In this liveblog, Delta reported on the pro-Palestinian tent camp that stood near the Aula and the TU Delft Library for 23 days. The tents have now been removed. However, the activist students still stand by their demand that the TU sever its ties with Israeli educational institutions.
It is important that the higher education press can operate independently. These were the words of outgoing Minister Dijkgraaf on Tuesday at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Culture and Science in response to questions by NSC Member of Parliament Hertzberger.
Since Thursday afternoon, pro-Palestine activists have set up tents on the roof of TU Delft’s university library. They plan to stay until the university meets their demands, the most important of which is severing ties with Israeli educational institutions. In this liveblog, Delta reported on the first two days.
This Wednesday and Thursday, students at TU Delft can vote for the Student Council for the coming academic year. There are three parties on the voting slip: Oras, Lijst Bèta and Dé Partij. What are their plans? The party candidates explain.
At least 130 people gathered in front of the Executive Board’s door during the ‘walk-out’ on Monday. The organisers said that they felt solidarity with students and staff members in Amsterdam and Utrecht. They also demanded that TU Delft breaks ties with Israeli universities and the weapons industry. Vice-Rector Rob Mudde had a brief talk with the activists.
On Monday 13 May, students and staff of all kinds of universities and universities of applied sciences plan to protest with a 'walk-out': at 11 AM, they will stop their work and walk outside. In Delft, a similar protest has been announced by a group calling itself Engineering Solidarity Palestine Delft and that is supported
On the orders of TU Delft, Delta took offline an investigative article about the problems at the I&IC Department on Monday 15 April. Apologies from the Executive Board followed on 16 April. Despite the apologies, Delta has not yet published the article again. Read the reasons for this below.
A publication break in May: that is something new. But exceptional times call for exceptional measures. That is why we are taking a week off from that ever-spinning news mill.
The local TU Delft trade unions want to schedule an extra meeting with the Executive Board. They want to know as soon as possible how the Executive Board is going to address doubts about the Undesirable Behaviour Complaints Committee that, according to the Education Inspectorate, exist among employees. They write: "The unions ask you to
