In a committee meeting of the Dutch parliament last Wednesday, Minister Eppo Bruins (Education, Culture and Science, NSC) pledged to engage with administrators on the position of higher education media like Delta, at universities and colleges, higher eduction press agency HOP reports. Bruins made the commitment after parliament member (NSC) Rosanne Hertzberger brought up university
TU Delft employees wanting to participate in the protest organised by, among others, WOinAction on 14 November will not have to apply for leave. TU Delft announced this in a message on the intranet. However, it is the intention that employees coordinate their absence with their supervisor. Lecturers cancelling their teaching that day because of
An action plan that states how in the short term more student housing will be realized in Delft, should be made. That is what the Delft City Council wants. On Thursday 17 October they voted in favour of a motion of council party STIP. In the meeting, the council discussed the Housing Monitor 2024 (in Dutch),
TU Delft is the backdrop for the Campus Open Days on Thursday and Friday. It is the first period in the academic year when pupils can visit and have a look at the academic institution where they may go and study. Have they already taken a decision?
Natalia Vtyurina has won the Marina van Dammebeurs 2024, a grant that is awarded every year to a female TU Delft alumnus. Vtyurina received the grant on Thursday during a celebratory gathering organised by the Delft University Fund.
The financial position of students is getting worse, say student union LSVb and its Delft counterpart VSSD. They took action on Tuesday.
While TU Delft drops eight places to number 56, it is again the highest ranking university in the Netherlands on the Times Higher Education Ranking. Just as last year, Utrecht University did not give any information.
From 1 October, Rob Mudde is no longer the Vice Chair and Vice Rector Magnificus of TU Delft. Delta spoke to him on his very last day, just before he officially bid farewell. How does he look back at his time on the Executive Board?
The cabinet wants more attention to education and research 'focused on what the Netherlands needs' in higher education, the King of the Netherlands just said in the so-called Speech from the Throne. After phrases on migration, defense and agriculture, the speech also addressed higher education. “In this, sharp choices are needed, both for substantive and
The overturned excavator is hoisted up. (Photo: Thijs van Reeuwijk) Commotion at the Mekelweg Monday evening: an excavator landed on its side there around five in the afternoon. It took about an hour and a half before the vehicle was upright again. The cause was a maneuvering error by the driver, who remained unharmed. However,
