The feeling at the Our Right to Integrity and Safety event last Wednesday was that speaking out against TU Delft’s links with Israeli institutions is not free of danger. But what can staff members do about it?
It is impossible to determine whether sharing the names of four students and one employee with the police ‘might have been justified’. This is stated by the Executive Board, which declines to reveal which agency it has tasked with further investigating the matter. Experts have previously made it clear: the sharing was not justified. Despite the apologies offered, those affected react critically.
The Delft-based student union VSSD is calling it quits for good after 63 years. The current board is abandoning its fruitless search for new board members. Former and current board members fear this bodes ill for other student organisations.
TU Delft is on the right track to achieve lasting improvements in social safety, according to the Education Inspectorate, two years after it identified mismanagement there. What exactly did that first report say, and what happened after that? A recap of a turbulent period in six acts.
The care for employees has been sufficiently restored and the mismanagement at TU Delft has been resolved. This is the conclusion reached by the Education Inspectorate. The Executive Board endorses these findings and pledges to continue improving social safety.
The government is calling on universities and universities of applied sciences to do more to combat antisemitism and is allocating €350,000 for this purpose. This follows a report by the taskforce on combating antisemitism, which states that Jewish students and staff are more likely to feel unsafe. TU Delft says that the recommendations largely align with existing measures.
For students and staff members who desire green, X is making the Campus Farm available. About 30 people at TU Delft have rolled up their sleeves. These three explain why. “My mind is more peaceful in the garden.”
“Wow, this is a historic moment.” Students spilling out of the library around midnight on Tuesday after a night of studying grab their phones and quickly film a clip. The first tram ride on campus has become a reality, 22 years after the plan was given the green light.
The Communications Department will only be recruiting temporary staff in 2026. The department wishes to retain the flexibility to ‘organise things differently’ once it is clear how it will proceed with artificial intelligence (AI).
