Invite an artist to your dorm This is how cosy it can get. (Photo: Maarten J. Eykman) After two austere years, on 5 February 2023 in 22 municipalities it is finally time for another winter edition of the living room festival ‘Gluren bij de Buren’. The home theatre festival is experiencing…
Parliament puts pressure on internationals bill Education minister Dijkgraaf must come up with a bill before the summer to control the influx of international students. That is the opinion of a majority in the House of Representatives. Ruling parties VVD and CDA had tabled a motion last week during the debate on…
Dutch only Op dinsdag 13 december houdt de TU Delft een hybride symposium over Kennisveiligheid. “Daar willen we wetenschappers van de TU bijpraten over wat we doen op het gebied van kennisveiligheid en hoe zij daar zelf mee aan de slag kunnen”, vertelt TU-programmadirecteur kennisveiligheid Peter Weijland. Wetenschappers kunnen zowel digitaal als fysiek deelnemen. …
Awards tsunami in Haarlem The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (Royal Holland Society of Sciences) will be unpacking big-time on Monday 28 November: 23 thesis awards, 64 prizes for first-year students and the KHMW Outreach Award 2022. The Society has existed since 1752 and aims to promote science and bridge the gap between science…
Majority for three-year higher basic grant A majority in the Dutch House of Representatives wants the temporary increase in the basic grant for students living away from home to apply not for one but three academic years. They support a proposal by the Dutch political parties D66, CDA and ChristenUnie to this effect.…
Forty European starting grants to the Netherlands The European Research Council ERC has awarded grants averaging €1.5 million euros to 408 younger scientists. Four of them work at TU Delft. The starting grants are for scientists who obtained their PhD two to seven years ago. Almost three thousand applications were submitted for…
Saskia van Heumen TU Delft Best Graduate Saskia van Heumen (clinical technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) was voted TU Delft’s Best Graduate 2022 on Wednesday. Her research on the use of LED photoacoustics in medical imaging could significantly improve the lives of patients suffering from severe lymphoedema. Robbe Mudde,…
‘It’s too late to lower tuition fees’ The cabinet can no longer lower tuition fees for the coming academic year, writes Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf in response to parliamentary questions. From September 2023, tuition fees will go up by 105 euros. With this, the cabinet is following inflation as calculated by Statistics…
Eight new Medical Delta Professors The eight new Medical Delta Professors. From left to right: Ariane Briegel, Eline Slagboom, Gijsje Koenderink, Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei, Maaike Kleinsmann, Marion Smits, Maureen Rutten-van Mölken and Sieta Bierma-Zeinstra. (Photos: Medicaldelta.nl) Eight researchers, all women, were appointed Medical Delta professors on 15 November. They will conduct research…
The eight new Medical Delta professors. (Source: medicaldelta.nl) Eight researchers, all women, were appointed Medical Delta professors on 15 November. They will conduct research in the border area between healthcare and technology. For this, they will receive a double or even triple appointment: besides TU Delft, Erasmus MC, LUMC, Leiden University or Erasmus University are…
