Welcome to the first TAU international Volunteers-managed blog! This blog has been created to give complementary information to the graduated students of TAU and to create a community where we can share thoughts and information. This blog is not affiliated to any of the TAU services or bureaucratic apparatus and it is meant to be an informal tool where people can be updated, alongside the Whatsapp group and the informal word-of-mouth. Each student or post-doc is more than welcome to approach and participate in the creation of this blog, acting as a volunteer (with a little basic commitment) but also as an user, where they can collect any sort of information. All of the content posted on this blog is under the responsibility of the person who wrote it and posted it. UPDATE 06.11.23 Guidelines for the WhatsApp group 1.Respect & Kindness: Treat all members with respect and kindness. Be mindful of your tone and language. 2. Stay On Topic: Keep discussions releva...
People come and go in Broshim, the dorms close to TAU and affiliated with the university (but not its property, they are owned by a private company, Shikun and Binui). Typically, the International researchers have a one-to-one contract with the dorms, mediated by TAU International office (today called the Lowy International School). This means that the tenant (meaning us scholars) in this case is bound to the rules of the contract, which are clearly stated in there. --> attempts to change the rules have been made, but quite unsuccessful. The major issue is that the contract lasts one year, and therefore by the signature the tenant commits to pay the whole period. This thing was not a big issue before, because of the turnover of the tenants. Typically, in a few weeks, the Housing coordinator (back then Shlomi, now Vicktoria) would find a replacement, so any tenant would be able to leave at any time and shift their contract to someone else....