Studying or working at TU Delft with a brain that works a bit differently or a body that sets limits needs even more determination, creativity and resilience than otherwise. The Seen – Unseen photo exhibition in the Aula aims to create greater awareness about this.
A fire occurred in the Leeghwaterstraat housing complex for international students on Thursday evening, 13 March. This fire was located inside the cavity wall. How it started, the fire brigade cannot yet say.
Instrument physicist Chris Duif works with neutrons at the Reactor Institute Delft. But during his train commutes, he wrote a thriller about the Brussels lab where he used to work: Cracks in the Future.
Holland PTC continues to struggle financially. The proton therapy clinic on TU Delft’s campus is therefore economising and is receiving new loans from its shareholders: TU Delft and Rotterdam’s and Leiden’s medical centres. The burning question is what will happen now.
Want to do something about workload issues in academia? Then give everyone their own research budget, says Eddie Brummelman, chair of The Young Academy.
On the evening of Monday 10 March, you can immerse yourself in the For Real ‘theatrical radio show’ at TU Delft. The performance’s starting point is the intellectual undermining of women, explains Andrea Voets, harpist and the conceiver of the show. “People say that they see it as a hopeful show, but for me it is very dark.”
Requests for lectures and meetings at TU Delft have been rejected several times on the basis of non-valid guidelines. But to students it appears as ‘random’. A ‘mini moral deliberation’ should improve this, but it will take some time.
Tijo Collot d’Escury is stepping down from his position as Chair of TU Delft’s Supervisory Board with immediate effect. In a statement, he writes that he wants to avoid ‘any appearance of a conflict of interest’ with his partnership with Roland Berger.
The Supervisory Board has halted the recruitment of a Vice-Rector/Vice Chair. This is part of a new plan for the phased filling of Executive Board seats. It is likely to last well into 2026 before the last permanent Executive Board member takes office. Why can this not be done more quickly?
