Rather than increasing the number of women in the technical academic world as a means of achieving gender equality, what if every woman who starts her career, teamed up with a male academic counterpart? This is what Parisa Ghanoni Bostanabad proposes in her first column for Delta.
At Hester Bijl’s inauguration as Rector Magnificus, Dap Hartmann mainly heard empty words. He offers a suggestion on how she might turn those words into decisive leadership.
How can we be optimistic about militarisation at TU Delft when we are incapable of calling things as they are? PhD candidate Nicholas Johnston is not. In this opinion peace he argues that the debate is misleadingly framed.
Under the guise of maintaining public order, criticism is being stifled, notes Alex Nedelcu. At TU Delft, you don’t even have to commit a crime to be reported to the police.
Britte Bouchaut is surprised about the new doctoral defence ceremony. As a major player in technology and innovation, TU Delft is getting stuck on the medieval role of the beadle.
At an introduction market for international students, Mirte Brouwer noticed something surprising: among the university services there was also a commercial company trying to recruit customers. But that they had paid to be there was not immediately clear. According to her, the organisers have a responsibility here.
Bob van Vliet discovered that TU Delft had passed his name on to the police. Because he wrote a column. Because he took part in a protest. He condemns this and demands an apology.
There is no simple or painless path forward for Iran, writes a TU employee from Iranian descent in this letter to the editor. She is hoping that her fellow Iranians on campus especially avoid binary thinking and look more deeply at this complex issue.
In his first column for Delta, Sander Otte sees a similarity between the unclaimed stench action and the presence of fossil fuel companies at the Delft Career Days: both are ill-considered and indefensible.
