Current Faction (2021/2022)

Group 49 will represent students in the 2021/2022 academic year. The ORAS fraction consists of 7 persons this year. The faction speaks from the association and its supporters with staff, the Executive Board and participates in working groups regarding education, facilities and student affairs.

Maarten de Nooijer

Chair

maarten@oras.nl

Function: Chair Central Student Council and Chair ORAS
Portfolio: Student Affairs - RPF
Specialisation: Regulations

Mara Linssen

Secretary

mara@oras.nl

Portfolio: Education
Specialisation: Board ORAS
Consultation: Study Association Council on Education (SVR-O) & Communications TU Delft

Rutger Blijleven

Treasurer

rutger@oras.nl

Portfolio: Facilities - Campus
Specialisation: Research trip

Clara van der Heijden

Vice-Chair

clara@oras.nl

Portfolio: Education
Specialisation: Finance TU Delft
Consultation: (Inter)national relations

Lotte Kuiper

External Affairs

lotte@oras.nl

Portfolio: Education
Specialisation: Campaign team
Consultation: Study Association Council (SVR)

Eefje Eikelenboom

Marketing

eefje@oras.nl

Portfolio: Studentenzaken – X & Internationalisering
Specialisation: Research trip
Consultation: FSC (FO), Student Association Council (VeRa)

Mart Vloet

Communications

mart@oras.nl

Portfolio: Facilities - IT
Specialisation: Campaign team
Consultation: Communications TU Delft

More about the current faction

Maarten de Nooijer

Age: 22
Study: Applied Earth Sciences

Hi!!! My name is Maarten de Nooijer and this year I will be the chair of ORAS. As chair, I represent the faction, the Central Student Council, and through these orgainisations I represent the students in Delft. Additionally, I have the final responsibility for the SC and faction work. Furthermore, I am responsible for the policies of our faction and I make sure that the functioning of both the group and the Student Council is managed in the right way. I also chair the meetings and speak to the press.

Besides that, together with Eefje, I take care of the portfolio Student Affairs. Within this portfolio, I am specifically concerned with the following files: RPF, tuition-free boards + flex studeren, Leadership Academy, Owee/KMT and Housing. Furthermore, I am also in contact with Studium Generale. This way I try to contribute to the academic education of students and to the social debate on the role of technology and engineers in modern society, both on and off the TU Delft campus.

Finally, I am specialized in Regulations. I am involved in SC-related regulations, Education and Examination Regulations of faculties, the Student Charter and Dutch law.

Clara van der Heijden

Age: 22
Study: Applied Physics

Hey! I am Clara and next year I will be part of the 49th ORAS faction. Within the group I am the vice-chairman. As Vice-Chairman, I am mainly concerned with the group dynamics and the vision of Oras. That is why I am sometimes called the vision chairman.

Furthermore, I am occupied with education. Within the education portfolio, I am responsible for the files: education innovation, broadening in education, quality agreements and (inter)national relations. A nice list that I will work on hard throughout the year.

As icing on the cake, my specialization is in finance. This mainly means that, on behalf of the student council, I will be looking at the budget of the TU Delft.

Mart Vloet

Leeftijd: 22 jaar
Study: System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management

Hi, I am Mart and I will be the commissioner of communication this year. As commissioner of communication I will be part of the promotion team together with Eefje. The promotion team makes sure students know about ORAS and keeps them informed about what we do. We also keep students informed about things that are going on at TU Delft. Where Eefje focuses more on the visual aspect, I am more responsible for the content of the communication. I also organise the 'ORAS komt naar je TU-dagen'. At these days we conduct a TU-wide survey 3 to 4 times a year to stay up to date with the opinion of the students.

Furthermore, I am involved in the portfolio ICT facilities. In this portfolio I talk about all digital ICT related issues that affect students at the TU Delft. For example, I am involved in the renewal of Collegerama, the print facilities and Brightspace.

Finally, I will work on the campaign. Together with Lotte I am responsible for our follow-up, by organising and coordinating the ORAS campaign in the new Central Student Council elections. This way we will be fighting for the ORAS seats in the next elections!

Mara Linssen

Age: 21
Study: System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management

Haaaii! I am Mara and next year I will be the secretary of the fraction of ORAS. I will thus keep up the agendas and also I manage the emails on behalf of the fraction. This means that I will be busy keeping the fraction up-to-date of all news and questions regarding the university and the students studying here but also news from other universities.

Next to this, I will put my effort into improving the education at TU Delft. Specifically I am working on study success, wellbeing, the cooperation between Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam and TU Delft and the strategic agenda of the TU Delft. All very interesting topics! As a member of the faction ORAS, I will take part in the SVR-O. In this meeting, developments and problems regarding education will be discussed with the commissioners of education of the study associations.

Finally, I am also a board member of the association ORAS, as general board member. Together with the other board members, I am responsible for the association.The association for example organises several events during the year. I will help set up these events.

Lotte Kuiper

Leeftijd: 23
Study: Clinical Technology

Hey! I am Lotte Kuiper and coming year I will be handling external affairs at ORAS. This means that I will be in contact with all student organizations. I keep this contact, so ORAS stays informed about the problems among students in Delft.

This year I am also working on the topic of education. Within this topic, I deal with bachelor intake, quality assurance, masters and minors. I will for example deal with the numerus fixus on studies, the English proficiency of professors and the bachelor before master rule.

Finally, together with Mart, I am responsible for organizing the campaign for the student council elections next year. With this we want to ensure that ORAS retains its seats on the student council.

Rutger Blijleven

Age: 22
Study: Nanobiology

Hi! I am Rutger and I am this year’s treasurer of the ORAS faction. I will keep an eye on the income and expenses of our faction. Together with the treasurer of the ORAS board I will also make and keep track of the association-wide budget. In addition, I will also support and help the acquisitions committee where needed.

In addition, I have facilities - campus as my portfolio. Thus, I will be involved in almost everything that happens on campus. This ranges from the campus vision on a large scale to more concrete things like study spaces and teaching rooms. Accessibility of the campus is also something I am involved with.

Finally, together with Eefje I will organize the research trip of our group. This is a trip of about 2 weeks where we visit several universities abroad to conduct research. From this we hope to learn lessons that we can then apply to TU Delft, to make our university a little better again.

Eefje Eikelenboom

Age: 22
Study: Industrial Design

Hi! My name is Eefje and this year I am the commissioner marketing of ORAS. Together with Mart I make sure students know what ORAS does and what we stand for. We bring this out through, for example, the Instagram that we manage, but also through promotional material in the campaign. We also bring general information about current affairs at TU Delft to light. I am mainly involved in the visual design of these materials.

Furthermore, this year I will be working on Student Affairs, where I have the subjects X, internationalisation, integrity, development and Dreamteams. This means that I will be particularly involved in the matters that are important besides studying. I have consultations with the council of the student associations (VeRa), in which I stay informed of the issues that are going on. I am also responsible for the faculty consultations, in which I maintain contact with the faculty student councils on a decentralised level.

Together with Rutger, I will be organising the research trip, in which we will travel to a university abroad to take a look around and carry out research to find out how another university deals with certain issues.

Current Faction (2021/2022)

Maarten de Nooijer

Chair

Mara Linssen

Secretary

Rutger Blijleven

Treasurer

Clara van der Heijden

Vice-Chair

Lotte Kuiper

External Affairs

Eefje Eikelenboom

Marketing

Mart Vloet

Communications

More about the current faction

Maarten de Nooijer

Clara van der Heijden

Mart Vloet

Mara Linssen

Lotte Kuiper

Rutger Blijleven

Eefje Eikelenboom

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