Last Thursday, the square in front of the Industrial Design Engineering Faculty was transformed into a pump track – a hybrid between a BMX and a skate park. The demonstration setup was part of the graduation project of IDE student Jesse Pupping. One striking detail was that the final bump in the course is made from the back section of a wind turbine blade.
Mobility represents freedom and is an economic necessity, but all that travelling comes at a cost to the environment and our living environment. TU Delft researchers presented four scenarios for 2050 at the 183rd Dies Natalis. “It’s a wicked problem,” says Professor Deborah Nas.
The government is working on a bill to improve cybersecurity in the Netherlands. It may also apply to higher education institutions. This would make education administrators co-responsible for the resilience of their institutions.
The planned departure of the Executive Board is causing concern among various bodies about the stability of governance at TU Delft. Internal trade unions warn that the changes will come at a critical period of major challenges. The student and works council, on the contrary, face the changes with confidence.
A complete change in the highest rank at TU Delft: both administrators will leave next year. Their spokesperson says that this is not related to the many calls for their departure, but for strategic reasons.
It was a year of academic achievements, heroes, turbulent education policy in The Hague, and above all, a disastrous report about the lack of social safety. Let’s look back at Delta in 2024. We will be back on 6 January. We wish you a wonderful festive season!
Purple nail polish, drag queen bingo and free poffertjes. TU Delft study associations organised several activities for Purple Friday to raise awareness and acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community on campus.
“Studying is a right, not a privilege!” and “Don’t do it!” resound around campus on Wednesday afternoon. TU Delft students and staff members again demonstrated against the planned cutbacks on higher education worth billions.
Delft Matters (DM), the TU Delft magazine for alumni, staff members and students, will no longer be published on paper from July 2025. Instead, it will be published online. DM’s predecessor, Delft Integraal, was first published in 1984 with a print run of 6,000. The print run is now about nine times more.
