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Geïnspireerd door het succes van webcolleges in de Verenigde Staten beginnen zelfbenoemde nerds Alexander Klöpping en Marten Blankesteijn een Nederlandse online ‘universiteit’ voor hoorcolleges.

Studenten van Nederlandse en Vlaamse hogescholen en universiteiten presenteren op woensdag 21 november hun bacheloronderzoek aan politiek, pers, wetenschap en bedrijfsleven. Ze doen dit tijdens de Student Research Conference 2012 in Utrecht. Het beste onderzoek wordt beloond met 1500 euro.

Name: Kaveri Lychettira (India, engineering and policy analysis, TPM faculty)
Price: A call to a friend
Brand: Sparta
Striking feature: The purple colour

After Kaveri Iychettira’s first and second bikes were stolen, all she really wanted was simply a sturdy bike: “The only criteria I had in mind was that a bike should be sturdy and of a really good quality.

The date was September 4, 1929, widely dubbed as ‘Black Tuesday’, which marked the start of years of doom known as the Great Depression, when poverty levels shot up due to landlords and industries exploiting the working classes, resulting in a chaotic chase after non-existent money.

Born on Java, Edu Yuliardi (26) has been studying in Delft since March of this year. He is following the Master’s Programme in Mining Engineering and the Erasmus Minerals and Environmental Programme.

Name: Annemarie Mink (31)
Nationality: Dutch
Supervisor: Prof. Prabhu Kandachar (Industrial Design Engineering)
Subject:  Integrating the capability approach and design for development
Thesis defense: In two years

“What kind of lives do goods enable us to live and what do they allow us to do and be? To give everyone a laptop or smartphone is no good in itself.