(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
Photo opportunity after the Award ceremony. Pravesha Ramsundersingh is in the middle. (Photo: Echo Awards). Master’s student of Computer Science and former student council member Pravesha Ramsundersingh was awarded the Bèta Techniek Award. The award ceremony was held Thursday 28 November in Amsterdam. Ramsundersingh won the Bèta Techniek Award for organising a conference about social
Research by ResearchNed shows that ‘vulnerable students’ are less frequently involved in extracurricular activities such as a board year or student participation. The long-term study penalty will only increase this gap, warns the student organisation ISO. Financial concerns (in Dutch) are a significant reason for ‘vulnerable students’, such as those from non-Western backgrounds or students
The Schoof Government is not going to give shared student rooms a rent allowance. Housing Minister Mona Keijzer says that it is too expensive and difficult to implement. For years, voices have been calling for students in shared housing to also receive a rent allowance. Their high monthly costs would then go down and student
SP Youth Haaglanden (SP stands for Socialist Party) hung a banner against the long-study fine ('langstudeerboete' in Dutch) on the fences around the tram track-in-construction on Wednesday morning 9 October. The banner did not stay there for long. At 10:45 AM, it was no longer there. TU Delft does not allow these kinds of unannounced
The total student debt is another billion euros higher than last year and now stands at €29 billion, data from the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows. Debts have risen rapidly since 2015, when the basic grant was abolished. In particular, the debt of young people aged between 25 and 30 has gone up. It is now
