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It’s very easy to learn by playing a game… Why don’t we involve more games in class? Gamification in education costs a lot of time which teachers don’t have. One student-team solved this challenge during the 24-hour Education Hackathon on 3 and 4 October. They designed an online platform to easily create games on basis of existing successful games. It saves a lot of time since it is not necessary to design & test the games.

In total 5 motivated teams were working 24-hours to design solutions. They did not sleep and were programming all-night-long. With lot’s of food, energy drinks, workshops, facilitators and expert mentors they were stimulated to come up with creative results.

Check out the details of the winning solution on the Education Hackathon website. The following months they will continue to work on their solution with support of YES!Delft and LDE CEL. Hopefully we can start experimenting with the solution & teachers at the Teaching Lab on campus very soon.

The ICT maintenance weekend takes place on the 12t and 13^th of October. A number of ICT applications and services will be unavailable on Saturday and Sunday. Please take the maintenance activities into account when planning your work. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the maintenance work and thank you for your understanding.

If you have any questions about the maintenance weekend, please contact the Service Desk in your building. If you’d like us to keep you informed about all maintenance work and possible disruptions, click here.

As you must have noticed, dusk is settling in quicker and this creates the perfect opportunity for vampires 🧛‍♂️ and werewolves 🐺 (read ‘criminals’ ) to be more active, increasing the risk of crimes.

But no worries, TU Delft and all of us to the rescue!

This week is the National Safety Week. TU Delft is taking part in this national initiative to increase awareness of your own role for safety on campus. It invites you to take responsibility for your personal safety – for your ‘25 metres circle’ during this week and beyond. All activities on campus during this week.

You could ask: “but what does that actually mean…”

Well, imagine walking across campus – let’s say you are heading from the Aula to X to get your weekly workout – and you notice something happening within a space of 25 meters around you (in case you are wondering that’s the radius and you are in the centre). Within your (enlarged) bubble you react to what you see happening.

If someone falls, you pat them on their shoulder and offer help. If someone is in pain, comfort and support them, and if you notice someone being treated unfairly, protest and call the police or the ambulance if it gets out of hand. Remember: you are not super(wo)man 🦸‍♀️ so try not to go overboard.

So take responsibility for your own 25m-circle, so that we can bubble the entire campus with safety and love for our fellow humans!

PS. Beside your physical safety you can also increase your digital safety! The 7 October you can get practical tips during the cybersecurity and privacy keynote talks organised by TU Delft in the Aula. Have a look at the programme and register here.

On Saturday 5 October Osiris will not be available for a whole day because of a new Osiris release. This also means that the MyTUDelft app will not work. More information: https://meldingen-ict.tudelft.nl/ 

The photo competition is a great opportunity for you to portray, in a creative manner, how you visualize education for a rapidly changing future. What skills should students develop? How should education look like? What should the role of lecturers be?

Photos, like our rapidly changing society, are visual, fluid and unique in the stories they tell. Express your visual perceptions: you are the lens through which education is viewed. The winning photo will receive a fantastic Fujifilm Instax Mini!

The deadline for the competition is 14 October, 2019. Submit your picture: teachingacademy@tudelft.nl. Click here for more information.

Visit the information sessions at your faculty during the Study Abroad week 7 – 11 October 2019.

Find out about the application process, scholarships and other practical issues for a great exchange experience.

Have a look at the student portal for more information.

The Alumni Relations Office and Studium Generale are hosting a series called Inspiring Dialogues: interactive interviews with renowned TU Delft alumni that will give you, the students, a chance to meet and talk to inspiring people that will help you skyrocket your career!

After two successful sessions, we continue the series with Allerd Stikker on Tuesday 8 October 2019! Allerd Stikker studied chemical engineering at Delft University of Technology and occupied top positions in the corporate world for a period of 30 years.

After that, the next 35 years were devoted to explore the inseparable connection between economy, ecology, and technology and its practical implications for business and government policies. This includes analysing the positive and negative impact of technological innovations on the health of the planet and of society; providing useful guidelines for innovative engineers in the perspective of evolution.

During this interview Allerd hopes to inspire you with his experience and knowledge in this field. It goes without saying that there’s room for questions and free lunch, so come join us and prepare to be inspired!

More information and registration here

Join TU Delft’s 24-hour Education Hackathon on 3 October where you can win 2500 euro to make our idea reality. Participate in this unique experience and change education from top-down! You can register as a team or just by yourself here: www.digieduhack.com/delft-2019

Wil je een medestudent met een functiebeperking helpen? En tegelijkertijd je coachingsvaardigheden (verder) ontwikkelen? Word dan Study Buddy.
Meer informatie en aanmelden: http://tudelft.nl/studybuddy

From 16 September, every Monday at 12:45-13:30 in the Aula Hall, you can visit the ‘scholarship table’ for information on the  financial support available to study abroad or to do an internship in another country.  Employees of the TU Delft Mobility team and the University Fund can advise you on a variety of scholarships and funding options, about the application procedures, and answer questions about your study-, internship-, thesis and short stay abroad. More information