This summer, Cormet Enjoy the Good Life will begin running the catering services on campus. Cormet will collaborate with local businesses to ensure a more diverse selection on offer and products in more price categories. Cormet was selected by a delegation of staff and students. The contractor was found to best meet the requirements for high-quality catering services at TU Delft. Staff and students have called for improvement around these areas over the last few years.

Starting in summer 2018
Cormet will be the primary contractor from the summer of 2018, but will collaborate with a range of local firms to offer catering services at various locations. This will provide scope for diversity and entrepreneurship under the supervision of a permanent contractor. This approach offers opportunities to local businesses while satisfying the diverse requirements of our staff and students.

What does this mean for the faculties
Work will continue in the coming months on selecting the catering operators to facilitate the various locations in consultation with the faculties. The coming period, Cormet, Team Horeca ICT & FM and the taskforce of the faculties will work on this topic.

Customer satisfaction survey
More than 3,500 students and staff took part in a customer satisfaction survey between 20 November and 15 December 2017 concerning the restaurants, coffee corners, vending machines and meeting services on campus. The catering facilities, restaurants and coffee corners saw a slight increase in the level of satisfaction in 2017 compared with 2016. A summary of the results can be found here.

The electing of members of the Student Council (SR) and Student Councils at faculty level (FSR) will take place online via website https://stem.tudelft.nl on Wednesday 23^rd May 2018 from 9.00 a.m. and Thursday 24^th of May 2018 until 5.00 p.m.

Consulting the electoral registers

The electoral registers for the FSR elections and the SR can both be looked into from the 26^th of March 2018 until April 3^rd 2018 until 5.00 p.m. at the different locations as mentioned below.

Interested parties may lodge objections with the Executive Board: Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft or via JZ@tudelft.nl until one week after the names have been announced.

Submission of candidate lists SR and FSR

Hereby the election committee announces that candidate lists may be submitted to the Student Council (SR) at institution level and to the Student Council (FSR) at faculty level from 26^th March 2018 until 5.00 p.m. on the 9^th of April 2018.

Attention: Every student who is entitled to vote can nominate himself for the Student Council (SR) and Student Councils at faculty level (FSR). The nomination will take place as follows. To take part in the elections you have to hand in a candidate list to the secretary of the election committee. The candidate list must be supported by at least 10 persons who are eligible to vote for the Student Council (SR) and by at least 5 persons who are entitled to vote for the Student Councils at faculty level (FSR). Every candidate has to fill in a written declaration, in which he/she accepts his/her nomination on the candidate list.

The candidate proposition forms may be obtained from the relevant central or facultative election committee (see overview below) as below. The deadline for the submission of the candidate list is 5.00 p.m. on Monday 9^th of April 2018.

To ensure that the checking and processing of the candidate lists goes smoothly the Election Committee requests that the lists of candidates be handed in preferably before the final date.

The candidate lists (together with the candidates’ declarations of consent) for the SR must be personally handed in to the Central Election Committee’s office on the 5^th floor of the Faculty Civil Engineering, Stevinweg 1, room 5.10.

The candidate lists (together with the candidates’ declarations of consent) for the FSR must be personally handed in to the relevant faculty election committee (see the overview below). Dated proof of receipt will be issued to those who submit the lists.

The collecting and submitting of the SR candidate lists:

• Room 5.10, 5^th floor of the Faculty Civil Engineering, Stevinweg 1

The collecting and submitting of the FSR candidate lists:

• BK: Julianalaan 134, BG. 00.Oost.110
• CiTG: Stevinweg 1, room 2.42
• EWI: Mekelweg 4, room LB 02.010
• L&R: Kluyverweg 1, room 1.60
• IO: Landbergstraat 15, room C-4-070
• 3Me: Mekelweg 2, room 34-A-1-280 (O&S)
• TBM: Jaffalaan 5, room: A2.310
• TNW: TN building, Lorentzweg 1, room A.216, 2nd floor, A-department

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Verkiezingen SR en FSR: Raadplegen gegevens kiesregister

De verkiezingen van de leden van de Studentenraad (SR) en de Facultaire Studentenraden (FSR) vinden dit jaar online plaats op woensdag 23 mei 2018 vanaf 9.00u doorlopend tot en met donderdag 24 mei 2018 17:00uur.

Inzage kiesregisters

Het kiesregister kun je dit jaar vanaf 26 maart 2018 tot en met 3 april 2018 uiterlijk 17.00 uur raadplegen op de verschillende locaties zoals hieronder staat weergegeven.

Belanghebbenden kunnen binnen een week na de bekendmaking bezwaar aantekenen bij het College van Bestuur, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN te Delft.

Indienen kandidatenlijsten SR en FSR

De verkiezingscommissie maakt bekend dat vanaf 26 maart 2018 tot en met maandag 9 april 2018 tot 17:00 uur de mogelijkheid bestaat voor het indienen van een kandidatenlijst voor de Studentenraad op instellingsniveau (SR) en de Studentenraden op facultair niveau (FSR).

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Iedere kiesgerechtigde student kan zich kandidaat stellen voor de Studentenraad op instellingsniveau (SR) en de Studentenraad op facultair niveau (FSR). De kandidaatstelling gaat als volgt. Om deel te kunnen nemen aan de verkiezingen dient een kandidatenlijst met een of meer kandidaten ingeleverd te worden bij de secretaris van de Verkiezingscommissie.

Deze kandidatenlijst dient ondersteund te worden door ten minste 10 kiesgerechtigden voor de SR en ten minste 5 kiesgerechtigden voor de FSR. Tevens dient iedere kandidaat een bewilligingsverklaring in te vullen, waarop hij/zij zich formeel kandidaat stelt voor de betreffende kandidatenlijst.

De kandidaatstellingsformulieren kan men vanaf 26 maart 2018 afhalen bij de betreffende centrale c.q. facultaire verkiezingscommissies (zie onderstaand overzicht). De deadline voor het indienen van de kandidatenlijsten is maandag 9 april 2018 om 17:00 uur. Om de controle en verwerking van de kandidatenlijsten soepel te laten verlopen verzoekt de Verkiezingscommissie de kandidatenlijsten eerder in te leveren.

De kandidatenlijsten (+bewilligingsverklaringen van de kandidaten) voor de SR moeten persoonlijk worden ingeleverd bij de Centrale Verkiezingscommissie, 5^e etage Faculteit Civiele Techniek, kamer 5.10, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft.

De kandidatenlijsten (+bewilligingsverklaringen van de kandidaten) voor de FSR moeten persoonlijk worden ingeleverd bij de betreffende facultaire verkiezingscommissie (zie onderstaand overzicht). Aan degenen die de lijsten indienen wordt een gedagtekend bewijs van ontvangst verstrekt.

Ophalen en indienen kandidatenlijsten SR:

• Kamer 5.10, 5^e etage Faculteit Civiele Techniek, Stevinweg 1

Ophalen en indienen kandidatenlijsten FSR:

• BK: Julianalaan 134, BG. Oost.110
• CiTG: Stevinweg 1, Kamer 2.42
• EWI: Mekelweg 4, kamer LB 02.010
• L&R: Kluyverweg 1, Kamer 1.60
• IO: Landbergstraat 15, Kamer C-4-070
• 3Me: Mekelweg 2, kamer K 34-A-1-280 (O&S)
• TBM: Jaffalaan 5, Kamer: A2.310
• TNW: TN gebouw, Lorentzweg 1, kamer A.216, 2e verdieping A-vleugel

An ICT maintenance weekend has been planned on 24th and 25th March, a number of ICT applications and services won’t be available for short periods of time.

Next to the malfunctioning of applications and services, the maintenance could cause some short-term network disruptions. More details can be found here.

Please keep this maintenance in mind when planning your online activity; it will start on Saturday morning. If necessary, it will continue on to Sunday. Please excuse us for any inconvenience this may cause.

For additional question you can contact your faculty’s/building’s service desk.
Would you like to say up to date on all maintenance issues and disruptions, visit ICT Notifications.

The Changemaker Challenge is an opportunity for graduate students (art, business, design, science, all kinds of students MA and Bachelor) to change the world and win a research grant of up to 5000 euro if their research is somehow related to the issues of water and/or plastic waste.

The challenge is an initiative of the Dopper Foundation, which aims to inspire students to find solutions for these issues and help them to make their research ground breaking. The research grant should be spend to increase the impact of the research or improve the potential, students are free to come up with creative ideas for doing this.

There are some things you can’t learn in a classroom. That’s why students have organised HEX: a 32-hour hackathon in Eindhoven which highlights self-development, one of the three key factors of innovation, next to creativity and collaboration.

THE THEME OF HEX 2018 IS 2050: 32 HOURS TO BEE YOUR FUTURE.

The Hackathon has many different challenges, like:

– E-commerce
– VR & AR
– Robotics
– Smart Cities
– Future Society
– Entertainment
– Artificial Intelligence
– Manufacturing 4.0
– Health Tech
– Future Mobility

For more information and signing up visit: http://joinhex.com/#challenges

Are you happy with the beautiful TU Delft campus and its facilities? Or the amount of study spaces now available in exam periods? Perhaps you have some doubts concerning your timetable? This is your opportunity to speak up!

Fill in the ‘Nationale Studenten Enquete’ and in the process get a chance to win a Kilroy holiday cheque worth € 2.000,-. You also get to help improve on education ;)

The entire survey won’t take more than 8 min. to complete (trust me, even though it says 10-20 min) and you get to actively reflect on practically everything TU Delft related; you’ll enjoy it!

Just click on the personal link you received in your TU Webmail to get started.
P.S. You can stop halfway through and continue later on
P.P.S. The survey closes March 11^th 23:59

Thanks for helping the TU Delft improve on education!

Het College van Bestuur maakt het volgende bekend: De verkiezingen van de leden van de Studentenraad (SR) en de Facultaire Studentenraden (FSR) vinden via het internet plaats op woensdag 23 mei en donderdag 24 mei 2018. De verkiezingen vangen aan op woensdag 23 mei 2018 om 9:00 uur en eindigen op donderdag 24 mei 2018 om 17:00 uur.

Het College heeft voor de organisatie van de verkiezingen het onderstaande tijdschema vastgesteld. De deadline voor het indienen van de kandidatenlijsten is maandag 9 april 2018 om 17:00 uur.

Tijdschema verkiezingen SR en FSR op 23 en 24 mei 2018

01-03-2018 Publiceren verkiezingsdatum  1*
26-03-2018 t/m 03-04-2018  Inzage lijst met kiesgerechtigde en verkiesbare studenten  2*
26-03-2018 t/m 9-4-2018 Indienen kandidatenlijsten
24-04-2018  Bekend maken kandidatenlijsten  3*

Verkiezingen 23 en 24 mei 2018

25-05-2018 Vaststellen voorlopige uitslag
04-06-2018 Vaststellen en bekendmaken definitieve uitslag  4*

*Bezwaarschrift binnen één week na:
1) 1 maart 2018 2) 3 april 2018 3)  24 april 2018 4) 4 juni 2018

Elections to the Student Council and Faculty Student Councils

The Executive Board hereby announces that the elections of the members of the Student Council (SR) and the Faculty Student Councils (FSR) will take place via the internet on Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th of May 2018. The elections begin on Wednesday the 23^rd of May 2018 at 09.00 hrs and finish on Thursday 24^th of May 2018 at 17.00 hrs.

The Board has laid down the timetable for organising the elections (see below). The deadline for submitting candidate lists is Monday the 9^th of April 2018 at 17.00 hrs.

01-03-2018 announcement of election dates 1*
26-03-2018 to 03-04-2018 perusal of the list of students entitled to vote, and students entitled to stand 2*
26-03-2018 to 9-4-2018 submission of candidate lists
24-04-2018  publication of candidate lists 3*

23rd and 24^th of May 2017 elections

25-05-2018 provisional results determined
04-06-2018 final results determined and announced 4*

*Objections to be submitted no later than one week after:
1) 1st of March 2018 2) 3^rd of April 2018 3) 24^th of April 2018 4) 4^th of June 2018

Professor Rob F. Mudde has been appointed Vice Rector Magnificus/Vice President of Education (VRM/VPE), also vice-chairman, of the Executive Board of TU Delft. The Supervisory Board has appointed Rob Mudde with effect from 1 March 2018.

Rob Mudde is Professor of Multiphase Flows and interim chairman of the ‘Imaging Physics’ department at the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the TU Delft. He is also Distinguished Professor in Science Education at the TU Delft and he leads the TU Delft Teaching Academy and the Teaching Lab.

The Supervisory Board is pleased that Professor Mudde has agreed to fill the position of VRM/VPE. “Rob Mudde is strongly committed to the education of ‘the Delft engineer’. He knows TU Delft very well and has broad, operational and strategic experience in the field of education at our university. Rob is a worthy successor to Anka Mulder in the field of education,” says Jeroen van der Veer, chairman of the TU Delft Supervisory Board.

Rob Mudde has a long track record at TU Delft. He has filled various scientific and managerial positions with the university over the past almost 30 years. In addition to the aforementioned positions, he has also been Director of Education at the Faculty of Applied Sciences for almost ten years. As chairman of the Education Taskforce, Mudde had a leading role in the development of the TU Delft Vision on Education in the run-up to the ‘TU Delft Strategic Framework 2018-2024, impact for a better society’.

The Board has looked for a candidate who fits well with the revised university administration model that came into effect on 1 January 2018. This model foresees the appointment of a Vice Rector Magnificus/Vice President Education, in addition to a Rector Magnificus/President of the Executive Board (Tim van der Hagen) and a Vice President Operations (Nicoly Vermeulen).

The Supervisory Board requested a formal recommendation from the Works Council and the Student Council and has received a positive recommendation on the appointment.

On Monday 5 March the Education & Student Affairs building (building 30a) will be closed. Due to an event that all employees of E&SA will attend all services are unavailable during the afternoon. In case of emergencies please try to find help at your faculty first.

The Swappuccino pop-up opened at Coffee & Bikes on Monday 12 February 2018. This coffee bar and bike repair service is a cooperation between Sodexo, OATZ and Swapfiets (the bikes with blue tyres). The Swappuccino pop-up will be open from Monday – Friday from 8:00 to 18:00. It will not only provide coffee and breakfast, but also bike repairs even if you don’t have a Swapfiets.

This facility is aligned with TU Delft’s new catering vision as well as the targets for a sustainably accessible campus. A bike repair shop was high on many staffers and students’ wish lists.

Temporary
The term pop-up says it all: Swappuccino will be temporary. The new catering company for TU Delft will be announced this spring and it will take over all the catering facilities on campus according to the new catering vision in a phased manner, starting this summer. The definitive substantiation of Coffee & Bikes’ food & beverage provision will follow in September when the Pulse educational building with its new food market will be taken into use.

Bicycle parking facilities
The lower deck of the bicycle parking facilities at Coffee & Bikes is now in use. The top deck still needs to have a coating applied, however this requires higher than current outdoor temperatures. As soon as this has been completed, two–tier bicycle racks will be installed there too. The mound will be sown with grass in spring.

More information on the catering vision can be found here.