Dossiers
Nothing about social media is social anymore, observes Alex Nedelcu. Chatbots are replacing friends, and AI models are fragmenting our interactions, driving us even further apart.
The working environment at Architecture suffers from systemic issues relating to social safety, leadership and career policy. These findings emerge from a risk analysis commissioned by the faculty, partly in response to reports received via TU Delft’s relatively new integrity and social safety reporting point.
Trade unions AOb and FNV are calling for a 6-percent pay rise at universities, and for salaries to automatically rise in line with inflation from now on. They also want to improve the situation for pregnant employees.
The Municipality of Delft will carry out additional checks this summer on illegal sex work in student housing complexes, hotels and holiday accommodation. According to the municipality, the number of reports increases during the summer months because many students are temporarily absent, while demand for sex work grows with the arrival of tourists.
Sander Otte observes that it is not only in the United States, but also in the Netherlands, that politicians are emerging who would prefer to control what is researched and published. He sees only one remedy against autocratic politicians who are launching an attack on science: speaking out forcefully.
Prospective buyers need to be quick to get hold of a secondhand jewel at OWee’s first secondhand market. But it may not work for everyone: “I see a lot of good things! But I don’t have a room so I can’t buy anything yet.”
