Tijo Collot d’Escury is stepping down from his position as Chair of TU Delft’s Supervisory Board with immediate effect. In a statement, he writes that he wants to avoid ‘any appearance of a conflict of interest’ with his partnership with Roland Berger.
The Supervisory Board has halted the recruitment of a Vice-Rector/Vice Chair. This is part of a new plan for the phased filling of Executive Board seats. It is likely to last well into 2026 before the last permanent Executive Board member takes office. Why can this not be done more quickly?
After months of consultation, the way has been cleared for the new TU Delft social safety contact point. The Works Council and Student Council have agreed to the procedure, although the first had some points for attention.
This spring, the Labour Inspectorate will start a new investigation into work pressure and undesirable behaviour at fourteen universities, including TU Delft. They must show improvement, otherwise there is a threat of enforcement and even fines.
All services and faculties of TU Delft have to cut back by 10 percent, but according to the Works Council, more is needed than this ‘cheese slicing method’. The council is asking the Executive Board for ‘vision’ and ‘courageous choices’, for example about Campus Rotterdam.
Michael van der Meer, Director of the TU Delft Science Centre, will step down shortly. ‘Different knowledge, skills and management’ are said to be needed for the public centre.
Currently, there are no plans for a strike against higher education budget cuts in Delft, but this could change. This was stated by Fred Veer, chairman of the internal trade unions at TU Delft, when asked. In various cities, there are concrete plans for strikes by university staff. The trade unions and action group WOinActie
The Dutch Open Government Act and the European AI Act. These currently relevant subjects were on the programme of the second congress of the Lawyers Consultation Committee (Landelijk Juristenoverleg). The Legal Services departments of all Dutch universities met at the congress in Delft on 14 November. “Government information does not belong to Government, but to the people.”
TU Delft's Innovation and Impact Centre (I&IC) has a new director as of 1 January: Kenneth Heijns. Until June 2024, he was general director at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS). He stayed at AMS for a while, until he transferred to I&IC in September. As an employee there he is supporting the
Despite the cutbacks that will also affect TU Delft, the preparations for the Rotterdam Campus are going ahead. The Executive Board has approved the so-called Development Plan which will bring the TU Delft branch a step closer. One challenge now is to attract millions of euros from external investors, another is to address concerns among staff and students.
