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Jan van Neerven visits a primary school every year to explain to children why science is so wonderful. With looming budget cuts to higher education, he is making an extra effort this year.
The cutbacks at universities will negatively affect the quality of education. Student columnist Mirte Brouwer has some suggestions for what you can do to pass the time during a so-so lecture.
After 20 columns, Birgit van Driel looks back and embraces her optimism as a strength in these uncertain times. After all, what if anger is not your style?
Now that spring has arrived, Jenna Pfeifer realises that nothing is permanent. Even you are caught in between who you were and who you’ll become. And that’s where possibilities breathe.
The planned closure of the VU Department of Earth Sciences is disastrous for geoscience research and education. That is what TU Delft professors Timo Heimovaara and Sebastian Geiger write in this solidarity statement on behalf of their Department of Geosciences and Engineering.
Dap Hartmann got to wear a gown for the first time in his life. Much to his dismay, the PhD defence ceremony nowadays bears a strong resemblance to a funeral service. Hurry up, keep moving, and clear the stage.
TU Delft will join the relay strikes on 24 April. In her first Delta column, Sofía Gighliani highlights how the cuts in Dutch higher education have their effects beyond the national borders.
Britte Bouchaut calls on everyone to go on strike on 24 April. Now is the time to say ‘no’, she advocates, because if we do nothing, education will be further dismantled.
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