First meeting between Executive Board and Students and Staff for Safety

The Students and Staff for Safety and the Executive Board will meet on 29 August. It is the first time the two parties are going to get together since the action group was formed in March this year.

Since its formation, the Students and Staff for Safety have anonymously called on the Executive Board (cvb) several times to adjust its policies. The first time, a few days after TU Delft published the Education Inspectorate’s report on social safety on 1 March, involved a petition.

In it, the group called on the cvb not to take the inspectorate to court, something the cvb and the supervisory board (rvt) were considering at the time. Despite the cvb and rvt subsequently refraining from taking legal action, a month later the action group launched a poll on the functioning of the cvb, followed by a statement in which it wrote that it would be better for the cvb to resign.

Input wanted

Initially, the people behind the action group did not want to make their names public because they feared for their positions. The cvb already invited them for an interview on 18 April, but for the sake of their anonymity they did not accept at that time.

Under their last letter, the immediate reason for the upcoming appointment, however, there were 41 names. In the letter, they called on the cvb and rvt to restore the lost trust. As for Students and Staff for Safety, the conversation with the cvb on 29 August will include self-reflection and accountability, as well as ongoing issues of social unsafety and democracy. A TU Delft spokesperson informs that the cvb will soon contact them ‘to discuss expectations’ and agree on the approach of the meeting.

There will also be a meeting with the rvt. On the Change.org website, the action group has a form where other students and employees can provide input for both talks.