Director leaves over ‘difference of opinion’     Communications Director Joost Ravoo is leaving TU Delft after more than four years. Reason is a ‘difference of opinion about the execution of the job with the Executive Board’.   This is stated in an e-mail sent to Deans and Directors at the end of April. What…

Vintage kilo sale at TU festival     On Saturday 13 May and Sunday 14 May, visitors to festival Maker Faire Delft can view creations by students, engineers, designers, craftspeople and artists.   There will also be a ‘Throwback Classic kilo sale’ – where visitors can score vintage clothes – as well as performances, exhibitions,…

New board for student organisation ISO The 20-year-old Demi Janssen from Maastricht was elected on Tuesday evening as the new chairman of the Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO). Her fellow board members study in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Nijmegen.   The ISO is one of two national organisations that represent the interests of students in politics. The…

All Energy Day on 9 May     For students interested in working on the energy transition, the All Energy Day (AED) will be held in The Hague on 9 May. This event will bring together students, companies and other interested parties for workshops, presentations and an information market to talk about the energy transition.…

Students organise first Delft Liberation Festival     On Friday 5 May 2023, Delft’s first Liberation Festival will take place on the Doelenplein. The festival is organised by six TU Delft students in cooperation with Stichting Delftvrij (Delft free foundation).      Local bands, singer-songwriters and poets will perform between 1 PM and 11:45 PM,…

Dutch only De Delftse bridgeverenigingen DBC en ODD houden op maandag 8 mei een clinic om belangstellenden kennis te laten maken met de bridgesport. De organisatie denkt aan studenten en jongeren die van kaartspelletjes houden en die op zoek zijn naar de ultieme uitdaging. De kennismakingsavond duurt van 19.30 tot 22:00 uur en vindt…

UvA suspends ‘anti-woke’ lecturer Laurens Buijs     The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has suspended the controversial lecturer Laurens Buijs after he called a Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies a dangerous extremist on Twitter.   According to the university, Buijs has described UvA colleagues and other academics on social media as “monsters”,…

Power failure at Applied Sciences resolved     The Faculty of Applied Sciences (AS) on the South Campus was affected by a power failure in a nearby distribution station yesterday afternoon. As a result, hundreds of students and staff had to leave the building around 1pm due to safety concerns.   The cause was at…

Virgiel raises 6,700 euros for charity     Alcuin Amal, a committee of student association Virgiel, has raised 6,700.58 euros for charity by making radio for 24 hours.   In the Delft Blue House, a nod to 3FM’s Glazen Huis (an annual fundraiser, Eds.), a pair of Virgilians made radio for a day. During their…

Ecorunner presents most efficient car     The Dream Team Eco-Runner XIII will show their latest creation on Tuesday evening, 2 May: a car that travels more than 2,000 kilometres on less than 1 kilogram of hydrogen. With this, the Delft team hopes to take back the world record from ARM Engineering, who drove 2055.68…