diff --git a/website_assets/pelicanconf.py b/website_assets/pelicanconf.py
index 01ef7ec3b8af4315be68413edce6e20db2adb9e3..d4ca8c316c9745f43e5b956f47ebeab9cb06b5db 100644
--- a/website_assets/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/website_assets/pelicanconf.py
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ LINKS = (('This course on edX', 'http://tiny.cc/topocm'),
          ('Course chat', 'https://meso.tnw.tudelft.nl/topocondmat'),
          ('Source code', 'https://github.com/topocm/topocm_content'),)
 
+ANNOUNCEMENTS = (
+    ('<a href="https://quantumtinkerer.tudelft.nl/open_positions/">'
+     'We have a PhD position open</a>'),
+)
+
+
+
 
 DEFAULT_PAGINATION = 10
 
diff --git a/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/announcements.html b/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/announcements.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93c7c7f037562bf0e378ff9ceed3941395936d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/announcements.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% if ANNOUNCEMENTS %}
+    <li class="list-group-item"><h4><i class="fa fa fa-comment-o fa-lg"></i><span class="icon-label">Announcements</span></h4>
+      <ul class="list-group" id="announcements">
+        {% for announcement in ANNOUNCEMENTS %}
+        <li class="list-group-item">
+            {{ announcement }}
+        </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    </li>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/sidebar.html b/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/sidebar.html
index c59b8f0e41876b0571e65cdd6104655dcdfcd62d..99530524034e193a25582eb61c1e341cbd4ff1e1 100755
--- a/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/sidebar.html
+++ b/website_assets/themes/pelican-bootstrap3/templates/includes/sidebar.html
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         {% include 'includes/github.html' %}
         {% include 'includes/twitter_timeline.html' %}
         {% include 'includes/links.html' %}
+        {% include 'includes/announcements.html' %}
         {% include 'includes/sidebar-images.html' %}
     </ul>
 </section>