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In the current academic year, TU Delft has 80 students with elite athlete status. In addition to up-and-coming talents, they include Dutch, European and world champions and Olympic athletes. Two of these top athletes are motocross driver Stephanie Stoutjesdijk and rower Ralf Rienks. For the platform Let’s Talk about X from X TU Delft, they gave an insight into life as a student and top athlete in times of this pandemic in a special podcast.

Stephanie is a motocross driver and combines racing at World Championships with a master studies in Clinical Technology. Ralf Rienks is a rower for the Dutch Rowing Team and does his master in Biomechanical Technology. How do they combine study with sports? What are their goals? And how do they experience this challenging period and its struggles?

In this podcast Stephanie and Ralf tell you all about combining study, sports and the corona pandemic. How do they deal with all the uncertainties it brings and how do they keep disciplined in study and sport? The magic word: routine! Sport provides Stephanie and Ralf with a daily, weekly and monthly structure. By having a goal in mind and not throwing in the towel when it gets a bit hard, they keep their heads clear and bodies strong. This and many other tips about nutrition and lifestyle are being discussed in this podcast. Useful insights that can also be used in your day-to-day life!

Let’s Talk About ‘X’ – podcast
Let’s talk about ‘X’ is a platform that provides an (online) “meeting space” twice a month. Each edition focuses on a different theme, such as art, culture, technology, politics, society, music, science, and psychology. Often, a guest speaker will join the conversation. Now that it is not possible to meet each other live, we have moved Let’s Talk About ‘X’ to Spotify. Don’t forget to follow our What’s Your X? podcast so you won’t miss an episode!

Contact
Do you want to keep up with all the ins and outs of Let’s talk about ‘X’? Join the Facebook-community or follow X on Instagram. If there is something you would like to discuss during one of the next editions, or if you have a question about Let’s talk about ‘X’, get in touch via hosts-x@tudelft.nl

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De laatste week van de Nationale Student Enquête 2021 gaat vandaag in. Heb jij al laten weten wat je van jouw opleiding vindt?

Door de enquête in te vullen help je de TU Delft inzicht te krijgen in de kwaliteit van het onderwijs. Ook wordt jouw mening samen met die van ruim 270.000 andere studenten gebruikt voor landelijke studiekeuze voorlichting.

Vul je de NSE in, dan maak je kans op mooie prijzen! Waar wacht je nog op? Ga naar je mail, vul de enquête in en laat je stem horen!

Kun je de oproep niet terugvinden in je studentmail? Hier vraag je hem opnieuw op.

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The last week of the National Student Survey 2021 starts today. Did you already let us know what you think about your course programme?

By completing the survey you will help TU Delft gain insight into the quality of our education. Your input, together with that of over 270,000 other students, will also be used to inform prospective students on their future study choice.

Filling in the NSE, also means you are eligible to win great prizes! So what are you waiting for? Check your e-mail, fill in the survey and let your voice be heard!

Lost your link to the survey? You can request a new one here.

Does lockdown have you missing social contact? Are you new in Delft and would you like to meet people? Would you like to make some new friends? Or do you just miss the old-fashioned comradery?

Then the Walk & Talk is something for you! Enjoy a cup of coffee or a nice cup of thee on behalf of the VSSD and meet some new people!

You only have to let us know your name and e-mail address, and we will set you up! Register here.

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Mis je nu vanwege de lockdown het sociale contact? Ben je nieuw in Delft en wil je mensen ontmoeten? Zou je graag nieuwe vrienden willen maken? Of heb je gewoon zin in ouderwetse gezelligheid?

Dan is de Walk & Talk iets voor jou! Ga nu op kosten van de VSSD een bakje koffie drinken of een lekker kopje thee met iemand drinken en leer nieuwe mensen kennen!

Je hoeft alleen je naam en e-mailadres in te vullen, en dan koppelen we je aan iemand! Meld je hier aan.

Coming Friday (19 February) the Delft Student Well-being Symposium takes place. Our mayor Marja van Bijsterveldt opens the evening. Afterwards, Olympic ice skater Mark Tuitert will share his story with his personal setbacks during his career with us. Lastly, two student psychologists from We Care For Students will speak interactively about finding motivating and dealing with setbacks, two relevant topics during this Corona period. You can watch the symposium online via https://www.twitch.tv/verenigingsraad.  Save the date!

Zit jij wel lekker in je vel? Of heb je tegenwoordig ook steeds vaker te maken met dat herkenbare “corona dipje”? Dat is niet gek wanneer je broeiende studententijd verandert in een periode die veel aanpassing en geduld vraagt. Om deze reden vindt aankomende vrijdag 19 februari het plaats. Na een opening van onze burgermeester Marja van Bijsterveldt, zullen Olympisch schaatser Mark Tuitert en student psychologen van We Care For Students op een luchtige en interactieve manier vertellen over omgaan met tegenslagen en het vinden van motivatie, wat natuurlijk een groot en belangrijk onderwerp is in deze huidige corona tijd! Het symposium zal plaatsvinden in de vorm van een livestream en is te volgen via de volgende link: https://www.twitch.tv/verenigingsraad. Kijk jij mee?

Every stolen computer is one too many. Not only is it a financial blow, but you often lose important data as well. So take good care of your laptop and never leave it unattended.

Public grounds
The campus is public ground; the faculties and educational buildings are accessible to everyone. Although this is limited during the current lockdown, the risk of theft remains. TU Delft takes its responsibility to make it more difficult and prevent incidents of theft on campus. You can help by taking the following measures to reduce the risk:

• Lock an area, even if you will only be gone for 2 minutes
• Do not leave valuable (personal) items in sight
• Attach a lock to the laptop.
• Speak to unknown visitors in the corridors around the offices to ask if you can help them or with whom they might have an appointment.

What should you do in case of theft or loss?
Report the theft of TU Delft property directly to the Service point. The staff member at the location concerned will report the theft to the police (digitally or at the police station). A copy of the report must then be handed over to the Service point and the reporter. Theft or loss of personal property, such as your private laptop, must be reported directly to the Service point. However, you must report it to the police yourself.

Be alert to safe working at home
Even now that we work more from home, it is important not to leave your laptop unattended. Especially if you share a household with others, such as in student housing, when you work somewhere else for the day or when you take it with you in the car. But it is also important to be careful with the personal data on your computer or laptop. Check the Working from home instructions on the website about how to do this safely.

Following the extension of the lockdown measures announced on 2 February 2021, the night-time curfew will also be extended until 2 March 2021.

This means that everyone must stay indoors between 21.00 and 04.30. During curfew hours, you are not allowed to go outdoors without a valid reason.

On Tuesday 23 February, the government will decide whether to modify the current lockdown measures, including the curfew. Read more about the curfew on the website of the Government of the Netherlands.

Keep an eye on the corona webpage for students for extensive updates on corona guidelines at TU Delft.

For the third consecutive year, the TU Delft Impact Contest is organised, great news for entrepreneurial TU Delft students that have brilliant business ideas!

Since 2019 the TU Delft Impact Contest has offered students the opportunity to further develop their own, ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans. The main purpose and mission: challenge students to create great, out-of-the-box thinking innovative solutions for societal problems and translate them into real products and business plans, while interacting and making use of the expertise from innovative and knowledgeable partners.

How does it work?
Registrations (on the website) are accepted until 25 February. With the help of a broad range of experts in the field, participants will co-create and transform ideas into a viable business plan, a prototype or start-up. Throughout the competition, entrepreneurial skills will be developed during workshops and brainstorm sessions with like-minded students. On top of that, coaches from both educational and corporate environments in several online and offline networking events off their support. On 10 June a spectacular grand finale event will take place, after which the prizes up to €20.000,- are given to the winners!

Are you interested and want to know more? Join the Inspiration Session on 10 February, from 12:45-13:30 hours. Register for the TU Delft Impact Contest and subscribe to the session in the dashboard.

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Op 18 januari is de Nationale Studenten Enquete 2021 van start gegaan. Dé mogelijkheid om de TU Delft te laten weten of je tevreden bent met jouw opleiding. De resultaten van de enquête geven ons inzicht over de kwaliteit van het onderwijs en helpen studiekiezers bij het vinden van de opleiding die bij hen past.

Laat je stem horen! De oproep voor de NSE is naar je studentmail gestuurd, ben je deze kwijt? Hier vraag je hem opnieuw op.

Door de NSE in te vullen maak je kans op mooie prijzen, zoals noise cancelling headphones, bol.com bonnen en een Macbook Air.

Waar wacht je nog op? Vul uiterlijk 14 maart 2021 de enquête in!

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On 18 January the National Student Survey 2021 was launched. Thé opportunity to let TU Delft know if you are satisfied with your course programme. The results of the survey give us insight into the quality of our education and will help prospective students find the programme that suits them best.

Let your voice be heard! The call for the NSE has been sent to your student e-mail. Lost your link to the survey? You can request a new one here.

By filling in the NSE you have a chance of winning great prizes, for instance, noise-cancelling headphones, bol.com vouchers and a Macbook Air.

What are you waiting for? Take the survey before 14 March 2021!

Have you completed the final part of your study? Please be aware that you need to send a request to terminate your enrolment through Studielink as it will not be done automatically. Tuition fees need to be paid up to and including the last month of your enrolment. Enrolment termination with retroactive effect is not possible.

Next week you can join three special TU Delft pop-up online lectures of Studium Generale. Tune in on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 8-9.30pm.

• Tuesday 2 February: Science journalist Diederik Jekel (1984) will talk about hope in times of lockdown. What does it mean to be an academic in these difficult times and what can we learn from what we have experienced?
• Wednesday 3 February: Philosopher Toske Andreoli (1990) wrote the book ‘De mooiste tijd van je leven?’. A new look at study stress with the intention of not placing all the responsibility on students themselves for once. In her talk (in Dutch), she pleads for a supportive study climate and explains what that looks like.
• Thursday 4 February: Philosopher Miriam Rasch (1979) proposes a revaluation of friction during her lecture. Can humans really be understood as algorithms? What happens to the things that cannot be captured in data? And why is the dataist future presented as inevitable?