For the last time, a researcher from the GSE Department earns a doctoral degree for research into oil production. It was a long journey to this point, says the Department Chair. “If we would continue oil-based research, we would uphold the status quo. But don’t say we should not work with the fossil fuel industry at all.”
After TU Delft ordered Delta to take a critical article about the work culture at I&IC offline, the Executive Board Chair Tim van der Hagen today offered his apologies to Delta on behalf of the Executive Board. At the time of writing, it is not yet certain if the article can be put online again.
To draw attention to the visibility of transgender people, True U, the LHBTQI+ employees network, handed out Easter eggs on campus on Thursday. “We want to show that we too are allowed to be here. In all our diversity.”
For the time being, DUO does not have to come up with heavier evidence if the student finance company accuses students of cheating on the basic grant for those living away from home, a majority in the parliament decided. DUO uses home visits to check whether students who receive a grant for living away from
TU Delft employees could share their ideas about a safer working environment in a meeting organised by the Works Council. “Don’t say that you want everyone to enjoy a good working environment, but say that it is your responsibility to create a good working environment.”
In the battle against climate change and for protecting biodiversity, seaweed and kelp forests are of incalculable value around the world. Team Epoch designed a winning AI model to monitor them.
For the first time, one of the spaces in the EEMCS Faculty bears the name of a woman. It is Johanna Manders, one of the first women to graduate in Electrical Engineering. ‘If the name attracts just one young women to come and study here, the goal has been achieved.’
Flemish influencer Acid has been given a suspended prison sentence and an 800 euro fine for his revealing videos of the hazing ('ontgroening') of Sanda Dia. He must also pay damages amounting to 20 thousand euros. Following a gruesome hazing (called ‘baptism’ in Flemish), 20-year-old student Sanda Dia died in 2018. He was made to
TU Delft has been ranked 40th in the annual Times World Reputation Ranking. This makes it the highest ranked Dutch university, and the shared ninth in Europe. Times Higher Education establishes the list order based on a survey of established scientists. It is therefore about the image that scholars at universities worldwide have of other
