What are your experiences with AthenaStudies?       Delta would like to get in touch with Delft students who are in or manage AthenaStudies Whatsapp groups. What are your experiences with those groups?    Why we are curious about that? The company AthenaStudies uses Whatsapp groups with the logo of the University of Groningen…

Dutch only Ouders en leerlingen willen dat de eindexameneisen nogmaals worden versoepeld vanwege de leerachterstanden die in de coronacrisis ontstonden. Minister Wiersma, de universiteiten en de onderwijsinspectie zien dat niet zitten. Leerlingen uit het voortgezet onderwijs moeten ook dit jaar één extra vak kunnen herkansen tijdens de eindexamens, schreef Ouders & Onderwijs in een…

Emergency shelter for asylum seekers open longer     The emergency shelter for asylum seekers on the TU Delft campus will be extended by five months. This gives the Central Agency for Asylum Seekers (COA), the municipality and TU Delft time to negotiate the longer extension and expansion requested by COA in December. This is…

Mechanics over the top     Mechanical engineer, assistant professor, and artist Volkert van der Wijk has a passion for useless machines. In his latest creation, he literally goes over the top with youtuber Master Milo.   Milo wants to make a swing that allows him to go over the top in a car, a…

House: rejecting weak students allowed     Drawing lots for admission to a popular study with numerus fixus? That is allowed, the Dutch House of Representatives thinks, but programmes should first be given the chance to reject weak students. The bill on lottery has been amended despite principled objections from Education Minister Dijkgraaf.   Dijkgraaf…

‘Education Minister hinders refugees’ right to education’     Dutch Education Minister Dijkgraaf is obstructing the right to education of young people who have lived in the Netherlands without status for many years by suddenly making them pay the fees for foreign students after their final exams in higher education. The Landelijk Ongedocumenteerden Steunpunt (National…

Runners needed for TU team Batavierenrace     The Delft student team competing in the Batavierenrace is looking for participants. The Batavierenrace is the largest estafette race in the world and takes place every year. On 28 and 29 April, participants will run from Nijmegen to Enschede, a distance of 175 kilometres. The Delft team,…

Exodus at Hong Kong universities     Record numbers of students and scholars are quitting their universities in Hong Kong. Experts say declining academic freedom is a major reason for leaving.   At Hong Kong’s eight largest public universities, some 2,300 undergraduate students broke off their studies early last academic year, reports journalism platform University…

TU Delft students exhibit in Open     This year marks the 300th anniversary of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s death in Delft. In honour of this, TU students have designed an exhibition. Commissioned by TU Delft Science Centre, 25 students from the minor spaces of display designed an exhibition on Van Leeuwenhoek and his successors such…

Social safety debate     The time for research on social safety is over, Minister Dijkgraaf said in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. It is especially important to improve the situation in higher education, he said, for both students and staff.   Political party Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) referred to a thorough investigation…