New protest against Wadden Sea gas drilling Nine activists from Scientist Rebellion stuck scientific articles and a pamphlet on the windows of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate on Thursday, 27 October. The participants were protesting against gas drilling in the Wadden Sea. (Photo: Scientist Rebellion) The activists demanded…
On tv for a room The Dutch broadcaster KRO-NCRV is launching a new programme about the room shortage in the Netherlands. In the programme, the broadcaster has students fulfil ‘ludic’ assignments to get a room. ‘Through a ludic assignment, the candidates show their very best side,’ KRO-NCRV writes in a press release.…
Translation in progress The Dutch broadcaster KRO-NCRV is launching a new programme about the room shortage in the Netherlands. In the programme, the broadcaster has students fulfil ‘ludic’ assignments to get a room. ‘Through a ludic assignment, the candidates show their very best side,’ KRO-NCRV writes in a press release. ‘The students who…
Translation in progress The Dutch broadcaster KRO-NCRV is launching a new programme about the room shortage in the Netherlands. In the programme, the broadcaster has students fulfil ‘ludic’ assignments to get a room. ‘Through a ludic assignment, the candidates show their very best side,’ KRO-NCRV writes in a press release. ‘The students who…
The data of the vast majority of Dutch students is currently being stored at Microsoft and Amazon data centres, the Dutch newspaper FD reports.
Four in five scientific articles for free More and more publications by Dutch scientists can be read for free. Over the past five years, the percentage of open access articles has almost doubled from 42 to 82 percent according to figures from Universities of the Netherlands (UNL). The figures give an impression…
British university staff plans strike Staff at British universities want better working conditions and a higher salary. With the current inflation in mind, union members voted on Monday for a major nationwide strike. According to the British University and College Union, more than seventy thousand staff are ready to go on strike…
Fire in CEG building A fire briefly raged in the Stevin III building of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences on Tuesday morning. The fire started around 6:30 am. After firefighters extinguished the fire, a burned heating element was found. Firefighters disconnected the element and placed it outside the building, after…
Radio broadcast from Green Village The Dutch radio station NPO Radio 1 will broadcast live from The Green Village on the TU Delft campus during National Climate Week. For six days, seven broadcasters will broadcast. For the broadcasts, the co-creation centre located at The Green Village will be converted into a radio…
Scientists block streets over climate policy Some 50 scientists demonstrated near the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Berlin on Tuesday 18 October. They demanded a speed limit on German highways and the reintroduction of the popular 9-euro ticket for public transport. A group of 30 academics blocked the entrances…
