Birgit van Driel is always pleased when staff members are consulted, especially for something as important as the new Code of Conduct. The approach however, is debatable.
Jenna Pfeifer loves words. She sees that student slang is distinct from the language generally spoken at TU Delft. The jargon is neither peer-reviewed nor a marketing tool – it is an innovative code language.
Dap Hartmann was invited to attend a meeting about the new concept Code of Conduct. He witnessed the struggle to find striking examples.
Sofia Ghigliani is part of the last batch of Architecture master’s students who still had a full year to complete their graduation project. While filling out the mandatory pre-green light reflections (bureaucracy’s favourite sport), she realised how lucky she’d been to have enough time to get thoroughly and productively lost.
After completing a few courses and a final interview, TU Delft lecturers are awarded their university teaching qualification (UTQ). Mathematics lecturer Nikolaas Verhulst considers the certificate unnecessary and proposes two cheaper alternatives.
Women at the top? Yes, more, says Britte Bouchaut. But not as an excuse, not to tick a box, and certainly not as a smoke screen behind which the old culture simply continues.
Alex Nedelcu wonders whether younger generations still have anything to look forward to. The ecological system is no longer stable and society is heading for social and economic disaster. Is Earth going bankrupt, for example?
The VVD’s campaign slogan, ‘Peace in your wallet’, already did not apply to universities – but now it turns out things aren’t that peaceful in the party’s own wallet either. For inspiration to cut costs, they might look at TU Delft. Mirte Brouwer offers some suggestions.
