TU Delft is facing serious cutbacks: up to EUR 79 million per year from 2028. The Executive Board does not rule out staff dismissals. Much will depend on the plans to economise by 10% that all faculties and services have to make in the next few months.
A baseline measurement will be done to show how TU Delft staff is experiencing social safety. This is what TU Delft wrote in the update of the social safety plan of action as required by the Inspectorate of Education. The Inspectorate will start its progress assessment this Monday.
In the very year dedicated to mobility, Bert van Wee, TPM Professor of Transport Policy, is retiring. A passionate cyclist, he plans to spend his time restoring car engines. How does he look back on his time at TU Delft?
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!
