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.

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.”

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.

In a new update, TU Delft outlines measures to increase social safety. Meanwhile, the representation bodies are still not satisfied about communications, Students & Staff for Safety is once again speaking out, and a ministerial letter was leaked.

Tobias van Oort, a TU Delft security officer, rescued a man that had landed in the water in his car close to campus on Monday 11 November. How did he keep his head and take action? “I have experienced traffic accidents before.”