The occupation of the roof of Mechanical Engineering is over. The police arrested the activists from Delft Student Intifada at 6:10 PM. They had wanted to spend the night on the roof, but TU Delft did not consider this safe.
TU Delft has withdrawn from a research collaboration on artificial intelligence. ‘Delft Student Intifada’ is protesting on 3 December partly against this partnership, because the Israeli company Weebit Nano was involved. Three other collaborations will not go ahead.
‘Delft Student Intifada’ has occupied the roof of Mechanical Engineering. They are demanding an academic boycott of Israel and a public condemnation of the genocide in Palestine. They want to engage in dialogue with the Executive Board, but that has not yet made an appearance.
This article was updated with information about the two new collaborations on 24 November at 2:25 PM. Students believe that TU Delft is not honouring previous promises regarding collaborations with Israel. Action group “Delft Student Intifada” has therefore announced a new protest for 3 December to exert pressure and demand more clarity about these collaborations.
The British QS World Rankings has published its latest ranking of sustainable universities. TU Delft has dropped 20 places, but still performs best in the Netherlands. The list is headed by Lund University (Sweden), the University of Toronto (Canada), and UCL (London). Last year, Delft was ranked 15th, but the university has now dropped to
In addition to all the developments in Delft, work on Campus Rotterdam is continuing at full speed. The Executive Board has hired an external consultancy firm and the programme team will move into the Groot Handelsgebouw (literally the big trade building) in Rotterdam.
Klaas Rozemond, who left VU Amsterdam in 2024 after a conflict at the Faculty of Law, has written a book about transgressive behaviour within universities and other organisations. TU Delft and the ‘Delta affair’ are also discussed. His advice: seek help from outside.
The Works Council and Student Council will advise the Executive Board on TU Delft’s austerity plans after all. This transpired at the meeting between the Executive Board and the representation bodies on Thursday 30 October.
Planetary scientist Daphne Stam, former associate professor at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, has been nominated as unconventional thinker of the year 2025. According to the Stichting Dwarsdenkers, she resigned ‘to raise awareness of the structurally unsafe culture for women in the sciences’ and ‘consciously chooses transparency and restoration, even if that comes at a
A fire broke out at the Sint Jansbrug student association on Sunday morning. According to the fire department, the fire started in a toilet in the building, but it is not known exactly how this happened. Fire at student association Sint Jansbrug. (Photo: District8) At around 6:50 a.m., the fire department was alerted by the
