TU Delft accidentally put confidential information online while defending itself against the Inspectorate of Education’s report. Passages that had been blacked out were still legible. These passages suggest that TU Delft is mostly fearful about damage to the reputation of its administrators.
After an investigation into possible transgressive behaviour on the work floor at TU Delft, the Inspectorate of Education concludes that there was mismanagement. It says that TU Delft failed at the highest level to ensure social safety. TU Delft calls this investigation ‘flawed’ and a ‘big steps fast home report’ and plans to go to court.
The 39 Delft Hyperloop team students presented their design last Tuesday. A novelty in this year’s competition is that the pod has to be able to switch lanes without touching anything.
Before TU Delft can start obtaining geothermal energy, the Geothermie Delft company must guarantee that the unusable well it drilled in October will not cause any problems. It also has to check if TU Delft’s research reactor could incur any problems from geothermal energy production.
Climate activists occupied a hall in the Mechanical Engineering faculty this Monday morning. They stayed until they had to go. Delta was there all day and covered the occupation in this live blog.
Around one in three first-year students at Dutch universities is from abroad, final figures show. At TU Delft, it is two out of five, though there are slightly fewer of them than before.
While HollandPTC has been in troubled waters since its opening in 2018, TU Delft continues to pump money into it. This is the view of the NRC newspaper. Rector Magnificus Tim van der Hagen still believes that this is the right thing to do, he told the newspaper.
The student Board of the annual career market Delft Career Days is giving more space to sustainability. To some oil, gas and chemical giants, the door will remain closed.
The Inspectorate of Education expects to publish its report on transgressive behaviour and finances at TU Delft in March. According to a spokesperson, it covers a wide-ranging investigation.
