Staff at TU/e sports center were underpaid

February 6, 2026 - An internal audit at TU/e has revealed that part of the staff at student sports center SSCE were underpaid for years. The university will compensate the employees for the lost income and interest, which involves an amount of 750,000 euros. “We are doing our utmost to rectify this as well as possible,” says Executive Board member Patrick Groothuis.

Around fifteen permanent employees and ninety on-call workers, many of them working students, received insufficient allowances for working at unusual hours. In addition, the on-call workers were paid a base salary that was too low. TU/e does not have all the addresses of former working students who have since graduated and is calling on them to contact SSCE director Max van Veen. / LvA

Students reluctant to act against rental abuses

February 5, 2026 - Sky-high rents, poor maintenance, and intimidation by landlords: the complaints coming in at the Meldpunt Kamernood are sometimes “outright shocking,” say the Eindhoven factions of GroenLinks, PvdA, and D66. Students are afraid to report issues to their landlords because the housing shortage is so severe; they fear losing their accommodation, says Jasmijn Kleij (GroenLinks).

In council questions, the factions call for attracting well-known student housing providers from other cities so that more students can access reliable landlords. Kleij explains: “In Eindhoven, a relatively large part of the market is in private hands.” The municipality says it is willing to enter into talks with these housing corporations. The factions also want to raise awareness of the Huurteam, which supports students with housing problems, says Kleij. “For this, we are seeking collaboration with student organizations.” / LvA

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