Success stories and complex problems, along with music and dance, were the ingredients of the opening of an ‘honest and sustainable’ academic new year for TU Delft on 2 September.
On Thursday, the last day of the introduction week, all the participants gathered in the Mekelpark for the Your Own Frequency festival. They wandered along the info stands and screamed in the carousel.
Where is the quietest space on campus? And what is ‘the beast of TU Delft’? The campus has secrets from everyone, even from students and staff members who have been here for years. It is time to explore them during the Backstage Campus Tour on day four of the OWee.
A workshop on making friends, a Dutch lesson, an explanation about the Dutch health insurance system, preparing to cycle in the Netherlands. Participants in the Introduction Programme (IP) could choose out of 11 workshops to get to know the Netherlands and TU Delft.
Six TU Delft students and two alumni won medals at the Olympic Games in Paris. TU Delft researchers also helped the Dutch teams gain success with their innovations.
Shock and recognition dominate at TU Delft after the Inspectorate of Education’s negative assessment of the Plan for Change for social safety. “It seems that finally something will happen.”
The Inspectorate of Education considers that TU Delft’s plan to improve social safety consists ‘largely of objectives and direction’ but lacks firm actions. It also lacks critical reflection on the role of the Executive Board.
Reducing the number of students in Delft by offering research and learning opportunities in Rotterdam. This idea should put less pressure on the city and the campus, but we are not yet there. In the meantime, what should be done about the pressure on Delft? And what will the relationship between the various locations be? Delta asked Vice-Rector Rob Mudde and Fred van Keulen, the Dean of ME.
In July, the Olympic Games will be held in Paris. TU Delft top athletes are ready to compete. What are their lives like and are they ready? Part 8: swimmer Sean Niewold.
