Dossiers
Alex Nedelcu is pleased that TU Delft wants to encourage students to use their phones less. But is a campaign that relies on individuals ‘waking up’ and freely making different decisions enough to sever us from our structural dependence on digital devices?
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.
Trade unions AOb and FNV are calling for a 6-percent pay rise at universities, and for salaries to automatically rise in line with inflation from now on. They also want to improve the situation for pregnant employees.
In addition to all the developments in Delft, work on Campus Rotterdam is continuing at full speed. The Executive Board has hired an external consultancy firm and the programme team will move into the Groot Handelsgebouw (literally the big trade building) in Rotterdam.
For Delft students, the room shortage is an important issue in the upcoming municipal elections, according to a Delta Instagram poll. All Delft political parties address student housing in their election plans, though this does not always lead to innovative ideas.
Who would dare to speak out critically when there is a risk that your university might pass your name on to the police? In times of democratic erosion, universities should not go along with the status quo but should resist, argues Sander Otte.
The National Contact Point for Knowledge Security currently warns people not to report suspicious individuals by name, to protect their privacy. A new bill aims to remove this obstacle.
Prospective buyers need to be quick to get hold of a secondhand jewel at OWee’s first secondhand market. But it may not work for everyone: “I see a lot of good things! But I don’t have a room so I can’t buy anything yet.”
