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Enter the ‘open’ photo competition for a chance of winning an Amazon voucher.

When on a work trip to Colombia colleague Bea de los Arcos took a photo of some bananas outside a shop and shared it publicly on flickr, she didn’t expect it to be featured in the Wisconsin Public Radio’s program about a banana crop killing disease in South America. How amazing is that?!

Here is your chance to get your photo on a front page!
We Like Sharing is a bank of images created by TU Delft staff and students, visible to everyone and publicly searchable. The idea is to encourage people to share openly, and give others the opportunity to use a photo in ways you couldn’t have imagined.

To celebrate Open Education Week 2021 and introduce We Like Sharing, we are launching a photo competition. To be in with a chance of winning one of five €20 Amazon vouchers, submit at least one photograph that illustrates your interpretation of ‘OPEN’.

All appropriate images will be uploaded to We Like Sharing – tell your friends and family to check them out.

The deadline is 7 MARCH at 23.55 hours – to submit your photograph(s) go to: http://bit.ly/OpenCompetition.

Winners will be contacted via email w/c 15 March.

Good luck!

Photo by B. de los Arcos CC-BY-NC

Are you planning on going abroad to do a Master degree starting after 1 July 2021?

Have you graduated after 1 March 2019 or are you graduating before 31 December 2021 then check out the VSB fonds.

The scholarship is between 7000-10000 EURO. It is available to students who are motivated and committed to the community and their environment.

Applications are still open, deadline is 1 March 2021.

Apply now or reach the TU Delft contact person

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?

Project March, Eco-Runner, Hyperloop and Solar Boat can celebrate. The four projects may continue as official Dream Teams in the Dream Hall with new teams of students. The Dream Hall was closed at the start of the corona crisis in spring 2020, and TU Delft has used this time to redefine the policy to determine who may return and under what conditions. The teams submitted their plans at the end of January, and this week a committee made the final decision.

Six existing teams applied for a place, and four were admitted. New teams had to meet a number of criteria to qualify, in accord with the Dream Hall’s new vision statement. The determining factor was the degree of innovation, says Joost Ravoo, Chair of the Dream Hall Steering Group. “That was what made the difference.”

For more information, click here to read the article on Delta.

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.

‘De Delftse Bedrijvendagen’ is an annual series of events, intended to help students develop skills that are essential when looking for a job and to get to know companies in an accessible way.

From 15-17 February the Orientation Days take place, the largest event of ‘De Delftse Bedrijvendagen’. The Orientation Days consist of a three-day fair and will be held on an online platform specially developed for this edition.

Over 150 companies will participate on the platform, where students can contact employees both in a chatroom and through video calls. In addition, multiple companies will give a presentation, sharing exactly what working with them means, what career prospects there are and what kind of students they are looking for.

The online fair floor opens at 10:00 and is open for all students participating in “De Delftse Bedrijvendagen”. At the opening and during the lunch break, there will be inspiring speakers!

Read more about the programme of the Orientation Days and sign up here.

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.

This initiative from the Study Climate group aims to get fast feedback from a representative group of students regarding specific topics. Students can subscribe via  www.mywellnesscheck.org/tudelft-student-panel and will get a WhatsApp message twice a month with a couple of questions to answer. It is easy for students and valuable information for TU Delft.

Subscribe now here! The first 200 participants will be entered into a drawing for one of 30 TU Delft t-shirts!

www.mywellnesscheck.org/tudelft-student-panel

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!