WHAT WE FIGHT FOR
INCLUSION
Socially safe, diverse and inclusive community
EDUCATION
Future proof, inspiring and supported education
WELL-BEING
Mental health, personal growth and student housing
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable campus and curricula and transparency
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY & SOCIAL SAFETY
Since TU Delft offers world-class education, its community is very diverse in culture, language, nationality, lifestyle, sexual orientation, communication style, religion, and physical abilities. Although the university provides international students with excellent education, we believe that more attention should be given to the integration of students as well. As Lijst Bèta, it is our vision that:
- The university should offer an open and safe environment for all
- The start of your studies is focused on providing you with the right information and tools to have a good and encouraging start
- Student organizations and community events/projects should be well-supported by the university to give everyone access to more social opportunities and student communities
- Every layer of the organisation should be representative of the TU Delft community
- The course content is diverse, inclusive and representative. We make solutions that work for all members of society
- Attention should be paid to matters of students such as living costs, loneliness and stereotypes
- Intercultural communication skills should be taught to every student
- The university and its members take their social responsibility seriously
- Representative bodies such as the student council should be representative of the whole student population
EDUCATION & INSPIRING EDUCATION
Lijst Bèta strives for innovative and inspiring education, so that you can become a well-rounded Delft engineer. Furthermore, the university should provide excellent (educational) facilities for your needs as a student. Therefore, we believe that:
- Education should be about improving yourself instead of proving yourself
- The university should provide more and better study places, also for master thesis students
- The curricula should challenge students to develop themselves, by teaching them the necessary 21st century skills such as programming, reflecting, critical thinking and (multidisciplinary) collaboration
- Motivating education offers autonomy, so that students can choose their education in a structured manner
- We want students to have more direct influence on their courses
- Our teachers define the way students experience their education at the TU Delft. This is an important role that should not be taken lightly, by the university nor by the teachers themselves
- Inspiring education of high quality is only possible when educational tasks are rewarded equally, instead of the current prioritization of research activities. Researching teachers should have the possibility to excel in their didactic skills
Furthermore, there is a practical side to innovative and inspiring education. Our student population continues to grow, which puts pressure on already limited resources. Lijst Bèta wants to the university to:
- Provide better and more fruitful ways of providing feedback, where the implementation of it is immediately visible
- As an internationally recognized institution, offer new innovative forms of education such as blended learning to be able to offer students the best of the best
PERSONAL GROWTH & WELL-BEING
It is our vision that education should guide students towards independent and critical thinking while also supporting their well-being and personal development during their time as a student. The university should focus more on improving student well-being and decreasing stress caused by high work load. We support the cultural change initiated by TU Delft and strive for:
- An integration of soft skills in the curricula
- Sufficient support services that are accessible for all, such as student psychologists and counsellors
- A shift from curative towards preventative measures
- A less anonymous university where all students feel seen.
- Normalization of failure, asking for help and self-reflection
- Better thesis supervision
- Clear and accessible information, so that you know where to go to with what question
- Curricula designed to facilitate a healthy study balance
- More opportunities to socialize for all students
- More time for students to develop themselves outside their studies
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS & CURRICULA
Climate change might be the biggest challenge of this era. Today’s students can make a difference for tomorrow! That is why Lijst Bèta calls for more attention for sustainability in education, campus, and finance. Therefore, we strive for:
- Sustainability as an integral part of every curriculum
- Ensuring that the TU Delft achieves the goal of being CO2-neutral in 2030
- The learning environment to provide students with the necessary tools to engineer sustainably and to come up with innovative solutions to the sustainability challenges of the future
- The many existing innovations to be translated into a sustainable campus
- Scrutinizing the indirect emissions of the TU, that stem from other activities, such as finance
- TU Delft and its organization to lead by example and show what is possible through great leadership
Read more about our vision Here
WHAT WE WANT
INCLUSION
- A university where everyone feels safe and welcome
- Financial support to improve equality (e.g. project materials)
- Cultural integration as a two-way exchange
- Bias training for students and staff
EDUCATION
- Innovation as the foundation of top-notch education
- Uniform policy for fairer examinations and AI usage
- Flexibility to study on your terms
- More and better study places and facilities
- Free Adobe Licenses
WELL-BEING
- More support for mental health and personal growth of students
- More and affordable student housing
- Payment in terms for X subscription
- More socializing spots on campus
SUSTAINABILITY
- Sustainability and ethics in curricula and on campus
- Free, sustainable, and ethical software
- Affordable catering
- Implementing climate fresk workshops
- Sustainability tag in the studyguide for courses
- Innovation as the foundation of top-notch education
- Sustainability and ethics in curricula and on campus
- More support for mental health and personal growth of students
- A university where everyone feels safe and welcome
- More and affordable student housing
- Uniform policy for fairer examinations and AI usage
- Free, sustainable, and ethical software
- More and better study places and facilities
- Financial support to improve equality (e.g. project materials)
- Cultural integration as a two-way exchange
- Flexibility to study on your terms
WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED
EDUCATION
Mandatory Practice Exams
Free Overleaf premium
50.000 grant for innovative education
Structurally more study places
Mandatory Practice Exams
Practice is essential when learning something new. Courses are no exception, so to be well prepared for your exams, you should be able to practice enough. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, lecturers are required to provide practice exams (with answers!) for all courses.
Free Overleaf Premium
For many students, LaTeX reports and group projects go hand-in-hand. Overleaf is a great tool for collaborating on reports, but the free accounts don’t always give you everything you need. Lijst Bèta made sure all students at TU Delft can now use Overleaf Premium!
50.000 grant for innovative education
Motivated lecturers should get the opportunity to see their innovative ideas realized. Therefore, thanks to Lijst Bèta, a total of €50.000 in grants are available to promote these educational initiatives. This year, Gillian Saunders (RevAImping the Literature Research), Arash Asadi (EDU-LLM: Responsible Integration of Large Language Models in Academic Teaching), Winfred Mugge (Bridging the skills gap: Employability skills in engineering education), Nikolina Šoštarić (AI-enhanced programming education for applied scientists), Wim Bouwman (Towards Better Learning: Evaluating the Educational Impact of Coherent Curriculum Reform in Engineering education), Sam Rietdijk (A transdisciplinary education service), and Steven Flipse (Transdisciplinary Teaching & Learning) were awarded these
grants.
Structurally more study places
Thanks to the input that Lijst Bèta received from many students, we saw the opportunity to add extra study places in Pulse. Together with the Facility Management at Pulse, we looked at utilizing the available space more efficiently, and now 60 extra places are realized! Currently, we have meetings yearly with the Facility Management to structurally realise more study spaces in all educational buildings, including Echo, Flux, Fellowship, and Pulse.
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability task force and Green teams
Fossil-Free pension funds
Supporting in sustainable education
Climate Fresk sustainablility workshop
Sustainability task force and Green teams
When you graduate, you should be able to find solutions for relevant societal problems, like sustainability. But unfortunately not all programs give much attention to this important matter. This is why Lijst Bèta has worked together with Green TU to start up Green Teams at each faculty which focus on making the education and faculty more sustainable. The students themselves are the closest to their own curriculum and know best where possibilities lie to make a meaningful impact at TU Delft and eventually in society. Currently, all faculties have their own GreenTeam!
Fossil-Free pension funds
From 2021 onwards, FlexDelft had to implement a new pension fund. Lijst Bèta has successfully pushed within TU Delft for a sustainable pension fund! The new pension fund of FlexDelft implemented sustainability requirements for the investments of the fund. Finally, Lijst Bèta also successfully advocated within TU Delft that ABP (the employee pension fund of the TU Delft) no longer invests in fossil fuels and other businesses that are not in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, nor TU Delft’s own 2030 goals.
Supporting in sustainable education
As sustainability impacts all choices that we make as engineers, we can’t be taught about it in just one course; it needs to be an integral part of our education, woven through the curriculum like a green thread. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, together with GreenTU, a project was set up where student assistants work together with professors to make their courses more sustainable by adding green examples or giving more focus to the environmental impact of certain techniques. This project was further implemented in the whole TU Delft. That resulted in more sustainability aspects implemented in more courses over the years.
Climate Fresk sustainablility workshop
Implementing sustainability in education can be time and financially costly for educators. In some cases, even double work might happen where an educator on one end of campus is developing the same idea as another educator on the other end of the campus. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, a repository is created where educators share their best practices and their ideas on how to implement sustainability in education. This repository makes it easier for educators to get sustainability into YOUR education!
WELL-BEING
25% More student psychologist
Contemplation rooms in four buildings
CONNECT – central well-being point
Training for confidential people in associations
25% More student psychologist
Through you journey as a student you deserve to get professional help. At the TU Delft, student psycologists are provided to the student in order to give them the appropriate help if needed. Currently, you have to wait for months to use this service. One of the main reasons, that waiting lines are long, are the number of student psychologists available. Thanks to Bèta, 3 more student psychologists to increase the number to 12 in total. We are also working on increasing the number even more!
Contemplation rooms in four buildings
A contemplation room gives students the opportunity to meditate, pray, reflect, or otherwise find peace. This promotes student well-being and the inclusiveness of the university. Lijst Bèta believes that you should have the proper equipped space to relax and reflect when you need to. Thanks to Bèta, there are four contemplation rooms (Aerospace, Library, Bk and X) on campus and one extra room in the development process.
CONNECT - central well-being point
Do you have a question or need help, but are you not sure where to go at TU Delft? Don’t worry – Lijst Bèta has set up CONNECT – an approachable contact point for student affairs! At this point student hosts are ready to help you with questions about your studies, personal development or well-being. At the moment, CONNECT is located in the Aula and we are looking to be more visible on other places on the campus as well.
Training for confidential people in association
As a student, you may sometimes face personal or sensitive situations within your association. It is important that you can turn to someone you trust – a confidential person, who knows how to handle these conversations with care. Lijst Bèta believes that every association should have a well-trained confidential person available for their members. Thanks to Bèta, training is now provided for confidential persons within student associations, giving them the tools and knowledge to properly support fellow students. This way, you are never alone with your concerns.
INCLUSION
Cultural awareness and D&I trainings
Sexual well-being trainings at EJW
Diversity and inclusion teams
Reporting point social safety
Cultural awareness and D&I trainings
At Lijst Bèta, we believe that each student is diverse and deserve to receive a tailored treatment that fits to their background. For that, we are working on ensuring that psychologists and counsellors at the TU Delft get culture and diversity awareness trainings yearly.
Sexual well-being trainings at EJW
As a society, we’ve grown a lot in diversity these past years. However, on some points there is still a lot of room for improvement. This is sadly also the case when it comes to our understanding of consent. At student parties, especially when there is alcohol involved, lines get blurred and personal boundaries are crossed or not respected. It is therefore important that everyone starts with the same baseline, and become conscious about how their actions can affect others. That is why Lijst Bèta has provided trainings, like ‘Gelijkspel’, on this right at the beginning of the freshmen weekend, so everyone can feel safe and respected.
Diversity and inclusion teams
Various groups and individuals at the TU Delft, ranging from students to staff members and others, are working hard to implement Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) policies at the university and to improve the overall community regarding D&I matters. The Diversity Office is essential for making and implementing D&I policy at all levels, including the highest organizational levels. However, having a central office that is appointed for specific themes is not sufficient. D&I is a delicate topic that needs a unique approach for every situation. There is not one solution that fits all. Therefore, we are working to implement D&I teams at every faculty, consisting of both students and employees to ensure sufficient representation. Right now, there are D&I teams at ME, IDE, EEMCS, and ABE. We are working hard to expand that to all faculties!
Reporting point social safety
As a student, you may sometimes face personal or sensitive situations within your association. It is important that you can turn to someone you trust – a confidential person, who knows how to handle these conversations with care. Lijst Bèta believes that every association should have a well-trained confidential person available for their members. Thanks to Bèta, training is now provided for confidential persons within student associations, giving them the tools and knowledge to properly support fellow students. This way, you are never alone with your concerns.
MEET THE CANDIDATES OF LIJST BÈTA
1.
ALEKSANDRA
PAWLIK
Sustainability in all aspects of the university
2.
GERARD
MOL
3.
YOSHITA
JAIN
4.
JESSICA
FRIJLINK
5.
EVA VAN DER
PLOEG
6.
MATS
HIEMSTRA
7.
AYOUB
GHAMAS
8.
TESS
BASTIAENS
9.
JINNY
WU
10.
SOPHIE
DEMICOLI
11.
JORRIT
VULGERS
12.
JONAS
BOSMAN
13.
ARNOLD
GROOTEGOED
14.
MARGOT
DE BOER
15.
LUCAS
LANSER
16.
ANOUKE
WIT
17.
ELS
ARNOLDUS
18.
MEREL
LUIJPEN
19.
VIC
VANSTEELANT
20.
WOUTER
HOEVENAARS
21.
INEZ VAN
WINDEN
22.
KAI
DIRKER
23.
ANNE ROOS
BLOKHUIS
24.
EMRE
HALICI
25.
WOUTER
VAN 'T HOF
26.
WOUT
ROOZENDAAL
27.
AMY
MIDDENDORP
28.
GIJS
HOEDEMAKER
29.
KIM VAN DER
PLOEG
30.
LAYLA
FRANSSEN
1.
ALEKSANDRA
PAWLIK
BSc AE, SRC Thor
Sustainability in all aspects of the university
Lijst Bèta’s mission is clear: TU Delft reaches its target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2030, with sustainability being integrated into all aspects of the university, also in your education. As sustainability impacts all choices that we make as engineers, we can’t be taught about it in just one course. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, sustainability is becoming an integral part of our education, woven through the curriculum like a green thread.
As technical students, we are at the forefront of ethical and impactful decision-making. That is why Lijst Bèta is working on ensuring you have the needed information about TU collaborations when choosing for example a lab or thesis project. With clarity on sustainability and ethical practices Lijst Bèta can stimulate a culture of responsible innovation and integrity!
Vote Lijst Bèta to give sustainability an embedded place in our education!
2.
GERARD
MOL
Innovative, top-notch education
Your study is the base of your student life! Lijst Bèta prioritizes the quality of your education, starting with inspiring and enthusiastic teachers. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, €50.000 is secured yearly for teachers’ educational innovation. Education should also focus on the skills you learn, not just grades. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, entrepreneurship electives are available for all. Additionally, academic skills courses are accessible from a singular platform. Lijst Bèta as well believes in connecting students through education, fostering lifelong friendships. Lijst Bèta advocates for an engaged community where studying with friends is fun and collaborative. In the future we want to free up budget for more shared study spaces on campus. This year, Lijst Bèta has been committed to protecting your education from budget cuts. Lijst Bèta stood against the long study fine, the halving of TA’s, is planning to set up a new excellency program, and is working with TU Delft to minimize the impact of budget cuts on your education. Protect Your Education! Vote Lijst Bèta!
3.
YOSHITA
JAIN
Every student should feel safe on campus
4.
JESSICA
FRIJLINK
A truly multicultural university
5.
EVA VAN DER
PLOEG
Personal attention for well being of students
6.
MATS
HIEMSTRA
Feel at home in your student house
The housing shortage is a national epidemic which disproportionally affects the student population. At Lijst Bèta we believe everyone should have student accommodation where they feel comfortable, safe, and free! Not having a place to call home, and struggling to find suitable and affordable housing, is decidedly stressful. Although it is a nation-wide problem, Lijst Bèta has already taken great strides towards, and will continue to push for, the construction of new student housing in the South of the campus. Lijst Bèta has been in close contact with DUWO, Wijwonen, the university, and the municipality to increase the amount of student accommodation in and around Delft. Our goal is for there to be a home in Delft for every student that seeks it. Whether this is a big student house with 20 roommates, an individual studio, or something in between, we are working for you! Vote Lijst Bèta!
7.
AYOUB
GHAMAS
Universities should remove barriers, not teach students to endure them
TU Delft talks a lot about inclusion. But when a student can’t find a quiet room where one can pray, contemplate and reflect, when the lift is broken again, when rent eats half your scholarship and you’re too exhausted to ask for help, words on a website don’t cut it. We show up for this cause. We argue in the boardroom. We name the problems that are easy to ignore and we don’t leave until someone writes them down. Because building a better university isn’t about sensitivity trainings and good intentions. It’s about changing the things that actually make people feel like they don’t belong. Universities should remove barriers, not teach students to endure them. Vote Lijst Bèta for a TU Delft that works for everyone.
8.
TESS
BASTIAENS
Social Safety at your Association
9.
JINNY
WU
Creating a community where everyone feels at home
10.
SOPHIE
DEMICOLI
Transparency in sustainability and ethics
11.
JORRIT
VULGERS
Curricula designed to facilitate a healthy study balance
Studying at TU Delft should be challenging, not exhausting. Lijst Bèta believes curricula must be designed with a healthy study balance as a core principle. That means realistic workloads, clear expectations, and schedules that leave room for personal development and other activities.
Too much pressure leads to stress, burnout, and loss of motivation. Lijst Bèta therefore advocates for better coordination between courses, fair deadline planning, and continuous monitoring of study load. Education should be about improving over proving yourself. By focusing on balance, we ensure students can perform well academically while still having space for sports, associations, and social life. Want an education that challenges you while respecting your wellbeing? For curricula that works with you not against you vote Lijst Bèta!
12.
JONAS
BOSMAN
Starting conversations with your educators
Great education starts with educators who are close to their students. Lijst Bèta believes teachers should be approachable, engaged, and genuinely invested in your progress. When educators know their students better, they can offer more personal attention, clearer guidance, and more inspiring teaching. That’s why Lijst Bèta works towards a culture where feedback is not just collected at the end of a course, but used throughout it. By encouraging open dialogue during the course, teachers can immediately adapt and improve, and students can truly see the impact of their input.
Motivated and inspiring educators make a real difference in your learning experience. Want teachers who listen, engage, and continuously improve together with you? Vote Lijst Bèta and help bring educators closer to students.
13.
ARNOLD
GROOTEGOED
Studying at your own tempo
14.
MARGOT
DE BOER
Sustainability in Practice
Sustainability should be more than an ambition on paper; it must be tangible, understandable, and accessible to every student. That is why Lijst Bèta focuses on embedding sustainability into practice across the university.
A key example is Climate Fresk: a compact, three‑hour interactive workshop that gives students a clear, systemic understanding of climate change and its underlying mechanisms. With a high information density, Climate Fresk provides all students with a solid foundation in sustainability, which can later be expanded with discipline‑specific knowledge — even within already full curricula.
Together with GreenTU, Lijst Bèta is working to further spread Climate Fresk through funding from the Central Student Council across the university, ensuring more students gain the knowledge and awareness needed to understand climate challenges and act responsibly as future engineers.
By focusing on practical, high‑impact initiatives like this, sustainability becomes something students actively learn, discuss, and apply. For sustainability that is learned in practice — vote Lijst Bèta.
15.
LUCAS
LANSER
Your project, not your money
The size of your wallet shouldn’t play a role in the way that you follow your education. Right now a lot of courses demand you to pay for your own materials, software or equipment. This puts students with less finances at a disadvantage. We want to give everyone an equal playing field and remove financial pressures by making sure that either free material is available for a project or by having a budget made available for you. Students are already increasingly under financial stress with more and more benefits being stripped away from them. With these changes Lijst Bèta wants to ensure that every student can still follow education the way they want to without being worried about being able to finance their project. For financial equality vote Lijst Bèta!
16.
ANOUKE
WIT
We improve your education, you focus on you
Lijst Bèta puts your education and personal growth at the heart of everything we do. We’re dedicated to making your academic journey as smooth as possible. Thanks to Lijst Bèta your teachers provide practice exams and tools like Overleaf Premium, so you can focus on what truly matters to you. At Lijst Bèta, we believe in improving yourself over proving yourself. We understand that room for sports and socializing are important for this. Do you want the space to combine your studies with sports, community, and fun? Do you want the freedom to develop yourself beyond the lecture hall? Vote Lijst Bèta and let’s make your student experience the best it can be!
17.
ELS
ARNOLDUS
Well prepared for the job market
18.
MEREL
LUIJPEN
More attention for student well-being
Lijst Bèta sees more and more students encountering mental problems and stress during their studies. Let’s make studying the time of your life! Lijst Bèta believes that you need to feel well in order to study well. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, there are more psychologists for students that need them and we are working on getting even more. Thanks to Lijst Bèta, there are also preventative psychologists on campus to make sure that students are not pushed to the point that they need a psychologist in the first place. Lijst Bèta has also set up a Central Student Wellbeing Point (CONNECT), providing an offline accessible platform for direct help, questions or concerns. Lijst Bèta is working on ensuring that the number of students is in ratio with the number of student psychologists, guaranteeing reduced waiting times and better accessibility at each faculty. For better wellbeing facilities! Vote Lijst Bèta!
19.
VIC
VANSTEELANT
Better master thesis supervision
20.
WOUTER
HOEVENAARS
Equal financial study opportunities
Unexpected study‑related costs should not determine how well you can follow your education. Yet many students face significant financial pressure from expenses such as project materials, software, or having to purchase a laptop. Lijst Bèta believes that students who struggle financially should still be able to participate fully in the same high‑quality education as everyone else. Financial barriers should not limit your ability to complete projects, choose courses, or keep up with your studies. That is why we advocate for practical solutions such as affordable access to required materials, flexible payment options for essential study tools, and clearer insight into costs in advance. For example, prospective students can now find an overview of study‑related costs per programme on the bachelor websites, helping them form realistic financial expectations before starting their studies. For equal access to quality education vote Lijst Bèta!
21.
INEZ VAN
WINDEN
Equal opportunities, equal voices
Gender equality is essential for a fair and innovative university. At TU Delft, everyone should feel equally valued, heard, and supported , regardless of for example gender or background. Lijst Bèta believes equality is not just about policies, but about everyday experiences in classrooms, project groups, and study environments. That is why Lijst Bèta works on structural improvements, such as increasing awareness of gender roles and dynamics in project groups, together with the Student Council. By addressing unconscious bias and role division early on, we create more balanced collaboration where everyone can contribute their strengths. Lijst Bèta continues to advocate for inclusive education, equal opportunities, and a campus culture where diversity is seen as a strength. Want a TU Delft where talent matters more than stereotypes? Vote Lijst Bèta for gender equality that is felt in practice!
22.
KAI
DIRKER
Direct implementation of your course feedback
23.
ANNE ROOS
BLOKHUIS
Mandatory practice exams for all courses
24.
EMRE
HALICI
First generation students support
Being a first generation student means that you are the first student within your direct family to go to higher education which can come with its challenges. Lijst Bèta is working on improving the support that the university provides for this group. For example, having more information about what studying entails in open days and decreasing financial stress through indicators like decreasing study costs and laptop payment in terms. Do you also want equal oppurtunities for everyone? Vote Lijst Bèta!
25.
WOUTER
VAN 'T HOF
A great start for every student!
Starting your studies at a new university is exciting but comes with many challenges: making the right study choice, learning academic skills and figuring out how the university works. Lijst Bèta is involved with a high-school outreach programme, and supports freshmen weekends, OWee and the Introduction Programme (IP). With these organisations, Lijst Bèta ensures all incoming students get sufficient social opportunities and are aware of the financial costs of their education programme. During such introduction periods, Lijst Bèta also wants to ensure a smoother transition for international students into Dutch society. In addition to this, Lijst Bèta is working on better support for first generation students. Do you want to ensure a smoother start for first year students? Vote Lijst Bèta!
26.
WOUT
ROOZENDAAL
More sustainability in your education!
To further improve the future proofness and quality of the education at TU Delft, Lijst Bèta believes that sustainability must become an integral part of education for future engineers. With top-quality education from TU Delft, we can tackle the major problems facing society, such as climate change. Together with GreenTU, Lijst Bèta works on implementing this on faculty level. You as an engineer get the specialized knowledge and skills you need in the future, whether you are studying architecture, policies, or something else! For a sustainable curriculum, vote Lijst Bèta!
27.
AMY
MIDDENDORP
Reporting procedure for social safety
28.
GIJS
HOEDEMAKER
A sustainable campus
29.
KIM VAN DER
PLOEG
Personal attention, even in times of budget cuts