Administrative meddling can sometimes thwart editors of higher education media, and intimidation by students and activists increasingly puts academic press freedom under pressure. Editors push back by setting clear boundaries, having more robust statutes and being open about their decisions.
A group of over one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the TU Delft Library on Thursday afternoon. The protest began around 12:30 p.m. on the square near the Pulse education building.
TU Delft staff and students are laying down work on Thursday. The hope is that the substantial cuts in higher education will be reversed. Delft is the straggler of the ‘relay strike’. During the day, Delta was liveblogging.
According to four professors and an Assistant Professor, the government’s budget cuts targeting international students violate European law. The government is concealing the fact that it is making an unlawful distinction between Dutch and European students.
An initially peaceful demonstration at the Delft Career Days on Tuesday ended up as a blockade of the main entrance to the Aula. Ten people were arrested for breaching the peace and one is suspected of assault. The protesters were protesting against the presence of fossil fuel and weapons companies.
The TU Delft unions are watching the compulsory redundancies at the University of Twente with concern. Dozens of jobs are being cut in a single faculty to save EUR 6.2 million. TU Delft needs to save EUR 79 million. Will that cost hundreds of jobs? The unions feel there’s a lack of vision and want a new Executive Board to develop this first.
TU Delft is facing serious cutbacks: up to EUR 79 million per year from 2028. The Executive Board does not rule out staff dismissals. Much will depend on the plans to economise by 10% that all faculties and services have to make in the next few months.
A baseline measurement will be done to show how TU Delft staff is experiencing social safety. This is what TU Delft wrote in the update of the social safety plan of action as required by the Inspectorate of Education. The Inspectorate will start its progress assessment this Monday.
TU Delft intends to press charges in a case of a former PhD candidate who has made negative statements on social media about the supervision during his unfinished PhD trajectory at TU Delft. The university announced so in a release on their website. The spokesperson did not provide further details on the exact grounds for
