The long-term study penalty may be withdrawn and replaced with another cutback. According to RTL Nieuws, Minister Eppo Bruins is discussing this with his colleagues in the government. One would be to increase tuition fees for all students, another to raise fees only for internationals.
The documentary ‘Water & Beer’ follows the 147th year in the history of Laga, a TU Delft student rowing club, from the inside. Filmmaker Lisa Boerstra filmed elite sports in a rowing club fraternity to understand what students are searching for there.
She wrote a children’s book to get girls excited about technology. But that is not the only thing that this ambitious master’s student has up her sleeve. She designed an artificial eye for blind people, which won her a national award, co-built a satellite, and is working on an energy generating aircraft wing. Nadine Duursma’s big dream is to become an astronaut.
This academic year, TU Delft has a student association specially for Jewish students. It is a religious association and not a political one, according to the founders. Last Thursday, they showed a controversial film at a remembrance of the victims of the Hamas attack on 7 October last year.
The financial position of students is getting worse, say student union LSVb and its Delft counterpart VSSD. They took action on Tuesday.
Students will probably keep paying millions of euros of public transport fines, even though it will be technically possible to automatically cancel expired public transport cards. “It’s crazy that the minister is sticking to this system.”
For years, Job van Ballegoijen de Jong pretended to be a student, caught up in his own lies and not knowing how to stop. Now he has written a book about his experiences. “I want to show others that you can still land on your feet.”
It is worth contacting the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) if you feel you are paying excessive rent or service charges. In eight out of ten cases, room tenants were fully vindicated, reports news agency ANP, also in Delft.
It is an exciting race for the Brunel Solar Team (formerly Nuna). Between 13 and 20 September, the student team is competing in the Sasol Solar Challenge through the Kalahari Desert to Cape Town. They started in first place but are currently lying third.
