The central and local representation councils at TU Delft are not in agreement with the ‘highly unempathetic’ way in which the Executive Board responded to the Inspectorate’s report. ‘We expected more self-reflection’, writes the Works Council.
An anonymous group of people from TU Delft, the Students and Staff for Safety, started a petition against the plan of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board to bring the Inspectorate of Education to court. Delta interviewed them by email.
For the first time, one of the spaces in the EEMCS Faculty bears the name of a woman. It is Johanna Manders, one of the first women to graduate in Electrical Engineering. ‘If the name attracts just one young women to come and study here, the goal has been achieved.’
Executive Board member Marien van der Meer has ‘the fullest confidence’ that TU Delft can take ‘steps forward’ to ‘also become a top university in social safety’. She said this during her first public appearance since the Inspectorate of Education’s crushing report on social safety was published.
The four unions affiliated with TU Delft do not want the Executive Board to take the Education Inspectorate to court. In a statement to its members, the unions write that many TU Delft employees do not support the board’s view.
Higher education institutions have come to the conclusion that campus smoking bans are unenforceable. They either pay the fines or contest them. But the ministry insists they need to act on their ‘responsibility to society’.
A group of TU Delft employees is calling on the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board in a petition not to file a lawsuit against the Inspectorate of Education.
TU Delft is ‘determined’ to bring the Inspectorate of Education to court for its ‘defective investigation’. The Inspectorate is confident that its report will survive this test. In the meantime, the outgoing Minister of Education Dijkgraaf has informed the House of Representatives of his plan of action.
The Inspectorate of Education’s investigative report covers transgressive behaviour and finances. While the financial management is in order, the Inspectorate still sees ‘room for improvement’.
