Not every international student can or wants to go home for the Christmas holidays. That’s why the international student association BEST came up with the idea of a cookie baking evening. “You experience the Christmas spirit differently when your friends and family are far away.”
On Tuesday morning, TU employees gathered at Delft station on their way to a new higher education demonstration. They try to forget for a moment that their work will pile up on this strike day. “If we continue like this, the TU will become a diploma factory.”
Thursday marks three months that Alexander Pechtold has been mayor of the student city of Delft. We must guard against the city losing its student atmosphere, he warns. “You only realise what that means once it is gone.”
Red faces, heavy panting and regret. For the second time, the tallest building at TU Delft was the setting of a stair climbing competition on Friday evening. This year it was also open for non-athletes. “It was a lot worse than I expected.”
In order to become more independent from American big tech companies, SURF is investigating the possibilities offered by the European NextCloud. An initial successful trial is being scaled up: from a few dozen to two thousand users.
From a sushi box to a chessboard and from a gym to a minion: TU scientist and craft enthusiast Rolf Hut technically enhances every ‘Sinterklaas surprise’ with light, sound or movement. Welcome to Rolf’s Surprise Lab.
While development aid is under pressure, the Delft Global Initiative is celebrating its 10 year anniversary on Thursday. Continuing it is needed, says its Managing Director Claire Hallewas. “Major issues do not stop at the borders.”