The budget cuts planned by TU Delft will also affect PhD candidates. By 2028, at least 148 PhD positions will be scrapped from the first money stream. In addition, faculties want PhD candidates to teach more and complete their PhDs faster.
An open letter from TU Delft student associations about DUWO’s new intended pick-your-housemate-policy got a lot of attention in the local media. Why did they send this letter? “We are worried that the effects of the policy is already decided,” says VeRa (the Association Council) Board Member Lucas van Krimpen.
After much insistence the Student Council and Works Council were given the right to advise on the cutbacks that TU Delft will roll out up to and including 2028. It is expected that the advisory letters will be shared this week at two representation meetings. What do they say?
Residents of the X-Ray student flat are concerned about a new parking policy that will take effect on 1 December. Anyone who wants to park their car will now have to pay an hourly rate or take out a monthly subscription. The cost of such a subscription? Sixty euros per month. ‘Absurdly expensive,’ say the tenants.
How long does it take to run up 20 floors? At least one minute and 49 seconds. This was the speed of the winner of the Dutch tower running student championship that Dodeka, the Student Athletics Association of Delft, held last year in the EEMCS highrise. On Friday evening, 28 November, the match returns to campus.
The number of private student houses in Delft is decreasing fast as landlords are selling their properties. This emerged from the results of two investigations that were published last weekend. Projects in Delft to build new rooms are not getting off the ground easily. Why is this?
Digital autonomy is not a luxury, it is essential. This was the message communicated this summer by researchers from the Rathenau Institute to Dutch knowledge institutions in a report about digital dependence on foreign technology companies. Delta asked ICT director Erik Scherff about the university’s position on this. His reply: “The current geopolitics forces us to negotiate.”