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Science

Short news science

World Water Day
While children around the world were busy cleaning ditches and streams with little nets last Tuesday as part of the World Water Day events, researchers from TU Delft, Unesco-IHE and the institutes Deltares and KWR Watercycle Research Institute decided join forces and start a research platform called Delft Urban Water.

By combining expertise in the field of urban water, they aim to tackle future problems of increasing urbanisation, flooding and a worldwide shortage of good quality water.


Innovation

Implementation of information technology is generally associated with organisational changes and spurts of innovation. Yet, the connections between IT, organization, change and innovation are not as clear cut, argues Dr Fardad Zand (Technology, Policy and Management) in his thesis Information Technology and Firm Performance. Changes without corresponding IT investments do not result in higher productivity, and many enhancements that are attributed to IT are really the consequences of organisational change that is only initiated by IT.


Urban transport

Compact urban vehicles are the focus of conference being organized by D-incert (Dutch Innovation Centre for Electric Road Transport) that will be held next week on the campus of Twente University. The keynote speakers are Professor Wim de Ridder (future forms of sustainable mobility), Professor Wim Poelman (design and manufacture of vehicles) and Professor Jan Schoormans (consumer’s needs for mobility). 


The conference will be held on Tuesday, 29 March from 13:00 to 18:00. Admission is free, registration obligatory.

www.d-incert.nl/aanmelden


Geothermal lab

The Delft geothermal project DAP has equipped a geothermal lab at the site of a tomato breeding company, Duijvestijn, situated in Pijnacker. The new installation is close to the wells where another company, Ammerlaan, gets thermal heat for warming its greenhouses. Chris den Boer (DAP) says the lab will be used to measure four (and eventually six) wells. The main question is: how to keep geothermal heat profitable for as long as possible.


Maas awarded

Professor Marco Waas was awarded the ‘Achieve More Award’ in Brussels on 16 March. The Dean of 3mE is well-known for his enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, valorisation and innovation. ‘Achieve More’ is a European initiative that aims to provide small and medium-sized businesses in the IT-sector with financing and access to academic sources. Marco Waas was honoured as an Academic Enabler for providing access to academic knowledge and research facilities.

 

De dubbelstudenten doen nu veel te lang over hun opleidingen, vindt het faculteitsbestuur. “Er is een zekere trend onder studenten om twee masteropleidingen te volgen”, zegt vice-decaan Ige Dekker van de Utrechtse faculteit recht, economie, bestuur & organisatie. “Dat geeft ze meer kans als ze ergens willen solliciteren, bijvoorbeeld bij een advocatenkantoor. Als sommige studenten het doen, willen andere niet achterblijven.”

Lage rendementen
Maar het levert wel een probleem op, meent hij. “De dubbelstudenten blijven hun afstuderen uitstellen en uitstellen. Soms hebben ze twee of drie jaar vertraging. Dat is niet in het belang van de studenten, maar ook niet in ons belang: wij hebben zeer lage rendementen. Studenten kunnen de masteropleidingen beter na elkaar volgen.”

Verhitte discussie
Intussen is aan de faculteit een verhitte discussie losgebarsten, meldt het digitale universiteitsblad DUB. De rechtenstudenten zijn het er bepaald niet mee eens, niet in de laatste plaats omdat ze vanaf 2011 meer collegegeld moeten betalen als ze twee masteropleidingen na elkaar volgen in plaats van tegelijkertijd.

Volgens hen is de maatregel bovendien onwettig. Mocht dat laatste zo zijn, dan zal de faculteit hem niet invoeren, verzekert Dekker. “We gaan niets doen dat niet mag. We onderzoeken het alleen.”

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