Students who want to take their exams later must have a valid reason for doing so, according to Friday night's statement. They may move the exams “to a time to be determined in quartile 3 or 4,” provided they report in time. “So this is not an extra opportunity, but a relocation,” vice president Patrick Groothuis emphasizes in the update.

In recent days, several hundred students signed a petition to raise awareness of the distress of students who suddenly seemed to have to choose between a trip already booked (or another planned activity) and their exams.

Duty of care

TU/e listened to the signal. Groothuis: “We find it important to make this concession, for the clarity in our organization and because of our duty of care. With this, students do not have to cancel and therefore do not have to incur costs  (…).”

The vice president points out that this measure does create additional work for teachers. “We are going to see how we can compensate this for teachers, we will come back to this later.”

At 16:00 Sunday afternoon, TU/e will announce on its website whether teaching can resume as planned on Monday.