Monday morning Delta published an article entitled How confidentiality led to anxiety among I&IC staff and a loss of confidence in the Rector. Under protest, we removed it the same evening.
The so-called Students and Staff for Safety - an anonymous group of people from TU Delft - have opened a poll following their petition. They are also launching a 'call for action'. In a post on Change.org, they ask people whether they think the current Executive Board is capable of bringing about the cultural change
The ‘Social safety project team’ has set four dates on which TU Delft employees, students and alumni can share ideas about ‘a safer working and studying environment’. The Supervisory Board will attend one of the sessions and the Executive Board another.
TU Delft alumnus Boris Schellekens filed a complaint at TU Delft’s Research Integrity Committee against the Dean of his former faculty Aerospace Engineering (AE). He is hoping that TU Delft will withdraw from the Future-proof Aviation manifesto.
Now that the Inspectorate report is published, TU Delft too quickly jumps into its traditional role of problem solver, turning its back on the past and closing its doors. If we really want a socially safe university, we should not let this happen, writes Saskia Bonger, Editor in Chief, in this opinion piece.
Tim van der Hagen, Rector Magnificus and Chair of the Executive Board at TU Delft, does not think he made a misjudgement by threatening the Inspectorate with a lawsuit. How does he justify this when it took three weeks of protest before he changed his mind?
Alice Stäbler will become interim director of the Innovation & Impact Centre (I&IC) as of 28 March. This is stated in a message on intranet. Stäbler replaces Kemo Agović who, according to the message, ‘recently decided to step down from his position as Director I&IC to pursue a new career path’. Since 2018, Alice Stäbler
The Executive Board will not file a case against the Inspectorate of Education. This was stated in email to all staff on Wednesday morning, 20 March. Delta talked to Rector Tim van der Hagen about it.
The internal trade unions at TU Delft pose ‘serious questions about the continuity of the change processes required by the Inspectorate of Education’. Two Board members will only be in office for a relatively short period to come, while the unions believe that changing a culture needs long-term stable leadership.
All TU Delft staff members can share their ideas about creating a safer working environment with the Works Council (OR). The OR has invited all staff to a meeting on Wednesday 20 March. The OR will share the ideas with the Executive Board, that is planning to submit its plan of action to the Inspectorate of Education on 19 May at the latest.
