theme in the run-up to the 29 October elections. ISO, JOBmbo, LAKS and LSVb with
‘Reclaim control of your research’. This call appears above an invitation to the event ‘European Cloud Providers for Research’, where Delft scientists can meet European cloud providers. The event will take place on Thursday in the Echo education building. During the meeting, cloud providers will give presentations about their services and scientists will have the
A motion to temporarily halt cuts to education and research has been rejected by the House of Representatives. During the General Political Considerations, D66 leader Rob Jetten warned of irreparable damage, such as the scaling back of cancer research and the disappearance of educational programs in the regions. He argued that the cabinet should therefore
A name familiar to many TU students appears on the left-wing Groenlinks-PvdA political party list for the parliamential elections on 29 October. Master's student Abdelkader Karbache is listed at number 72 on the candidate list, the party announced in an email to its members on Thursday. Karbache is listed as a so-called lijstduwer (list pusher):
The new Minister of Education, Culture and Science has apologised to the Dutch House of Representatives for his earlier comments about a rainbow crosswalk. Gouke Moes (BBB) came under fire for his tweets last year about a rainbow crosswalk that had been smeared with swastikas. At the time, he called it “unfortunate on both sides”.
Young researchers from Dutch research institutions have secured 44 European starting grants worth an average of €1.5 million. Five of these researchers work at TU Delft. The five ERC Starting Grant winners from TU Delft are Kristin Kirchner (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, EEMCS), Nadia Haider and Carlos Errando Herranz, (both work
Gouke Moes (33) will be the new Minister of Education. This was announced by BBB on Monday evening. After the departure of Eppo Bruins and other NSC ministers, the two remaining governing parties, VVD and BBB, had to look for successors. Moes became in 2021 politically active for BBB. In 2023 he joined the Provincial
TU Delft scientist Sophie Hermans, who is building the world's first quantum network at QuTech, is one of fifteen nominees for the title of greatest scientific talent in the Netherlands and Flanders. The election is organised by science magazine New Scientist and is intended to give young scientists a platform for their research. The nominees
