TU/e occupiers satisfied for now The climate activists who occupied two rooms at TU Eindhoven have ceased their protest. The university administration has promised the students a report stating how sustainable scientific research in Eindhoven is. From now on, the annual accounts will also be more open about the financial support companies give…
Delft student also to court over energy allowance Students in five municipalities are going to court to enforce a 1,300 euro energy allowance. These students from Delft, Rotterdam, Groningen, Leiden and Vijfheerenlanden (a municipality near Utrecht) are getting help from the National Student Union (LSVb). More than one thousand students are said…
Occupation TU/e only during the day Two action groups have been occupying two rooms at TU Eindhoven for a week. They want the university to break ties with the fossil industry. They have agreed with the university that they will no longer spend the night there. “The atmosphere is cheerful here, we…
Diversity & Inclusion Officer David Keyson raised the progress flag on Purple Friday. This replaces the rainbow flag that has hung in the Aula since July.
TU Delft rector magnificus condemns violence in Iran TU Delft’s Rector magnificus Tim van der Hagen has expressed solidarity with ‘students and academics in Iran and all students and academics in our community who have ties to the region and who are worried about their families and loved ones’. Like five colleagues…
The COA wants to extend and prolong the shelter for asylum seekers at the TU Delft campus. The Municipality is prepared to look into this and has already approached TU Delft.
TU Delft is early with its New Year’s resolutions. Effective on 1 January, there will be a new ‘Alcohol and Substance policy’ that is hoped will lead to a culture change.
‘Kring Awards’ to Leiden and Groningen At the annual gathering for higher education media, the ‘Kring congress’, awards were presented for the best column, investigative journalism production and video or podcast. Winners of these ‘Kring awards’ were Mare (Leiden University) and HanzeMag (Hanze University Groningen). For each category, each first-prize winner received 250…
International student pays more for the same room International students face higher rents per square metre than Dutch students, according to the Dutch Student Union (LSVb). The housing market is also less welcoming to non-domestic students. Last year, the LSVb received 525 complaints from international students via its Housing Hotline, a website…
NWO chairman offers his apologies The Chairman of the National Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Marcel Levi, has apologised for his latest column (in Dutch). In it, he stated that the term safety is in danger of becoming a fashionable and meaningless buzzword ‘for really all situations in which you don’t quite get your…
