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For weeks, there was unrest among sixteen international student societies. Their shared workspace and meeting place on the Kanaalweg was in danger of closing down, forcing them to look for alternatives. That threat has been averted for the time being: the DUWO housing association has withdrawn its notice of termination. But there is little sense of relief.
While student psychologists are there to support students with individual needs, TU Delft’s preventive psychologists are there for the mental health of all students. They just started a campaign to help students reduce the time they spend on their phones: Less Phone More Fun.
The new Dutch government plans to allocate €110 million to increase the basic grant for students living away from home. This amounts to an increase of a few tens of euros a month.
For Delft students, the room shortage is an important issue in the upcoming municipal elections, according to a Delta Instagram poll. All Delft political parties address student housing in their election plans, though this does not always lead to innovative ideas.
The Delft city council adopted two motions on pick your housemate practices on Thursday evening, 5 March. The vote followed a forty five minute debate. “The horror stories and worst case scenarios aren’t really grounded in fact,” said councillor Simon de Rijk, one of the few opponents of the motions.
For a hefty fee, Tilburg-based company MyStudentFinance ‘assists’ international students in applying for student finance. Students claim that the company is misleading because, in their opinion, it is not sufficiently transparent about its costs and working methods. However, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service states that this is not a criminal offence.
A modular student housing complex containing eight hundred studios may be relocated from Amsterdam’s Zuidas district to the TU Delft campus.
With the municipal elections approaching, political parties met on Thursday evening with the VeRa, DUWO director Jelle van Kempen and students to discuss the new pick‑your‑housemate policy DUWO is developing. Right next to the town hall, a large group of Delft students demonstrated against the proposed changes.
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