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Men obtain PhDs cum laude twice as often     Across all disciplines, men obtain PhDs cum laude almost twice as often as women. It also appears that male candidates are more likely to do so the more men there are on the assessment committee.    This is stated in a pre-publication of a study…

Millions for TU Delft-led radar project     The TU Delft-led PHARA consortium will receive millions of euros in funding from NWO. The researchers are developing a new type of radar that can observe the entire sky in a few seconds, to study how particles grow in clouds and rainfall and to observe large movements…

Director leaves over ‘difference of opinion’     Communications Director Joost Ravoo is leaving TU Delft after more than four years. Reason is a ‘difference of opinion about the execution of the job with the Executive Board’.   This is stated in an e-mail sent to Deans and Directors at the end of April. What…

Yet another student wins court case over energy allowance     A student from Utrecht has won a court case and should still receive the 1,300 euro energy allowance that was available last year for low-income households. The municipality wrongly excluded students as a group – on the advice, by the way, of the cabinet…