Encouraged by influencers, a growing number of (former) students are requesting to have their student debt cancelled. And with success: DUO is approving more and more of these requests, according to Minister Eppo Bruins. Sometimes there are medical reasons for taking longer to complete a degree, such as a disability, ADHD, or a serious illness.
Around ten thousand (former) students have received a letter from student finance agency DUO: they will be reimbursed for unjustly imposed fines and the revoked basic grant. But it may take some time. DUO admitted last year, following an investigation by news agency HOP, Investico, NOSop3, and newspaper Trouw, that it had ‘indirectly discriminated’ for
The planned construction of “several thousand student housing units” will be halted due to the government's decision to freeze social rents in 2025 and 2026, student housing associations warn. Kences, the umbrella organisation for social student housing providers, says it is “shocked” by the cabinet's decision to freeze social rents for two years. “We support
Landlords should always be able to offer students a temporary lease, according to housing minister Mona Keijzer. This would make it more attractive for them to manage student houses again. A healthy housing market requires “a delicate balance between rent protection and freedom for landlords”, writes minister Mona Keijzer in a letter to the House
TU Delft mathematics student Sam de Jong (24) will become a board member of the Dutch National Student Association (ISO) next year. The organisation reported this in a press release (in Dutch) on Friday. Sam is currently active in the Delft Student Union (VSSD). He was also a student council member for Lijst Bèta. Now
(Photo: DUB/ Phine Hazelbag) After 28 years of manifesting with the slogan 'Laga wins the Varsity!', D.S.R.V. Laga finally celebrated victory on Sunday at the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal in Houten. The honor went to the women, as the Laga men did not make it to the final. The Varsity is regarded as the most prestigious rowing
The TU Delft Krashna Musika student orchestra and choir will be performing two fairy tale concerts in June – and that calls for a narrator. Do you know someone who would be perfect for the role? Or could it be you? Let them know! Conductor Stijn Berkouwer is celebrating his first lustrum with Krashna this
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
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
Few young people in the Netherlands are sitting around doing nothing. Figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) show that 77 percent of young people aged 15 to 24 have a job. This percentage is significantly higher than in other EU countries. By comparison, in Denmark, the number two country, 57 percent of young
