The long-term study penalty may be withdrawn and replaced with another cutback.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.
Aukje Hassoldt will bid farewell as Dean of Technology, Policy and Management on 7 November. As of 1 December, she will be Dean at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). Why is she making this change? And how does she look back at her years at TU Delft? Delta asked her.
Really improving social safety requires listening to hidden voices, especially those pushed out or choosing silence, writes our new columnist Ali Vahidi. This avoids superficial measures that do not work.
If all Bachelor’s programmes became Dutch-taught, higher education would shrink by 8.6 percent, researchers from Groningen have calculated. International students and scientists will stay away and this will end up costing the Netherlands a lot of money.
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.
The organisers of Westerpop have decided to discontinue the free pop festival in Delft. After 35 successful editions, it seems that keeping the event going is no longer financially viable. According to the organisation, persistent inflation and the upcoming VAT increase in 2026 make it impossible to organise the festival ‘in its current form’. The
In more and more student cities, secondary vocational education students (MBO) take part in the general introduction days. But they are not yet welcome everywhere, or they do not know how to find the introduction days. The website of the OWee, Delft's introduction week, talks about a ‘multi-day event for all upcoming first-year students of
Columnist Birgit van Driel is annoyed by the attitude of the activists on campus. Her message to them: think of a different strategy to convince your interlocutor.
Student rooms are cheaper and cosier, according to outgoing housing minister Hugo de Jonge. But studios are more profitable. That is why student rooms are being converted into studios, he warns. Landlords can charge more money for a studio because the students have their own kitchen, shower and toilet in one. The government compensates part
