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Do more with your roof: ‘Solution for lack of space’

Do more with your roof: 'Solution for lack of space'

This is the first time you can recreate on a sort of rooftop park in the Netherlands. “We do this because we lack space in big cities like Rotterdam and we have to build more,” explains León van Geest. He is director of the Rotterdamse Dakendagen, which will start next week. Stimulate the use of the roof The Netherlands has …

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This is how Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf wants to create more trust in science

This is how Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf wants to create more trust in science

Below you can see an excerpt from the broadcast of HANDSOME from Wednesday 25 May. You can also watch this entire show from HANDSOME return to Gids.tv. Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf tells handsome on his plans for, for example, more and better collaborations, but he also wants to focus on the social task of providing more information about science. Not everyone …

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Reviews | Language and citizenship cannot exist without geography and history

Reviews |  Language and citizenship cannot exist without geography and history

All students deserve a good education. Minister Dennis Wiersma (Primary and Secondary Education, VVD) wants to achieve this with a master plan that focuses on strengthening language, arithmetic, civic and digital skills. This seems to be a fix for declining results, but it’s not. To prepare students as critical citizens to participate in a pluralistic and democratic society, an up-to-date …

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Give space to emergency services, park wisely

Give space to emergency services, park wisely

Oldebroek – In several streets of the municipality of Oldebroek, the passage space for a fire engine or an ambulance is sometimes very narrow. Improper parking can cause major problems in an incident requiring assistance. Every second counts and the emergency services therefore call for judicious parking. We live in a time when car ownership has risen sharply and there …

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RTV Stichtse Vecht – SP own contribution: ‘Trefpunt closed? Open the twig!’

RTV Stichtse Vecht - SP own contribution: 'Trefpunt closed?  Open the twig!'

Because the Welfare Foundation wanted to move the daytime activities from De Twijg to Het Trefpunt to Breukelen, the existing activities for the elderly in Het Trefpunt were discontinued. De Twijg accompanies the disabled and the elderly. The SP Stichtse Vecht believes that 2 groups, often vulnerable people, play against each other here. The elderly have had their activities in …

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft reached ISS despite propellant problem

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft reached ISS despite propellant problem

Until recently, only space company SpaceX could transport astronauts from American soil to the International Space Station. Boeing wants to change that. Last Thursday, the company tested its Starliner spacecraft: Starliner headed to the ISS unmanned. On Saturday morning, the craft successfully docked with the space station. Phil Schwartz“Food expert. Unapologetic bacon maven. Beer enthusiast. Pop cultureaholic. General travel scholar. …

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RTV Maastricht – Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf visits Maastricht MBO, HBO and WO

RTV Maastricht - Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf visits Maastricht MBO, HBO and WO

VISTA College, Zuyd Hogeschool and Maastricht University were visited today by Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf for Education, Culture and Science. The Minister is on a national tour to see what is happening in Dutch vocational and higher education. Internationalization is an important point for Maastricht as a border region. Students studying in the region have many opportunities to do an internship …

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