Major data leak at VU due to theft of laptops Two laptops containing personal data of alumni who studied there between 2003 and 2019 were stolen at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). The institution reported the theft to the police. According to university magazine Ad Valvas, the stolen laptops included copies of…
Energy allowance students: FNV denounces considerations national lawyer Trade union FNV disagrees with a ruling by the state attorney general and believes students should be eligible for the 1,300 euro energy surcharge. Poverty policy minister Carola Schouten insists that by no means all students need to receive the 1,300 euro energy allowance…
Former Saxion lecturer pretends to be a professor in Norway A former blockchain technology lecturer who had to leave Saxion University of Applied Sciences for “questionable behavior” is now falsely posing as a professor at a Norwegian university. In real estate, in which former Saxion lecturer Jan Veuger works, he presents himself…
2.8 million more for knowledge safety The Dutch House of Representatives wants the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to reserve a total of 2.8 million euros extra for the further improvement of knowledge safety at universities. This proposal was adopted last week by a broad parliamentary majority. Universities will receive the…
A wave of protests has swept across China in the last two weeks. Chinese students at TU Delft too demonstrated, though in a different way.
Quality of education, workload, housing: students and staff have plenty of questions about TU Delft’s growth plans. This transpired during a meeting with the Executive Board.
After 22 years, TU Delft telephonist Hetty van Rijt retires. She looks back at a time of special conversations, angry callers, crazy questions and pushy parents.
Dutch only Op dinsdag 13 december houdt de TU Delft een hybride symposium over Kennisveiligheid. “Daar willen we wetenschappers van de TU bijpraten over wat we doen op het gebied van kennisveiligheid en hoe zij daar zelf mee aan de slag kunnen”, vertelt TU-programmadirecteur kennisveiligheid Peter Weijland. Wetenschappers kunnen zowel digitaal als fysiek deelnemen. …
Majority for three-year higher basic grant A majority in the Dutch House of Representatives wants the temporary increase in the basic grant for students living away from home to apply not for one but three academic years. They support a proposal by the Dutch political parties D66, CDA and ChristenUnie to this effect.…
Forty European starting grants to the Netherlands The European Research Council ERC has awarded grants averaging €1.5 million euros to 408 younger scientists. Four of them work at TU Delft. The starting grants are for scientists who obtained their PhD two to seven years ago. Almost three thousand applications were submitted for…
