The Vice Chair of the Executive Board will bid farewell this autumn. Rob Mudde himself said in the Executive Board’s announcement of his departure that he is aware that the timing is unfortunate. But he is having to stop for health reasons.
An event about the recent destruction in the Gaza Strip that was to be held at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment (BK) on Wednesday 24 April in the evening was cancelled the Friday before by the Dean. He ‘did not have confidence that we could ensure a constructive and respectful dialogue’.
During Democracy Day, TU Delft students and staff members can discuss how TU Delft is managed. A group of people from TU Delft is organising the event to see how TU Delft can be managed in a more democratic way.
Staff members, students and alumni talked about problems around social safety at four meetings. The moderators hoped for solutions, but it appeared that they had difficulties with the process.
On Monday 15 April, the Executive Board sent a Delta reporter away from an open meeting with three internal trade unions. The public and a Berenschot advisor were welcome. Both the FNV Government trade union and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten condemn their action.
The Students and Staff for Safety pressure group does not believe that the current Executive Board can pick up the pieces and make good. The pressure group was specially set up in connection with the social safety issue, and it wrote this in a statement on Thursday.
After TU Delft ordered Delta to take a critical article about the work culture at I&IC offline, the Executive Board Chair Tim van der Hagen today offered his apologies to Delta on behalf of the Executive Board. At the time of writing, it is not yet certain if the article can be put online again.
Monday morning Delta published an article entitled How confidentiality led to anxiety among I&IC staff and a loss of confidence in the Rector. Under protest, we removed it the same evening.
The Executive Board has imposed a duty of confidentiality on the management team of the Innovation & Impact Centre (I&IC) regarding the performance of the Director appointed on 1 April 2023. It has brought about such a level of uncertainty and frustration among I&IC staff members that they feel hurt. Twelve staff members spoke to Delta about a loss of confidence in Rector Magnificus Tim van der Hagen, the Director of Human Resources, and the Ombuds functionary. How one issue illustrates the conclusions of the Inspectorate of Education: welfare of employees at TU Delft is not being mismanaged
