On Monday 15 April, the Executive Board sent a Delta reporter away from an open meeting with three internal trade unions. The public and a Berenschot advisor were welcome. Both the FNV Government trade union and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten condemn their action.
On Friday 19 April 19, Dutch Lower House member Luc Stultiens (GroenLinks-PvdA) asked parliamentary questions about the course of events surrounding an article that Delta took offline in protest. Among other things, Stultiens wants to know whether Outgoing Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf shares the view of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten (Dutch Association of Journalists,
Peter Gill, China Advisor at TU Delft, wrote West meets East. In this book he compares China, Taiwan and Singapore to Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark respectively.
The Kring van Hoofdredacteuren (literally the circle of editors in chief) – or Kring for short – rebukes the legal threats expressed by TU Delft to Delta. In a letter [link in Dutch] to the Executive Board, the Kring also asks Saskia Bonger, the Editor in Chief, to not be held liable for any personal
The internal trade unions at TU Delft are critical about the composition of the social safety project team. They advise the Executive Board to reconsider the composition as quickly as possible and propose a solution.
Musicians Fridolijn, Ruud Houweling and Sophie Janna will perform Thursday evening, April 11, as part of Quite Quiet. This concert series has existed for more than 10 years and is co-organized by TU Delft-alumni. Quite Quiet seems to be a cure for the Dutch disease [talking during concerts, ed]: the audience is invited to listen
The Works Council and the Student Council will have at least one extra meeting with the Executive Board about the social safety action plan. The making of such a plan is one of the demands from the Inspectorate of Education's report on the lack of social safety at TU Delft. The extra meeting will be
Exhale, the ‘social living room’ has been on X’s grounds since January. It is hoped that this temporary facility will stimulate student well-being. “Everyone can be themselves and relax here.”
The monthly meeting between the Executive Board and the representation bodies, that is planned for Thursday the 28th, will be held largely behind closed doors. Only the last half hour of the two hour long meeting will be made public.
In an email to staff about the suspended court case, the Executive Board writes that socially threatening behaviour is not acceptable and should not be downplayed. Yet, in a response to the draft report of the Inspectorate of Education, the administrators cast doubts on the experiences of those reporting incidents, an analysis by Delta shows.
