Works council disappointed in participation – Luxury apartments for visiting lecturers – Dry feet for Indians Works council disappointed in participationWorks council members Peter Verheijen and Daan Hoogwater are disappointed by the level of participation they have in TU executive board policy decisions.
Following the modernisation of the university management structure in the Netherlands four years ago, co-management was replaced by participation. This year, all university management sections may present the Minister of Education with reports of their experiences within this new structure. Verheijen, a council member for two years: ‘When I take stock, the feeling of being a spectator dominates.’ Hoogwater, who has served nearly twenty years in the council: ‘University employees want to discuss and offer their ideas, they are not negotiators. In the new structure, however, the works council must negotiate severely.’ The council isn’t always taken seriously, Verheijen and Hoogwater discovered. Elections for the works council aren’t due until next year. If the turnout is low, Verheijen will reconsider his usefulness, but says ‘the executive board should also be worried. It’s a bad sign when people are indifferent to what happens.’
Luxury apartments for visiting lecturers
The TU is selling its canal house on Oude Delft 75 to student housing corporation Duwo. The eighteenth-century structure was bought in 1917 by Sluyterman, a TU professor of ornamental art. Duwo, which bought the house for 1.75 million guilders, plans to convert it into twelve or thirteen luxury apartments for visiting lecturers.
Dry feet for Indians
Tropical cyclones don’t only destroy houses and trees; they also bring heavy rains and cause major flooding. Dr. Guus Stelling was one of people working on a warning system for the Indian sub-state, Andhra Pradesh. It helps the Indians keep their feet dry. A full translation of this Dutch-language Delta story (pages 8 and 9) can be found on Delta’s website.
Works council disappointed in participation
Works council members Peter Verheijen and Daan Hoogwater are disappointed by the level of participation they have in TU executive board policy decisions. Following the modernisation of the university management structure in the Netherlands four years ago, co-management was replaced by participation. This year, all university management sections may present the Minister of Education with reports of their experiences within this new structure. Verheijen, a council member for two years: ‘When I take stock, the feeling of being a spectator dominates.’ Hoogwater, who has served nearly twenty years in the council: ‘University employees want to discuss and offer their ideas, they are not negotiators. In the new structure, however, the works council must negotiate severely.’ The council isn’t always taken seriously, Verheijen and Hoogwater discovered. Elections for the works council aren’t due until next year. If the turnout is low, Verheijen will reconsider his usefulness, but says ‘the executive board should also be worried. It’s a bad sign when people are indifferent to what happens.’
Luxury apartments for visiting lecturers
The TU is selling its canal house on Oude Delft 75 to student housing corporation Duwo. The eighteenth-century structure was bought in 1917 by Sluyterman, a TU professor of ornamental art. Duwo, which bought the house for 1.75 million guilders, plans to convert it into twelve or thirteen luxury apartments for visiting lecturers.
Dry feet for Indians
Tropical cyclones don’t only destroy houses and trees; they also bring heavy rains and cause major flooding. Dr. Guus Stelling was one of people working on a warning system for the Indian sub-state, Andhra Pradesh. It helps the Indians keep their feet dry. A full translation of this Dutch-language Delta story (pages 8 and 9) can be found on Delta’s website.
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