Britte Bouchaut finds that these are strange times. The world is on alert but just continues as usual as though there is nothing wrong. The protest songs of the 1980s are now reflecting the times in which we live.
Career development at TU Delft has become a source of anxiety, burnout and mistrust, the Delft Young Academy writes. Dissatisfaction with promotion procedures is severe, widespread and urgently calls for a response, write the scientists in this opinion article.
Mirte Brouwer helped out as a waitress at the Happietaria pop-up restaurant, a student initiative that raises money for charity. It is the kind of volunteering that appeals to many of her generation, she writes. Working with other people, learning new skills, and with a concrete goal and a clear end date.
Who would dare to speak out critically when there is a risk that your university might pass your name on to the police? In times of democratic erosion, universities should not go along with the status quo but should resist, argues Sander Otte.
As a student at TU Delft, death may be the last thing on your mind, Jenna Pfeifer writes. While death is one of the few certainties of life, it is still one of the hardest things to talk about.
Spring this year has an extra sparkle, writes Birgit van Driel. She welcomes the new Executive Board and looks forward to a new leadership season.
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.
