Owners of houses that have been vacant for a long time may soon be fined, the Dutch House of Representatives decided on Tuesday 23 September. ‘It's a good first step,’ says the National Student Union (Landelijke Studentenvakbond or LSVb in Dutch). Due to the ever-increasing housing shortage, the LSVb, CNV Jong, FNV Young & United
To celebrate the start of construction on the new building for the Laga rowing club, Laga members buried a time capsule on Friday 19 September. The capsule contained, among other things, a bottle of Bokma gin. “That’s our house drink,” says external commissioner Babeth Sterk.
Will the Works Council and the Student Council have enough of a say in the austerity plans? The representation bodies fear not. This is why, at a public meeting with the Executive Board last Thursday, the Works Council Chair, Ronald Kuil, pushed for sufficient time and opportunity to express their views.
‘Reclaim control of your research’. This call appears above an invitation to the event ‘European Cloud Providers for Research’, where Delft scientists can meet European cloud providers. The event will take place on Thursday in the Echo education building. During the meeting, cloud providers will give presentations about their services and scientists will have the
Now that important academic data in the United States of America may disappear, a large group of European academics have started duplicating and sharing that data. Henrik Schönemann, the initiator, is even looking beyond this. “Universities must have digital sovereignty.”
Swimming for 17 hours in an unpredictable sea. This august TU Delft alumnus Winnifred Noorlander will swim the huge distance of the English Channel. She is doing this to raise awareness about brain health. “There are a lot of misconceptions about the treatment and after effects of concussions.”
With cancelled workshops and inaccessible datasets, Trump’s blows to American science are also reverberating in Delft. Climate scientists in Delft are concerned and are calling for a more targeted science policy. “The USA is leaving a gaping hole behind. Those of us in Europe need to fill it up.”
Did you know that Jupiter emits radio waves? The artist Katarina Petrović, who is now exhibiting her work in the TU Delft Library, transformed these wavesto in poetry. By combining art, language and science, she holds up a mirror to scientists. Petrović believes that this is badly needed at TU Delft.
On the evening of Monday 10 March, you can immerse yourself in the For Real ‘theatrical radio show’ at TU Delft. The performance’s starting point is the intellectual undermining of women, explains Andrea Voets, harpist and the conceiver of the show. “People say that they see it as a hopeful show, but for me it is very dark.”
An investigative article by Delta about the experiences of current and former TU Delft staff members of the lack of social safety leads to shocked reactions. Trade unions and the Student and Works Councils insist on measures that go beyond the plans published recently, and on real participation. The Minister also responds.
