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The war between Israel and Hamas, the PVV’s victory. TU Delft is facing ever more controversy and many are looking to the Board for direction. How does that decide what to do?
There is a lot of open solidarity with the Palestinians among students and staff. Delta spoke to a Jewish student and a Jewish researcher about how that makes them feel.
Activists occupy Leiden University building On the morning after the elections, climate activists occupied two classrooms at Leiden University. Some 50 students from the action group End Fossil Leiden Delft put up banners and demanded that the university cut ties with the fossil industry, reports university magazine Mare (in Dutch). Rector Hester Bijl…
Despite criticism from academia, there will be a nation-wide screening of foreign students and researchers. TU Delft started its own screening last year. How is it going?
The Netherlands is not in a position to cap the inflow of international students in technical studies. Rector Tim van der Hagen wrote this in the Volkskrant newspaper.
Inspectorate did not know about stop on international students The University of Amsterdam (UvA) was the first university to limit the number of internationals within a study programme. This was actually not allowed, but the Inspectorate did not intervene. In 2022, the UvA introduced a quota for the English-language variant of the…
Leiden fraternity member ends up in hospital A member of Leiden student fraternity Minerva was allegedly kicked in the abdomen. The student has been hospitalised and the association has filed a report, reports (in Dutch) De Telegraaf newspaper. The violence reportedly took place in early November and the student ended up in hospital…
A newspaper article on the sale of the historic ‘Mijnbouw’ building is raising questions within TU Delft. According to the Board, the article is based on wrong assumptions.
