Yellow house for youth housing     The Delft political party Stip placed a yellow wooden house on the Market Square on Friday 17 February. ’With this Stip house, we want to draw more attention to pragmatic solutions and show that Stip is working hard for improvements in the housing market that we can achieve…

AcademyKiss for bullying research     Business expert Susanne Täuber exposes bullying behaviour at universities. For this, she received the annual ‘AcademyKus’ from the General Education Union (AOb) on Valentine’s Day.   The AOb prize has been awarded on 14 February every year since 2017 to someone who has made a special commitment to science.…

Return of basic grant not without debate     A debate on the return of the basic scholarship is in full swing in the House of Representatives. Why don’t unlucky students get higher compensation for the high debts they incurred in the loan system? opposition parties ask. Since 2015, new students no longer received a…

Student wins energy surcharge court case     Once again, a student has won a lawsuit over the energy surcharge from his municipality. This time, Amsterdam goes down. The municipality should not simply exclude students, the court ruled.   Due to high energy prices, the government wants to financially support low-income families. To this end,…

Scientist Rebellion blocks private terminal Ten scientists blocked a private jet terminal at Schiphol airport on Tuesday morning, 14 February 2023. They were demonstrating against high aircraft emissions. (Photo: HOP) The protesters, scientists from several universities, had chained themselves to their bicycles when they were arrested by police on Tuesday morning. The action was part…

Seven Delft students in Dutch rowing selection     The rowing federation is out. Last Saturday, the KNRB announced (in Dutch) who have been admitted to this year’s national selection TeamNL rowing. Of the 47 top talents who were tested for three weeks, six come from DSRV Laga and one from DSR Proteus-Eretes.   The…

Ballot box ‘Engineer of the year’ opened     Professional magazine De Ingenieur has nominated three women for this year’s Prins Friso Ingenieur Prize, informally known as ‘engineer of the year’. From today (14 Feb 2023), you can cast your vote on the kivi website. Do so before 14 March. All three nominees have Delft…

Dutch only Kroonprinses Amalia heeft het moeilijk met de strenge beveiligingsmaatregelen en zou graag leven als een normale student. Al vanaf de start van het collegejaar wordt ze bedreigd. “Ik ging mijn studententijd in met de gedachte dat ik, nou wat doet een student, vul maar in. Dat ik dat zou doen.…

UvA: no research with Shell     The University of Amsterdam (UvA) does not want to start new collaborations with fossil fuel companies for the time being. The decision follows actions by climate activists.   The UvA board has declared a moratorium on research with Shell. There will be no new research projects with Shell…

Fire brigade closes Groningen student house     The residents of a Groningen student house have to improve the fire safety of their home. The fire brigade will not allow them to sleep there until the house meets the requirements. By chance, the fire brigade stumbled upon the dangerous situation in the student house on…