Pop-up vaccination location on campus TU Delft students and employees can be vaccinated against Covid-19 on campus without an appointment. GGD Haaglanden will be present at sports and culture centre X from Tuesday 31 August with a temporary vaccination location. An injection with Janssen or BioNTech/Pfizer can be taken without an appointment, without…
With a shared third place, TU Delft is in the Dutch top 3 of the World University Ranking of studeersnel.nl. More than 100,000 students worldwide, of whom 3,500 in the Netherlands, have assessed their university or college in 15 categories. TU Delft received a score of 8.6. The top 3 of the almost 60…
CRISPR-Cas but different CRISPR-Cas is known as the scissors that enable molecular biologists to make precise changes in the DNA of living organisms. Plant, microbe, human or animal – CRISPR-Cas always works. Last week, PhD student Sam van Beljouw at the Stan Brouns Lab of Bionano Science (AS Faculty), published an article in…
Universities will not close in fourth wave Higher education will not close its doors, not even in a fourth wave of Covid. That was what outgoing Minister Van Engelshoven said on Monday at the opening of Zuyd University’s academic year. In extreme cases, the government may make admission tickets compulsory. Then…
Enrolment in universities about the same as last year According to preliminary counts, the universities of applied sciences will have almost 9 percent less first-year students this year. At the universities, the enrolment remains about the same. The number of first-year students is expected to be as high as last year. That…
Additional teaching rooms in tents On Thursday 27 August, the last equipment was installed in two tents on the site of Lijm & Cultuur, located on the Rotterdamseweg. The tents will be available for TU Delft education from the start of the academic year. Read more under the photo. (Photo: Jos…
De Landelijke Kamer van Verenigingen (LKvV) wil dat studentenverenigingen meer leden kunnen aannemen. Door de grote belangstelling in coronatijd moeten ze nu veel studenten weigeren. De introductieweken zijn nog niet eens allemaal achter de rug, maar het is de LKvV al duidelijk: voor het tweede coronajaar op rij loopt het storm bij studentenverenigingen.…
500 orphaned bicycles removed Are you back from holiday and you can’t find your bike where you left it on TU Delft campus? It might be stalled in the depot opposite Education and Student Affairs on the Mekelweg. In the week of 23 August, the TU Delft Park Management Department is storing…
Trial: lasers against geese Geese are no longer welcome on the IDE square and between the CEGS building and the Bouwcampus because they defecate on the cosy seats near the water, reports the TU Delft Information Office on the intranet. An experiment to chase the animals away will start soon. It will use laser…
Lees in het Engels Vakbond AOb heeft kritisch gereageerd op de heropening van het hoger onderwijs. Volgens de vakbond is er onvoldoende rekening gehouden met de belangen van docenten. De vakbond heeft afgelopen weekend een enquête onder docenten verspreid om hun zorgen in kaart te brengen. Want de belangen van docenten zijn niet of nauwelijks…