TU Delft Student News

Students, hurry up! Seize the opportunity and compete for a place in the summer school programme established exclusively for the students of the IDEA League partner universities. The summer schools are an opportunity to develop important skills for research and innovationin an international atmosphere. The application for the summer schools is open during April 2014.

Read more (PDF) or visit the website.

Explore unknown places in Europe, learn how to surf in Portugal, party in Las Palmas and discover Estonia and Finland… It is all possible!

Join the Summer University project!

A Summer University is a vacation with a group of students, coming from all parts of Europe. You can choose between 81 destinations in Europe, with a high diversity of programmes. Check it out!
So, do you feel like making friends coming from all parts of Europe? Would you like to have a low budget, diverse and adventurous vacation?
Applications are open till the 23rd of April. For more information, mail to board@aegee-delft.nl

Symposium “Het Waterbouwdispuut”: “Blue Current” – Putting tidal energy in perspective.

This years symposium will be held on Monday afternoon May 19th. The theme of the symposium will be: “Blue Current – Putting tidal energy in perspective”
The world will run out on its reserves of fossil fuel and alternative energy will be replacing all of it. Renewable energy sources are most favorable because of its low negative impact on public health and the environment. The European Union is demanding a 20% renewable energy generation of its nations. A target which maybe is too ambitious for some (The Netherlands currently have 4,5%).

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Exam stress? Wishing you could study more efficiently?

Wouldn’t it be nice if you needed less time and effort to prepare for exams? Join TU Delft Library’s one-day Train Your Brain course to learn useful techniques such as mindmapping, information processing and speed-reading to help you improve your concentration and learning skills. It will make your learning more effective. And, who knows, maybe then you will have less stress next exam period?

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The Smart Energy grid is fast emerging and even within the traditional electricity grid computer networks are increasingly used.  To stay up to date join the ‘Master Class on Agent
Technologies for Energy Systems 2014’, a 3-day workshop.   This event is organized by TU Delft, in close collaboration with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Alliander Company.

Registration fee for students is 50 euro, but a limited number of students can be exempted from this. Read more on the event website.

This summer the University of Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology organise, in collaboration with VMX Architects, a unique interdisciplinary Summer School about city planning and city making. Hundred participants from around the world will work for two weeks on a sustainable future for Amsterdam. Read more.

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Deze zomer organiseren de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Technische Universiteit Delft, in samenwerking met VMX Architects, een unieke interdisciplinaire Summer School over het plannen en maken van de stad. Honderd deelnemers uit de hele wereld zullen twee weken lang werken aan een duurzame toekomst voor Amsterdam. Lees verder.

Enjoy an entire evening of free dance workouts.

Classes are for all levels (including complete beginners) and in all kinds of different dance styles:

• ‘Modern’ with Anne Marie Suijkerbuijk (SYTYCD);
• ‘Vogue’ with Patrick Karijowidjojo (Ultimate Dance Battle);
• ‘Dancehall’ with Nedda Sou (Juste Debout);
• ‘Zumba’ with Francisco Richardson.

Also Bokwa, HIIT/Tabata & Core, West Coast Swing, Bachata Dominican style and more. Hosted by Jivan’arazzi (Pop’arazzi Crew) and Miss Emmetje (Radio Rijnmond). Join us for this ultimate Dance Trend Experience.

Wednesday, 17:00-22:00, @Sports, €0,-

Visit http://sc.tudelft.nl/nl/events/trend-event to find out more about this event.

In het Library Learning Centre staat weer een ‘Mystery Object’ met prijsvraag. We hebben deze keer weer een gastjurylid: Professor Paul van Woerkom van 3ME. De wedstrijd is geopend tot en met maandag 21 april 2014.

Weet jij…. wat dit is?

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Ben jij naar het buitenland geweest voor je studie of een stage, of overweeg je om dat in de toekomst te doen? Denk dan met ons mee over internationalisering binnen het hoger onderwijs op het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur & Wetenschap (OCW) in Den Haag op dinsdag 15 april van 15:00-17:00 uur! OCW, het Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO) en de Landelijke Studenten Vakbond (LSVb) gaan graag het gesprek met je aan. Je kunt je aanmelden door voor vrijdag 11 april een mail te sturen naar iso@iso.nl of lsvb@lsvb.nl. Na afloop nodigen we je graag uit voor een borrel.

Wonen in Delft als student is een van de mooiste dingen die er is. Of misschien vind je het nog heerlijk om even thuis te blijven wonen. Om de huidige situatie en de behoeftes van studenten beter in kaart te brengen nodigen we je uit om de Landelijke Monitor Studentenhuisvesting (LMS) in te vullen.

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