Are you a student at TU Delft and do you have an opinion on current topics concerning student life, studying, the ins and outs of TU Delft in general or your faculty in particular? Can you argue your opinion well and are you able to do so once every five weeks in no more than
The rental prices of Delft student rooms on the website Kamernet have risen by more than 14 percent over the past year. This is higher than the average, but lower than in cities like Amsterdam and The Hague. The average Delft room on Kamernet cost 469 euros per month in 2023. In 2022, it was
Nearly one in three (former) students with a study debt paid off extra in 2023, on average over three thousand euros per person. This is partly due to rising interest rates, DUO thinks. Especially at the end of the year, DUO suddenly received a lot of extra money, the service announced on Thursday. It is
(Foto: Parya Lotfi) The Delft mural 'Mirá Mi' has been nominated by StreetArtCities.com for the title ‘best mural in the world 2023’. Then TU Delft master student Parya Lotfi was involved in the realisation of the mural. Mirá Mi is an ode to parenthood, says Lotfi. “The image is about the love and sorrow experienced
128 thousand students will receive a supplementary grant or a higher supplementary grant amount for the first time starting Wednesday. This is because the income limit of their parents has been raised as of January 1, 2024, reports study financer DUO. Students will now receive the supplementary grant if their parents' income is less than
A petition by trade union FNV Young & United to pay 18-year-olds the normal minimum wage gets support from student organisations ISO and LSVb. The youth departments of some political parties are also backing the initiative. With the slogan 'youth wage is half wage', the youth union has been campaigning for several months against the
Several dozen students are filing a lawsuit against student finance provider DUO over rising interest rates on study debts. The service allegedly did not provide enough information. The interest rate on study debts will go to 2.56 percent next year. For years, the interest rate was zero percent and some students thought it would always
All parties except the VVD supported an amendment by Pieter Omtzigt in October to lower the interest rate for students under the loan system, the so-called 'pechstudenten' (unlucky students). He wanted to pay for this by reducing the tax benefit for expats, which should raise 183 million euros. But how do you allocate that money
Invite a student over for Christmas Do you have room to spare at the table at Christmas? Then sign up for the Christmas Lunch. On Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 December, students who otherwise do not celebrate Christmas can visit the homes of their fellow students or Delft families. This way, they will…
(Photo: SoSalsa) TU Delft does not have to grant extra board months to student dance association SoSalsa. The Council of State gave this ruling on Wednesday 8 November. The board now receives 22 board months from TU Delft, a financial compensation for study delays due to board work. The SoSalso board members believe they are…
