The Delft Young Academy (DYA) says that assistant professors in the Academic Career Track (ACT) can get caught in the crossfire due to shifting power dynamics. The DYA has identified sixteen cases in which disagreements between ACTs and their PhD candidates or students escalated into social safety complaints. In these instances, procedures were unclear and managers took abrupt action. The DYA is calling for more transparent reporting and investigation processes.
The Executive Board of TU Delft offers its apologies and is ordering an external investigation into possible irregularities within its agreement with the police. It also issued a striking request.
Terminate the agreement governing the sharing of personal data with the police. That is the advice the TU Delft Works Council has given to the Executive Board. Pressure is also coming from another direction: on Wednesday, the GroenLinks and PvdA city council parties submitted written questions regarding the future of the agreement.
Delta recently revealed that TU Delft and the police have had a covenant in place for years that regulates the sharing of personal data. What does it say, what went wrong in 2024, and what does Amnesty International think about it? Delta took a closer look.
Former Delta columnist Bob van Vliet was the TU Delft employee whose name was passed on to the police by the Integrated Safety and Security department in 2024. His columns, one in particular, were (partly) the reason for this. Experts and journalists condemn TU Delft’s actions.
The departments involved at TU Delft do not wish to disclose which collaborations with Israeli partners have been identified. They only mention numbers. Nine months ago, the Executive Board decided to refrain from establishing new ties and to reassess existing ones. That review is ongoing, and as far as those involved are concerned, only general information will be released.
According to its own statements, TU Delft has only shared personal data of protesters with the police once in the past two years. This was in February 2024, as recently revealed by Delta. In a message to staff and students, the Executive Board now acknowledges that mistakes were made at the time.
Take care of each other. That message is central to an intranet message from the Executive Board about the flare-up of violence in the Middle East: 'the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran' and 'Iran's missile strikes in the region'. "The images of violence, destruction and casualties are deeply affecting," writes the Executive
Delft Mayor Alexander Pechtold wants to know the ‘necessity and relevance’ of the agreement between the police and TU Delft. Delta recently revealed that TU Delft and the police have had an agreement in place for years that provides for the sharing of personal data.
