Red faces, heavy panting and regret. For the second time, the tallest building at TU Delft was the setting of a stair climbing competition on Friday evening. This year it was also open for non-athletes. “It was a lot worse than I expected.”
Residents of the X-Ray student flat are concerned about a new parking policy that will take effect on 1 December. Anyone who wants to park their car will now have to pay an hourly rate or take out a monthly subscription. The cost of such a subscription? Sixty euros per month. ‘Absurdly expensive,’ say the tenants.
Students are doing better than four years ago. Even so, four out of five still experience moments of anxiety or depression, and their consumption of alcohol and drugs has not decreased.
How long does it take to run up 20 floors? At least one minute and 49 seconds. This was the speed of the winner of the Dutch tower running student championship that Dodeka, the Student Athletics Association of Delft, held last year in the EEMCS highrise. On Friday evening, 28 November, the match returns to campus.
Student organisation ISO has set up a job board for students who want to do a year on the board or other extracurricular activities alongside their studies: “Many students are currently unaware of the possibilities.” The future of student associations is at stake.
The number of private student houses in Delft is decreasing fast as landlords are selling their properties. This emerged from the results of two investigations that were published last weekend. Projects in Delft to build new rooms are not getting off the ground easily. Why is this?
Membership of student associations continues to decline. The National Chamber of Associations (LKvV) attributes this to the financial pressure students are under: expensive rooms, higher tuition fees and an inadequate basic grant.
Fears, lack of money or a physical condition… Tens of thousands of students feel hindered in their studies, reports the ECIO expertise centre. And not all of them raise the alarm with their educational institutions.
Although fewer students consume alcohol, one in four in higher education remains a “heavy drinker”. University students still drink the most, according to figures from the RIVM, the Trimbos Institute and the CBS statistics agency.
