,,Wij hebben nauwelijks centers of excellence.” (Minister Wijers van Economische zaken tijdens het Kamerdebat over bezuinigingen op kennisinstituten),,Als het aan de domkoppen van het ministerie van financiën ligt, begint in ieder geval de ondergang van Nederland al spoedig.
Bert van Wee never thought he would win the Best Professor Award. Delta spoke to the Transport policy Professor about the impact of corona and the character of generalists.
Scientific directorThe Trail Research School has appointed professor Ben Immers as its new scientific director. Immers – who succeeds professor Henk van Zuylen – was also recently appointed as professor at TU Delft.
It has emerged that an Israeli professor with ties to two Dutch universities has also been deployed in Gaza. In light of this revelation, the University of Groningen has decided to suspend its collaboration with the academic.
The majority in the Senate voted for the austerity plans of Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Marc de Vries, TU Delft Professor and SGP Senator did so too. Why did he vote against the interests of his own employer?
Hydrogen Professor Ad van Wijk bid TU Delft farewell with a symposium, farewell speech, and a book on energy. Delta asked him about the origins of his vision on hydrogen.
Artificial intelligence will make programming obsolete, says the journal Communications of the ACM. TU Delft Professor of Software Engineering Arie van Deursen responds.
Associate professor Daphne Stam has left TU Delft. She says she was not taken seriously in the “paternalistic atmosphere” at her Faculty of Aeropace Engineering.
Why are only full professors allowed to call themselves professor, wear a gown and confer doctorates? Assistant and associate professors ought to have that right too.
