Three months after the Executive Board gave the go-ahead for the lease of two TU buildings to the Ministry of Defence, many practical details regarding the planned innovation centre are still unclear. For instance, it is not yet known exactly when the centre will open or under what conditions companies will be admitted.
TU Delft acted in a seriously culpable manner towards an Architecture Faculty employee who had raised concerns about social unsafety. It must pay substantial compensation. That is what the court ruled in April. The Faculty now states that it will ‘do everything in its power to prevent recurrence’ but is not attaching consequences in this case for specific individuals involved.
Six employees of Applied Sciences have serious health complaints caused by low-frequency vibrations. They have reported sick, been relocated or have left TU Delft. The Faculty is carrying out extensive research into causes and solutions, but for those affected this is not happening fast enough. What is going on?
A European commission of the World Health Organization (WHO), of which Ernst Kuipers – Chair of the TU Delft Supervisory Board – is a member, calls for far-reaching measures against the health effects of climate change. The recommendations have been published in The Lancet. According to the report, warming is accelerating worldwide, with Europe being
The fire brigade extinguished a small fire on Wednesday afternoon 13 May at the Faculty of Applied Sciences on the South Campus. Given the date, the incident brings back memories of the devastating fire at the Faculty of Architecture on 13 May 2008. (Photo: District8) The fire at the Chemical Engineering department within Applied Sciences
Carin van der Hor has stepped down as an external confidential advisor at TU Delft. She is leaving behind an organisation where transgressive behaviour is reported more often, yet where cultural change is progressing slowly. “If the behaviour does not change, confidential advisers will remain very busy.”
TU Delft is leasing two buildings to the Ministry of Defence for an innovation centre for security and resilience. Start-ups and SMEs are to collaborate there with Defence on so‑called dual‑use technology. According to the Executive Board, this fits within ‘the university’s societal mission’.
For the first time ever, TU Delft has won the Batavierenrace university competition. The student team completed the world’s biggest relay race in 10 hours, 16 minutes and 43 seconds. Waiting for the result was particularly nerve-wracking.
TU Delft is on the right track to achieve lasting improvements in social safety, according to the Education Inspectorate, two years after it identified mismanagement there. What exactly did that first report say, and what happened after that? A recap of a turbulent period in six acts.
