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.
Shock and recognition dominate at TU Delft after the Inspectorate of Education’s negative assessment of the Plan for Change for social safety. “It seems that finally something will happen.”
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.
