By early October, one in four TU Delft managers had completed the one-day course Leadership and Social Safety. Another quarter had signed up. The unions are calling for the training to be mandatory, but the Executive Board is sticking to persuasion rather than compulsion.
What do you think of our new draft code of conduct? That is what TU Delft wants to know from its staff and students. The code is intended to provide more clarity about what behaviour is and is not desirable.
Professor of Biotechnology and Society Patricia Osseweijer will retire this Friday. Delta has already read her farewell speech. The tone and form are light-hearted, but what resonates is an urgent plea for designing with global justice as the conscious end goal. “Things can be different.”
Ingrid Thijssen will be the new President of TU Delft. She is currently President of the employers’ organisation VNO-NCW. The Supervisory Board is pleased with the appointment.
Doors open or closed? After months of deadlock on this issue, the trade unions and the Executive Board of TU Delft have decided that their meetings will remain open to the public for the time being — although this does not apply to all topics.
As usual, voting for the Dutch parliamentary elections can be done on the TU Delft campus. There are two polling stations in the lobby of the Aula. It is a constant coming and going, mainly of students and staff.
Like the faculties, University Services and the Executive Board will have to make significant cutbacks in the coming years. What choices will they make? Almost all support processes will be affected – from personnel policy to catering and from ICT to strategic partnerships.
The Education Inspectorate’s reassessment into social safety at TU Delft has been delayed. The report will not be published until 2026, under a new Executive Board. This raises the question of whether the inspectorate will be assessing the TU as it was then or as it is now.
The TU Delft integrity and social safety reporting point received 85 reports in its first six months. What were they about and what has been done about them?
