The Green Village opens local hydrogen solution The 180th anniversary of TU Delft on Friday, 14 January 2022 will be dedicated to the energy acceleration. The Green Village (TGV) shows its support for this initiative through its 24/7 demo. The 24/7 demo is a self-sufficient solution for energy consumption in the built-up environment…
Team of ten scientists working on energy transition On 14 January, TU Delft will celebrate its 180th anniversary by focusing on its role in the energy transition, and in particular on the acceleration of this transition. This is a complex issue with the aim of creating a safe and reliable energy system. A…
‘Open up vocational and higher education’ The lockdown in higher and vocational education (mbo) must disappear as soon as possible. That is the ‘urgent appeal’ of student organisations, educational institutions, psychiatrists and young people. The organisations have written a letter (in Dutch) to the experts of the Dutch Outbreak Management Team (OMT), with…
OMT: ‘Wear a mouth mask at larger lectures’ When students and lecturers come back to campus, they should wear mouth masks when teaching in larger groups. That is the advice of the Outbreak Management Team. The number of infections is currently very high, writes the OMT in a letter to the Ministry of…
TU Delft honorary doctorate Timmermans remains controversial The petition started by alumnus Jan Asselbergs against European Commissioner Frans Timmermans being awarded a TU Delft honorary doctorate was signed more than 20,000 times in recent weeks. It is impossible to know which of the signatories is a TU Delft alumnus, in part because about…
Barrier at P Aula Since Monday January 10, the parking lot P Aula is only accessible through a barrier. In this way, the TU wants to relieve the parking pressure at the parking lot. Just like at P Bouwkunde, P Rotterdamseweg and P Sports a parking steward will be present at peak times…
Surprised and delighted: reactions to the arrival of Robbert Dijkgraaf Surprising, remarkable, appealing. Media, cartoonists and interest groups are reacting with pleasant surprise to the appointment of physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf as Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Robbert Dijkgraaf (1960) is known to the general public as a physicist who gave inspiring…
More top athletes allowed to delay their studies Top athletes are given longer than ten years to obtain their diplomas by DUO, but who counts as a top athlete? Sub-top athletes will probably also qualify for an extension soon. If you do not graduate within ten years, you have to pay back…
Proton clinic now at half capacity The proton clinic Holland PTC, which started operating on the Delft campus in November 2018, will only reach half capacity this year. HPTC expects to have treated 300 patients by the end of 2021, while the total capacity is 600. The other two proton clinics, in Groningen…
Students worried about crowded examination halls Many students are worried about having to take exams, sometimes by the hundreds, just before Christmas. According to the National Students’ Union, not all exams are coronaproof. With the rise of the omikron variant, the unease grows. At the University of Groningen, for instance, almost a…
