The electrical engineering bachelor’s programme is steadily attracting more women, and so its study association is moving with the times. With a diversity committee, activities specifically for women, and its first female honorary member: associate professor Ilke Ercan. The inauguration remained steeped in tradition.

TU Delft has decided to terminate the police agreement governing the sharing of personal data between the two parties. University President of the Executive Board Ingrid Thijssen informed the police on Wednesday evening, she announced during a meeting with the Works Council and the Student Council.

Too few candidates, low turnout in elections, limited influence: participation in decision-making bodies at universities and universities of applied sciences is still in a difficult state. This is according to a new survey among 1,450 members of councils and committees. However, interest in Delft is growing.

Six employees of Applied Sciences have serious health complaints caused by low-frequency vibrations. They have reported sick, been relocated or have left TU Delft. The Faculty is carrying out extensive research into causes and solutions, but for those affected this is not happening fast enough. What is going on?

Carin van der Hor has stepped down as an external confidential advisor at TU Delft. She is leaving behind an organisation where transgressive behaviour is reported more often, yet where cultural change is progressing slowly. “If the behaviour does not change, confidential advisers will remain very busy.”

TU Delft is leasing two buildings to the Ministry of Defence for an innovation centre for security and resilience. Start-ups and SMEs are to collaborate there with Defence on so‑called dual‑use technology. According to the Executive Board, this fits within ‘the university’s societal mission’.

An association for TU members interested in artificial intelligence — that was still missing in Delft, thought a group of seven students from different faculties. And so they set up Delft AI Hub. The first lecture is next Wednesday at EEMCS. “We want to reach as many people as possible.”

For those following the bird webcams at the Faculty of Architecture, it’s been an exciting time. When would the three eggs in the nest box hatch? This past Monday, it finally happened! Three tiny white fluff balls can briefly be seen whenever the mother leaves to grab a bite.

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.