Statement

Yesterday, Delta published an article about unrest within the I&IC Directorate. As a result of this publication, lawyers of one of the people mentioned in the article demanded that Delta  take down the article. Shortly afterwards, TU Delft also asked Delta to take down the article. This should not have happened.

Tim van der Hagen, President of the Executive Board: “I can very well understand that this again arouses feelings of disappointment and indignation. Especially now. Especially now, when it is of the utmost importance to us to take the necessary steps as carefully as possible to create a socially safe environment for all our students and staff, as well as for Delta’s editorial staff, who must be able to practice independent journalism in a safe working environment. This should not have happened and I apologise on behalf of the Executive Board, especially to our colleagues at Delta. Delta is an independent journalistic medium. That they follow us critically is not always pleasant, but it is good and necessary. And it should stay that way.

TU Delft is in the middle of drawing up a plan to improve social safety. This makes the incident all the more painful. The Executive Board is aware that yesterday’s events will not help this process. That is why we are apologising now.”