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Do EEMCS students really smell that bad? No. A call that went viral to shower more often did not come from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, but from a teacher at the University of Toronto. Smell was a problem there. ‘It gave some students migraines.’
The long-term study penalty may be withdrawn and replaced with another cutback. According to RTL Nieuws, Minister Eppo Bruins is discussing this with his colleagues in the government. One would be to increase tuition fees for all students, another to raise fees only for internationals.
The documentary ‘Water & Beer’ follows the 147th year in the history of Laga, a TU Delft student rowing club, from the inside. Filmmaker Lisa Boerstra filmed elite sports in a rowing club fraternity to understand what students are searching for there.
She wrote a children’s book to get girls excited about technology. But that is not the only thing that this ambitious master’s student has up her sleeve. She designed an artificial eye for blind people, which won her a national award, co-built a satellite, and is working on an energy generating aircraft wing. Nadine Duursma’s big dream is to become an astronaut.
This academic year, TU Delft has a student association specially for Jewish students. It is a religious association and not a political one, according to the founders. Last Thursday, they showed a controversial film at a remembrance of the victims of the Hamas attack on 7 October last year.
The financial position of students is getting worse, say student union LSVb and its Delft counterpart VSSD. They took action on Tuesday.
Students will probably keep paying millions of euros of public transport fines, even though it will be technically possible to automatically cancel expired public transport cards. “It’s crazy that the minister is sticking to this system.”
For years, Job van Ballegoijen de Jong pretended to be a student, caught up in his own lies and not knowing how to stop. Now he has written a book about his experiences. “I want to show others that you can still land on your feet.”
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