Nibs

However, the number of MSc students from EU countries has doubled to 60 students. 254 new MSc students enrolled at TU Delft this year. This increase in EU students is a result of the implementation of the BAMA program in 2002, the effects of which are now being felt. The decline in non-EU students is attributed to higher tuition fees, which for non-EU students rose from 5,900 to 8,150 euro per year. Kenny Zheng, a second-year MSc student from China, says tuition fees were already too high: “I pay 14,000 euro, plus 2,300 euro for visa and housing service costs. Now, new students must pay 16,000 euro, plus costs, and this is simply too much.” MSc student Xin Li adds, “Chinese parent usually pay for their children’s studies. But the average salary in China is only 200 euro per month, so obviously fewer people can afford to study at TU Delft.”
Cutback

Reorganisation of TU Delft’s support services isn’t a subject that foreign students will lose sleep over. But still, a proposed 25 percent cut in the number of student counsellors may also affect foreign students. At present, the exact details of the reorganisation are not known. However, a rough sketch that was presented just before the summer holiday made clear that the number students counsellors probably will be reduced. The TU says that counsellors should only concentrate on their ‘main tasks’, but the counsellors insist that cutbacks would mean that they must give up some of their most important functions. They also fear that they’ll no longer be able to offer ‘integrated solutions’ to students’ academic and psycho-social problems. The Student Council is also worried about the possible consequences of the cutbacks. But Paul Rullmann, a member of the TU Executive Board, wonders if the student counsellors department really needs 21 staff members, as is currently the case.
SG needs help

Studium Generale (SG) plans to organize programs especially for foreign students, starting in 2005. SG wants to hear from foreign students about social/cultural/political life in their home countries and what problems you have encountered in your daily life in Holland and at the TU. SG hopes you will suggest themes for future Studium Generale lecture programs for foreign students.

Want to help? Please send an e-mail to: e.koppelman-valk@tbm.tudelft.nl
Solar-powered tragedy

Officials cancelled the Canadian Solar Car Tour, which involved teams from six universities, after a 21-year-old University of Toronto student driving one of the cars was killed in a head-on collision. The accident occurred during a renewable-energy promotional tour, causing experts to question the safety of solar car trips. Police reports state that the solar car began swerving in its own lane before colliding head-on with a minivan. The solar-cars from the six universities were to travel in a convoy for 1,100 kilometres, from Windsor to Quebec City. Each of the six universities that participated in the tour had met governmental safety standards. Safety measures for solar vehicles include a two-car convoy, a roll cage, a five-point harness and extensive driver’s tests. “The bottom line is that solar vehicles are experimental vehicles, unlike large-scale production automobiles,” said Professor John Preston, faculty adviser for McMaster University’s solar-car team.
Help wanted

Part-time jobs available writing for Delta’s English Page. We seek foreign students/staff to write articles in English, for payment, on a freelance basis. No experience necessary. We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative foreign students/staff to contribute articles, cartoons, illustrations, photographs….

Interested, please send a brief introductory email to: d.mcmullin@tudelft.nl

Fewer non-EU MSc-ers

This year approximately 200 MSc students from non-EU countries have enrolled at TU Delft, which is 30 fewer than last year. However, the number of MSc students from EU countries has doubled to 60 students. 254 new MSc students enrolled at TU Delft this year. This increase in EU students is a result of the implementation of the BAMA program in 2002, the effects of which are now being felt. The decline in non-EU students is attributed to higher tuition fees, which for non-EU students rose from 5,900 to 8,150 euro per year. Kenny Zheng, a second-year MSc student from China, says tuition fees were already too high: “I pay 14,000 euro, plus 2,300 euro for visa and housing service costs. Now, new students must pay 16,000 euro, plus costs, and this is simply too much.” MSc student Xin Li adds, “Chinese parent usually pay for their children’s studies. But the average salary in China is only 200 euro per month, so obviously fewer people can afford to study at TU Delft.”
Cutback

Reorganisation of TU Delft’s support services isn’t a subject that foreign students will lose sleep over. But still, a proposed 25 percent cut in the number of student counsellors may also affect foreign students. At present, the exact details of the reorganisation are not known. However, a rough sketch that was presented just before the summer holiday made clear that the number students counsellors probably will be reduced. The TU says that counsellors should only concentrate on their ‘main tasks’, but the counsellors insist that cutbacks would mean that they must give up some of their most important functions. They also fear that they’ll no longer be able to offer ‘integrated solutions’ to students’ academic and psycho-social problems. The Student Council is also worried about the possible consequences of the cutbacks. But Paul Rullmann, a member of the TU Executive Board, wonders if the student counsellors department really needs 21 staff members, as is currently the case.
SG needs help

Studium Generale (SG) plans to organize programs especially for foreign students, starting in 2005. SG wants to hear from foreign students about social/cultural/political life in their home countries and what problems you have encountered in your daily life in Holland and at the TU. SG hopes you will suggest themes for future Studium Generale lecture programs for foreign students.

Want to help? Please send an e-mail to: e.koppelman-valk@tbm.tudelft.nl
Solar-powered tragedy

Officials cancelled the Canadian Solar Car Tour, which involved teams from six universities, after a 21-year-old University of Toronto student driving one of the cars was killed in a head-on collision. The accident occurred during a renewable-energy promotional tour, causing experts to question the safety of solar car trips. Police reports state that the solar car began swerving in its own lane before colliding head-on with a minivan. The solar-cars from the six universities were to travel in a convoy for 1,100 kilometres, from Windsor to Quebec City. Each of the six universities that participated in the tour had met governmental safety standards. Safety measures for solar vehicles include a two-car convoy, a roll cage, a five-point harness and extensive driver’s tests. “The bottom line is that solar vehicles are experimental vehicles, unlike large-scale production automobiles,” said Professor John Preston, faculty adviser for McMaster University’s solar-car team.
Help wanted

Part-time jobs available writing for Delta’s English Page. We seek foreign students/staff to write articles in English, for payment, on a freelance basis. No experience necessary. We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative foreign students/staff to contribute articles, cartoons, illustrations, photographs….

Interested, please send a brief introductory email to: d.mcmullin@tudelft.nl