In its report about social safety at TU Delft, the Inspectorate of Education was critical about the role of the Supervisory Board. Outgoing Minister of Education Dijkgraaf subsequently had several meetings with the Supervisory Board and set out four points of attention in a letter. In this interview, the Board’s Chair, Tijo Collot d’Escury, responds on behalf of the full Supervisory Board.
During a consultation meeting with the Executive Board (cvb), the local unions at TU Delft repeated their earlier viewpoints and recommendations for increasing social safety at TU Delft. Cvb-member Marien van der Meer said that she would consider them. She also asked for trust.
The Executive Board will share the response of the Inspectorate of Education to TU Delft’s Plan of Change with the Works Council and the Student Council. Rector Magnificus and Executive Board Chair Tim van der Hagen promised to do so at the monthly meeting with the representation bodies.
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The consultation meeting between the Student Council and Vice Rector Rob Mudde was briefly adjourned on Wednesday when Student Council member Pravesha Ramsundersingh spoke out about the war Gaza in her personal capacity.
Despite ‘several incidents’, including at Delta, outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf does not believe that the independence of higher education media is under pressure across the board.
In this liveblog, Delta reported on the pro-Palestinian tent camp that stood near the Aula and the TU Delft Library for 23 days. The tents have now been removed. However, the activist students still stand by their demand that the TU sever its ties with Israeli educational institutions.
The Innovation & Impact Centre has set up a social safety work group to help ‘restore balance’, according to the chair Jan Schiereck. The Centre’s employees were negatively affected by the way the organisation handled the departure of their director. “We want to ensure that everyone feels senang (happy) again.”
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