Art route on campus On the campus, between the science centre and The Green Village, art can be seen every evening from 16 to 18 February. Over 25 experimental technological installations are part of the art route Highlight Delft. An art route can also be found in the city centre, between the railway…
Dutch only Het was even onzeker, maar de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) benoemt opnieuw een hoogleraar Friese taal en cultuur. Het bestuur komt daarmee tegemoet aan zware kritiek vanuit de Friese gemeenschap. Op 15 februari treedt hoogleraar Germaanse taalkunde Arjen Versloot aan als interimhoogleraar frisistiek van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Hij wordt voor twee…
Hyperloop companies join forces The Delft Hyperloop is being tested upside down. (Photo: Delft Hyperloop) Delft knows Hyperloop One and Hardt, but Europe-wide there are seven companies working on the development of a hyperloop system – a train in a vacuum tube that goes as fast as a commercial aircraft. Late…
Climate activists interrupt Dies Leiden Students of End Fossil Leiden/Delft disrupted the opening speech of Leiden rector magnificus Hester Bijl at the Dies celebration in the Pieterskerk on 8 February. They want Leiden University to cut ties with the fossil industry, because the students believe it is destroying their future. Photo: End…
Erasmus University reoccupied Climate activists have been occupying an Erasmus University building again since Tuesday morning. They want the administration to cut ties with the fossil industry immediately. In November, the same action group also occupied a university building. On Monday, Erasmus University Rotterdam acknowledged that the world is in a climate…
Delft steps into action after major earthquake The massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria has killed thousands of people. Local universities and students are ceasing teaching and collecting resources. Students in the Netherlands are busy too. More than five thousand people are already known to have died in eastern Turkey and northern…
Ecorunner wants its record back The Ecorunner XIII is to become the most fuel-efficient car ever. (Image: Enshape Design Studio) The Ecorunner team presented the new design of their ultra-efficient car last week. The Ecorunner XIII is designed to cover more than 2055 kilometres on just 950 grams of hydrogen. ‘The…
Dutch only De Rijksuniversiteit Groningen mag universitair hoofddocent Tjeerd Andringa ontslaan, oordeelt de kantonrechter. In zijn lessen verspreidde de docent complottheorieën. De Groningse universiteitskrant noemt hem de ‘wappieprof’. Andringa werd een jaar geleden geschorst vanwege de complottheorieën die hij verspreidde. Na een onderzoek in opdracht van de universiteit is hij ontslagen. Uit dat onderzoek,…
Dutch only Overwerk is heel normaal onder hbo-docenten. Ze draaien per week 30 procent meer uren dan in hun contract staat, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek. Ruim de helft heeft te weinig tijd om de vakkennis op peil te houden. Daarbij moet worden vermeld dat de uitkomsten van het onderzoek indicatief zijn en niet representatief. 615…
Brexit: half as many EU students to UK Since the Brexit, three years ago this week, the number of new students from European countries in the United Kingdom (UK) has halved, including from the Netherlands. In September 2017, the number of Dutch students was 1,900. That number crashed to 1,000 in academic year…
