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Since Saturday, large demonstrations have been taking place again at universities in Iran. “The mood has changed,” says Iran expert Peyman Jafari: “Students do not want to go back to square one.”
What is the status of the workload and social safety issue at TU Delft now? The Netherlands Labour Authority will visit this week to check these. The inspectors will return in March and April. The investigation is a follow-up to that of 2024 when TU Delft was rated as inadequate.
The new Dutch cabinet has been sworn in. What do the plans outlined in the coalition agreement mean for scientific research in the Netherlands? The economists at the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis took a closer look.
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.
Around ten protesters staged a noise protest at the Delft Career Days on Tuesday afternoon. They were protesting against the presence of fossil fuel companies and companies linked to the military industry. However, the music was so loud that the activists could hardly talk to passing students.
Staff and students at TU Delft can participate in moral deliberation training courses from March onwards. The aim is to teach them how to make decisions about complex issues in a structured manner.
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.”
