Architecture guideThe Architecture Delft Guide Foundation recently launched a website offering virtual tours of Delft’s architectural wonders.
Via Google maps, owners of iPhones or smartphones can access the site while wandering around Delft. The site offers 300 project descriptions for projects related to various architectural movements and styles.
Road closure
The Michiel de Ruyterweg – dependent on the weather – will be partially closed as of January 11. The section of road at issue is that which runs between the Julianalaan and the Mijnbouwstraat. Traffic in the direction of the TU campus will be diverted to the remaining section of road open to traffic. Traffic from Rotterdamseweg – Julianalaan in the direction of the city centre will be diverted via De Vries van Heijstplantsoen. The closure, in effect until mid-April, is due to construction for the new tram line.
Best employer
TU Delft has been voted best employer in the category education. This is the first time that TU Delft has been included in the ‘Incompany 200’ annual study of employee satisfaction. In its magazine, Incompany 200 presents employee levels of satisfaction for employers in large businesses, organizations and government bodies in the Netherlands A total of 135 organizations were surveyed, including a considerable number of universities. More than 70,000 employees were asked to assess their employers on 18 aspects in the categories of job profile, employment terms and conditions, career and work culture. TU Delft took 15th place with a score of 7.15, making it the highest scoring university. This was the first year that universities were included in this survey.
Delta safe
Delta will continue in both its print and online versions, said TU Delft Executive Board member, Paul Rullmann, during a recent meeting with the student council. Rullmann was prompted to reaffirm Delta’s future standing following the University of Utrecht’s recent decision to terminate Ublad, the print version of its university newspaper as of 1 January 2010. Utrecht moreover severely reduced its editorial news team and will only publish news online, a move that was met by dismay by many within in the Utrecht university community who regard an independent journalism, upholding the values of freedom of thought and speech, as vital to a university. Utrecht’s action raised concern among the members of TU Delft’s student council, leading to Rullmann’s confirmation that the Executive Board has “no plans” to downsize Delta or publish online only. He also reaffirmed Delta’s journalistic independence.
Bio-based economy
As of 1 January 2010, knowledge institutes, the Dutch government and industry are to cooperate more intensively and at international level to speed up the introduction of the bio-based economy, an economy based on renewable sources. By placing the emphasis on scale-up research, an open innovation model and a proactive role for the financial sector, the BE-Basic consortium aims to stimulate innovation which will lead to accelerated introduction. TU Delft is coordinating the new initiative that includes an R&D budget exceeding 120 million euro. BE-Basic will not just position itself as a leading institute nationally, but will have a large number of European and global industrial, academic and financial partners, including DSM, AkzoNobel, Imperial College (UK), several US and Asian players, and financial partners such as Rabobank.
KICWith sustainable energy, climate change and ICT at the top of the EU’s agenda, the European Institute for Technology (EIT), which will be launched this year, has reserved a couple hundred million euro for Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) based around these key themes. TU Delft is involved in two KICs: ICT and climate change. The KICs will consist of robust consortia of universities and businesses and will be located in different locations throughout Europe.
Wil jij in een redactie van studenten één nummer van Delta maken? Een universiteitskrant die jij als student meteen zou willen lezen? Je bepaalt zelf de inhoud, schrijft artikelen binnen de bestaande opmaak en lay-out en maakt foto’s. De krant, Delta 18, zal verschijnen op 28 mei. Op 23 april is de eerste redactievergadering. De redactie van Delta biedt tijdens het hele proces ondersteuning. Met dit project wil Delta erachter komen wat studenten missen in de krant. De afdeling Marketing en Communicatie wil daarnaast meer zicht krijgen op de manieren waarop studenten van alle faculteiten met elkaar zouden willen communiceren. En jij maakt de ultieme krant voor en door studenten, niet minder dan een collectors item. Doe je mee?
Stuur je cv en motivatie naar Saskia Bonger, s.m.bonger@tudelft.nl
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