ITC expects rapid growth in 2014

09 / 01 / 2014 | Maaike Platvoet

The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) is doing so well it expects a growth of at least twenty fte in 2014. That's what Tom Veldkamp, Dean of the faculty, said in his New Year's speech last Monday.

Veldkamp told his staff that, even though the faculty will have 10% less direct government funding at its disposal, it does not have any financial problems anymore. "2013 was a year of good results," according to the dean. The faculty's optimism for 2014 has to do with a number of large projects it has managed to net. "We've developed a different strategy and now we reap the rewards. Also, countries in Africa and Asia, with which we do a lot of business, have not been hit by the crisis. Countries in those continents now come to us and ask us to do projects worth several hunderd thousand euros."

Veldkamp expects to welcome at least ten research assistants and two Tenure Trackers. "One of the things I hope for is more female staff members, as they are in the minority in our faculty." In his speech, Veldkamp also looked ahead at the research review, which is planned for June, and the reaccreditation of the master's programmes. In addition, the faculty focuses its attention in 2014 on better attuning to the Ministery of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation's policy and on manifesting itself more within the new UT strategy. "And of course I talked about the move to the campus. This year, we will be dealing with different aspects of the move, but we won't already be moving to the campus in 2014."

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