Ingrid Thijssen will be the new President of TU Delft. She is currently President of the employers’ organisation VNO-NCW. The Supervisory Board is pleased with the appointment.
The Works Council and Student Council will advise the Executive Board on TU Delft’s austerity plans after all. This transpired at the meeting between the Executive Board and the representation bodies on Thursday 30 October.
Doors open or closed? After months of deadlock on this issue, the trade unions and the Executive Board of TU Delft have decided that their meetings will remain open to the public for the time being — although this does not apply to all topics.
Whether D66 really will be the biggest party will only be known in a few days. But it looks like higher education can look forward to better times, thanks in part to the many voters in the Aula who voted for Rob Jetten’s party.
As usual, voting for the Dutch parliamentary elections can be done on the TU Delft campus. There are two polling stations in the lobby of the Aula. It is a constant coming and going, mainly of students and staff.
Energetic and bursting with enthusiasm, Jackie Frew has been the driving force behind the Prometheus personnel union for 25 years. Her strength? Not only is she very creative, but she is a good organiser and organises activities down to the finest detail. “I have so many ideas. You do not want to know what my head is like.”
Like the faculties, University Services and the Executive Board will have to make significant cutbacks in the coming years. What choices will they make? Almost all support processes will be affected – from personnel policy to catering and from ICT to strategic partnerships.
At the end of September the Executive Board announced that all faculties and university services are required to roll out their plans to reduce expenditures over the next few years. What do the faculties’ cutback plans entail?
The Education Inspectorate’s reassessment into social safety at TU Delft has been delayed. The report will not be published until 2026, under a new Executive Board. This raises the question of whether the inspectorate will be assessing the TU as it was then or as it is now.
