Best teacherProfessor dr.ir. Jan Buijs, who since 1986 has been a professor of policy and organization of product development at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), has been named the best ‘teacher’ of the year, as judged by TU Delft’s university fund.

It’s exactly one year since I left the shores of Africa to study in Delft. I may not have seen it all, but I sure have a lot to tell. From the smiling faces of Delft students that gave me an unforgettable welcome at Schiphol, to the grueling hours I spent in half-filled lecture rooms (my previous lecture rooms were usually full to twice their capacity), and the not-so-friendly attitude of Dutch people on the streets of Holland, it’s a mixed story of fulfilled dreams and dangling hopes.