Minister Bussemaker is blij dat jongeren weer vaker voor technische opleidingen kiezen. Wel moeten werkgevers deze technici voor het vak behouden als ze eenmaal zijn afgestudeerd.
Steeds minder hbo-studenten behalen hun diploma, maar waarom? Roel van Asselt analyseerde de problemen en gooit de knuppel in het hoenderhok. Eén van zijn ideeën: aan sommige studenten zou het hbo minder hoge eisen moeten stellen, aan andere juist hogere.
Wetenschapsfinancier NWO kent 31 topwetenschappers een Vici-beurs van elk anderhalf miljoen euro toe. Daarmee kunnen ze de komende vijf jaar een eigen onderzoeksgroep opzetten. De VU scoort opvallend goed.
Name:Georgios Gousios (Greece,
Software Technology, Postdoc)
Price:€400
Brand:GT
When Georgios Gousios moved to Delft two years ago he brought his bike with him. He originally bought it in his home country of Greece, but says it has traveled the most kilometers in other countries.
Indian might be more famous for its tea, but Hayagreev Narayan, 25, is more interested in filter kaapi, sweet, milky but potent coffee. He moved to the Netherlands in August 2013 to pursue a master’s degree in integrated product design from Chennai, a coastal city in southern India.
The stereotypical image of a tourist with a crumpled map in one hand and the Lonely Planet in another has certainly undergone a change as the popularity of smartphones as grown.
Last May, Caroline Jaffe was in her final year at Yale University in the United States when she got an e-mail telling her she had received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the TU Delft this year.
First-year PhD candidates and others hoping to master an overwhelming wealth of information needn’t despair – help is available on January 16 and 23 with the TU Library’s workshop, “How to Manage Your Research Information.”
Snow and sleet are not an uncommon sight throughout the winter in Delft, even as late as February or March. Just in case you find yourself in the middle of a snow blizzard, here are some points to help you stay safe..
