It was a year of academic achievements, heroes, turbulent education policy in The Hague, and above all, a disastrous report about the lack of social safety. Let’s look back at Delta in 2024. We will be back on 6 January. We wish you a wonderful festive season!
Delft Matters (DM), the TU Delft magazine for alumni, staff members and students, will no longer be published on paper from July 2025. Instead, it will be published online. DM’s predecessor, Delft Integraal, was first published in 1984 with a print run of 6,000. The print run is now about nine times more.
Ninety-nine physics demonstrations for free, that’s what the latest TU Delft’s open interactive textbook has to offer. Complete with videos and educational notes for students and teachers alike. “Why not let others benefit from years of work?”
Despite train delays and bad weather, it was crowded on the Malieveld in The Hague on Monday afternoon, 25 November. According to the organisers, 20,000 people attended the protest against the announced cutbacks on higher education. Among them were plenty from TU Delft.
Rosanne Hertzberger (NSC political party), a member of the House of Representatives, was updated on social safety, the freedom of the press, and the consequences of the Balanced Internationalisation Bill on 1 November on the TU Delft campus. Her wish? “The countervailing power in institutions needs to stand firm and function well.”
This academic year, TU Delft has a student association specially for Jewish students. It is a religious association and not a political one, according to the founders. Last Thursday, they showed a controversial film at a remembrance of the victims of the Hamas attack on 7 October last year.
The victims of the lack of social safety at TU Delft get caught in a web of hierarchical uncertainty, a lack of action and unequal power relationships, reveals an investigation by Delta. This often worsens the situations of those seeking help. “TU Delft shattered me entirely.”
TU Delft’s executive board (EB) has cancelled a planned meeting with Students and Staff for Safety. Both parties did not agree on the conditions to hold a ‘safe conversation’ and how to do so transparently, but say they are still open to talk. The group, which was formed by students and staff in response to…
On OWee Monday, everyone could go to the info market for goodies and, of course, information on everything to make the upcoming student life more beautiful. In the evening, all associations made it a party.
