Slaving away on a Veni application while you know that you probably won’t get the grant. Why do we mystify this grant so much? Britte Bouchaut wonders if this could be otherwise.
Ali Vahidi recently stepped down as a Delta columnist, but now that his country Iran has been drawn into a war, he felt compelled to write this letter. He calls on academia in the Netherlands to draw a red line.
How do the Delta journalists do their work? What responsibilities do they have? How is their independence guaranteed? These are all included in the new Editorial Statutes. It is a clear improvement on the previous one, writes Saskia Bonger, the Editor in Chief.
Intuition plays a major role in all scientific progress, writes Jenna Pfeifer, but you cannot rely on it blindly. We must therefore use it wisely.
In mathematics, it is not always easy to check whether results are really correct. With the emergence of AI, this could change, writes Jan van Neerven.
Budgets are decreasing, polarisation increasing and time intensifying. In times like these maybe we should all turn to practices of care. Sofía Ghigliani reflects on some lessons she learns from gardening.
While welcoming the Executive Board’s decision to impose a partial moratorium on collaboration with Israeli institutions, Delft Student Intifada expresses concern that it does not yet absolve TU Delft of complicity in genocide. Writing on their behalf, ME Researcher Mayank Gupta underscores that struggling against injustice is a difficult yet ultimately fruitful endeavour.
Birgit van Driel is concerned about the TU Delft talent that is disappearing in the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of talent, and sees a role for students who organise these career events.
