Bas Rooijakkers often hears people say that TU Delft students are arrogant. If you do a challenging degree, you need to be special. Don’t you? Bas is trying to break this one-sided reputation.
The mathematical achievements of Dutch secondary school pupils never dropped as strongly as between 2018 and 2022. TU Delft mathematics teacher, Tom Vroegrijk, believes that universities should take measures to still give them a chance.
Columnist Bob van Vliet considers a statement by Executive Board Chair, Tim van der Hagen, so damaging that he is at a loss for how to write about it.
Columnist Vishal Onkhar examines the complex web that is the institution of arranged marriage in India, which also has an impact in the Netherlands and TU Delft.
Columnist Birgit van Driel sees a gap between staff members who have studied at TU Delft and others. Together, she believes we can bridge it.
To Dap Hartmann, having people who do not teach design lecture halls is like letting fish design bicycles.
Bas Rooijakkers does not agree with all bachelor degree programmes being given in Dutch again. What he does believe is that you learn better if your course is in Dutch.
As one of the speakers at the 3 November teach-in, Dr Jeff Handmaker feels ‘compelled to clarify some crucial matters’ that were not portrayed correctly in Delta, he argues.
Columnist Bob van Vliet believes that deans and directors should take a more active part in the public debate about controversial issues.
