No energy support for all students (yet)     The government does not wish to discuss with municipalities how to compensate all students living away from home for increased energy costs. This emerged during the General Financial Considerations last week. The Lower House spoke with Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag about next year’s national budget. Support for…

‘Give all students energy discounts’     Many students will only barely benefit from the announced energy price cap. That is why student union LSVb and student housing associations are calling for a compensation scheme for students.   Because of the energy crisis, the Government has made price agreements with energy companies that will charge…

‘How to support Iranian students and scientists?’     As Iranian students and staff at TU Delft organise remembrances and call on the Executive Board to support colleagues in Iran as well as the Netherlands, the GroenLinks party in the Dutch House of Representatives has posed parliamentary questions (in Dutch). They want to know from…

Student PhDs in Groningen insufficiently compensated for inflation     The scholarships of Groningen student PhDs will increase by 4% this year, even though inflation is much higher. The university is not abiding by the agreements, argues interest group PNN.   Generally, PhD students are employed as employees, but in recent years universities were allowed…

Come out of the pink closet at Pulse     On 11 October it is Coming Out Day, an international day to raise awareness about openly expressing your sexual orientation or gender identity.   The LGBTI network for TU Delft employees, True U, will place a pink closet in front of the entrance to Pulse…

Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum computers research     The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to research on quantum mechanics, which is believed will lead to the advent of quantum computers. The laureates are Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger. The three scientists build on the work of John…

Minister understands about housing shortage warning      Students are sometimes told that they had better look for another university if they have not found accommodation by the start of the academic year. Education Minister Dijkgraaf understands this. ‘The shortage of student housing affects all students, including Dutch students’, he replied to written questions from D66. The…

Nobel Prize for Neanderthal genome     For unravelling the DNA of Neanderthals and other humanoids, Swedish researcher Svante Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Pääbo is considered the father of ‘palaeogenetics’. He researches the genetic material of extinct species and he mapped the genome of Neanderthal man, a human species…

Bronze medals for Delft master’s programmes     This year’s gold medals from weekly magazine EW (formerly Elsevier) go to 112 programmes in higher education. Their students are very satisfied with the content of their programmes, atmosphere, teachers and facilities. TU Delft picks up three bronze medals. The Master’s programmes Science Education & Communication, Life…

TU Delft inclusion week kicks off     Lectures, workshops and an actual ‘autism experience circuit’: the week of 3 October is Diversity and Inclusion Week at TU Delft. Current topics such as social safety, unconscious bias and inclusive design will pass by. For the opening, TU Delft enlisted journalist Joris Luyendijk, among others. In…