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View allIt was a busy night on campus on the night of 7 to 8 April. Whilst tram 19 was making its very first test run, researcher Marco Langbroek was operating the new MISO research telescope on the roof of his Faculty of Aerospace Engineering to film the Artemis II spacecraft.
Following a trial period of several years, the cabinet is set to enshrine the EngD – the title awarded upon completion of a two-year technical PhD at a university – in law. The same applies to the professional doctorate awarded by universities of applied sciences.
Career development at TU Delft has become a source of anxiety, burnout and mistrust, the Delft Young Academy writes. Dissatisfaction with promotion procedures is severe, widespread and urgently calls for a response, write the scientists in this opinion article.
Mirte Brouwer helped out as a waitress at the Happietaria pop-up restaurant, a student initiative that raises money for charity. It is the kind of volunteering that appeals to many of her generation, she writes. Working with other people, learning new skills, and with a concrete goal and a clear end date.
The Communications Department will only be recruiting temporary staff in 2026. The department wishes to retain the flexibility to ‘organise things differently’ once it is clear how it will proceed with artificial intelligence (AI).
Who would dare to speak out critically when there is a risk that your university might pass your name on to the police? In times of democratic erosion, universities should not go along with the status quo but should resist, argues Sander Otte.
For the first time in years, people are once again on their way to the Moon. The next steps are to land and to actually start building there. However, construction is not so straightforward. Moonquakes may prove to be more disruptive than previously thought. This is evident from the research on which Anne van der Pauw graduated this week at Civil Engineering & Geosciences.
The new Minister for Education, Rianne Letschert, has an extra €1.5 billion to spend, and she intends to use it to restore ‘stability and calm’. “Well, of course, you never know how long I’ll stay in the job.”
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