Britte Bouchaut
Britte Bouchaut is an assistant professor at Safety and Security Science, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. Britte commutes from Eindhoven to Delft on a daily base and is often angry, justifiably or not, at the world and vents her anger by writing.
Women at the top? Yes, more, says Britte Bouchaut. But not as an excuse, not to tick a box, and certainly not as a smoke screen behind which the old culture simply continues.
There is always a plate of snacks, which nobody eats, on talk shows on TV. Britte Bouchaut suggests doing this at TU Delft too. A meeting? A plate of snacks. A performance evaluation? A plate of snacks. A round of dismissals. A plate of snacks! It is supposed to ease the atmosphere and, who knows, it may even ease the decisions.
It feels great if you can choose your new housemates yourself and feel an immediate click, says Britte Bouchaut. But when there is not much choice, you get to know people who are completely different to you. It can sometimes be painful, hilarious, or completely gross. But it is always an opportunity to learn.
During her holiday, Britte had plenty of time to discover a new frustration: LinkedIn.
Slaving away on a Veni application while you know that you probably won’t get the grant. Why do we mystify this grant so much? Britte Bouchaut wonders if this could be otherwise.
Britte Bouchaut is sprinting fast towards the end of the academic year and feels that something is amiss at the finishing line. After all, projects and partnerships are not arranged in semesters.
Exams done, time to reflect says teacher Britte Bouchaut. Not on the grades, but on the innovative abilities, or not, of students to cheat.
Britte Bouchaut calls on everyone to go on strike on 24 April. Now is the time to say ‘no’, she advocates, because if we do nothing, education will be further dismantled.
Our new columnist Britte Bouchaut is concerned about the cutbacks that TU Delft will have to make. What will they involve? No more free coffee? In her eyes, the plans for the Rotterdam campus are inconsistent with the financial challenges that TU Delft faces.
Safety regulations are much stricter in biotechnology than in chemistry, noted Britte Bouchaut, a PhD student. In Nature, she advocates a middle ground: Safe by Design.
