Living differently after corona Do people they want to live closer to nature as a consequence of the corona lockdowns? That seems to be the case. Or so Marjolein Bons, architecture and the built environment student found out during her graduation research. Her research is based on a survey of housing seekers registered with Nieuwbouw…
Education protest against budget cuts Universities and trade unions protested last Monday in The Hague against a cut of 149 million euros in secondary and higher education. This 149 million euros will be spread out over several years and will be paid for half by the universities. The money is needed for…
Hackers receive no payment from Leiden University A server of the Leiden Observatory has been hacked. Probably by Russian hackers, reports Algemeen Dagblad. They are said to have ‘passed on or sold’ home addresses and research data to the Iranian Arvin Club. The latter has since published some of…
Compensation for students on scholarship PhD students with a scholarship, just like PhD students who are employed by TU Delft, can receive compensation for delays caused by corona. The Graduate School has informed them of this in a newsletter. Executive Board member Rob Mudde told the Works Council on 17 June that it…
TU Delft employees: the ideal working week is spending half of it at home Photo: Dalia Madi Almost 95% of TU Delft employees want to spend half their work time on campus and half at home after the corona crisis. Almost nobody wants to return to campus full time…
De oppositie in de Tweede Kamer wil dat het kabinet het mbo en hoger onderwijs sneller uitsluitsel geeft over de coronaregels voor het nieuwe studiejaar. Dat zal niet gebeuren, want de regeringspartijen stemden dinsdag tegen een motie daarvoor. Pas half augustus wil het kabinet de knoop doorhakken over de ‘anderhalve meter’ in mbo en…
Heb ik recht op een studietoelage van mijn gemeente? Hoe kom ik aan spraaksoftware? Waar vind ik hulp op mijn hogeschool of universiteit? De informatie voor studenten met een fysieke of psychische beperking laat al jaren te wensen over. Na een oproep van de Tweede Kamer heeft het ministerie van OCW daarom de nieuwe website…
Bij de Groningse studentenvereniging Vindicat is een lijst met “schandelijke opmerkingen” over zo’n honderd vrouwelijke leden opgedoken. De maker is voor onbepaalde tijd geschorst, meldt de vereniging. “Deze lijst draagt niet bij aan het gevoel van veiligheid binnen de studentenwereld”, staat op de website van de omstreden Groningse vereniging. De lijst werd geplaatst…
Lower House wants less “shadow education” Students should not need expensive tutoring or dissertation supervision, the Lower House says. On Tuesday, two motions were approved that call on institutions to reduce this kind of “shadow education”. One in five students make use of supplementary education, the Education Inspectorate concluded…
Kitepower: EUR 3 million investment Kitepower, a TU Delft start-up, received a EUR 3 million investment last week from South Holland’s energy investment fund ENERGIIQ, Stichting ifund and Windhandel Beheer (EUR 1 million each). Kitepower has been working on the technology to generate wind energy with large (60 m2) steerable kites on a…
