For the first time, a novel by Kader Abdolah is set entirely in the Netherlands, in Delft to be exact. One of the most stately buildings ever owned by TU Delft forms its decor.
"We urge you to respond to this situation with the necessary decisiveness and urgency." This is what (former) Iranian TU employees and alumni wrote this week to Rianne Letschert, the informateur who led the coalition talks, and the three party leaders who were at the table. The open letter was supported by more than three
The fire brigade was called out on Sunday night due to a fire in the old TU building Gele Scheikunde. (Photo: District 8) There was a lot of smoke on Julianalaan on Sunday evening due to a fire in the historic TU building Gele Scheikunde (Yellow Chemistry). The fire started in a small pile of
In medium-sized cities there is sometimes insufficient knowledge and experience when it comes to student housing. The government needs to do something about that, according to a motion submitted by the Dutch Parliament on Thursday. The signatories are the future governing parties D66, CDA and VVD, along with GroenLinks-PvdA and ChristenUnie. They are already guaranteed
Despite the persistent winter weather, lectures and exams at TU Delft will continue as usual on Wednesday. This was decided by the Executive Board (CvB) on Tuesday (intranet). The university is also not advising its employees to work from home, unlike Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch infrastructure agency, in Dutch), which did so earlier on Tuesday due to
Anyone wishing to study on campus between Christmas and New Year's Eve should bear in mind that some buildings will be closed. The faculties of Architecture and the Built Environment, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Applied Sciences and Technology, Policy and Management and the Pulse teaching building will be closed. Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, Mechanical
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.”
