Resident permitsDutch Minister Rita Verdonk said he is “not happy” with the huge increase in the price of a Dutch residence permits, as the Dutch parliament debated the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the IND (Immigration Naturalization Department), which raised the price of a temporary residence permit from 56 euros to 430 euros in one year.
Joining the new TU sailing club Broach proved a great way for a French foreign student to meet new friends and experience the barren beauty of Friesland.
Mobile headachesDutch Institute for Applied Research in Delft, TNO, has discovered that the communications antennas for UMTS connections, which provide fast links between Internet servers and mobile phones, could be harmful to your health.
”Sadness at takeover. Air France swallows up KLM”, the Telegraph headlined on news that Dutch air carrier and national symbol KLM is merging with Air France.
Urban planner Smari Johnsen, 27, from Reykjavik, Iceland, is a 2003 graduate of Delft”It’s been two months since I completed my two-year Masters degree program at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture.
Feeling lost and hungry for home cooking, first-year PhD Anish Patel found happiness in a meal under the golden arches.”Man, I miss the good ol’ USA, its burgers and bottomless cups of coffee.
Trendy techTechnological degrees are gaining popularity in the Untied States, according to the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).
Last Sunday, CDA politician Antoinette Vietsch read Delta 27 ”over coffee and cakes”. She was taken aback by the stories about foreign scientists and the visa delays for their partners and families (‘Red tape costs TU human capital’ and ‘Victim of the system’).
Once the leading computer science country of the former Soviet Bloc, Bulgaria is now powerless to stop its best minds fleeing to foreign universities, and taking some of the country%s hope for a brighter future with them.
Each month the English Page meets a member of TU Delft’s foreign community. Verónica Rubio, 27, from Quito, Ecuador, is a first-year MSc student studying Petroleum Reservoir Geology.
