On the eve of the new academic year, the FNV, AOb and CNV trade unions recommend 10 steps to improve social safety at TU Delft. Following up on the Inspectorate of Education’s assessment last year, they conclude that the system is still ‘structurally failing’. “TU Delft must take action now.”
From 1 September, Ernst Kuipers will be the new Chair of TU Delft’s Supervisory Board. Delta spoke with the former Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport. How will he combine his position as Chair with his job in Singapore?
Things are quieter on the editorial staff for a while: we are away for the summer holidays and continue working behind the scenes on our research articles. In the week before the OWee (from Monday 11 August), we will pick up where we left off.
Nick Bos will succeed Executive Board member Marien van der Meer on 1 August. The Supervisory Board has appointed the retired former board member of Maastricht University for one year. Several significant issues await him.
Delft is putting millions in a fast bicycle route to Rotterdam, while the municipal finances are under pressure. Input was not sought and the project seems to be irreversible. How did the city get entangled in this ambitious investment and what is TU Delft’s role?
TU Delft will not enter into any new partnerships with Israeli universities unless they meet very strict criteria. The current partnerships will be assessed again. In deciding this, the Executive Board is acting on the advice of the specially established moral deliberation chamber.
Braving the elements and with fluttering flags, 75 people joined the Pride Walk across TU Delft campus on Thursday afternoon. And that is not all, TU Delft will have a boat in the Canal Parade in Amsterdam for the first time.
A group of over one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the TU Delft Library on Thursday afternoon. The protest began around 12:30 p.m. on the square near the Pulse education building.
The Chair of the Supervisory Board stepped down to be able to compete, but his consultancy firm, Roland Berger, will not be the one to advise TU Delft on financing for Rotterdam Campus. The contract goes to Deloitte.
