By Herbert Ploegman De studiehandleiding voor een vak in het wetenschappelijk onderwijs vertelt vaak weinig over de rol van de docent. De handleiding moet hoofdzakelijk aangeven waar de studenten na het volgen van het vak…
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In the Netherlands, the cutbacks to higher education have become a controversial issue. They are part of wider austerity measures taken by the Dutch government in the wake of the global financial crisis. In this context, education reform has become a focus of discussion inside and outside universities. This series, “Cuts to Education,” includes pieces from various vantage points in the education cutbacks debate.
By Donya Alinejad The student demonstration in The Hague last Friday was referred to as one of the largest in the country since 1988. In a historical first, approximately 1000 Professors – that’s one third of all the professors at Dutch universities – marched in full academic garb as a statement of solidarity with the protesting students. The reason: Opposition to the cabinet’s drastic education cutbacks. Since then, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced during a routine press conference that the plans for cut backs will simply continue. So what was the effect of the student demonstration?
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Door Tijo Salverda Voor alles is een eerste keer. Deed het pijn de eerste keer verkiezingsprogramma’s lezen? Nee, maar echt fijn was het ook niet. Ik heb me moeten worstelen door de retoriek over veiligheid, migratie, duurzaamheid en onderwijs. Allemaal belangrijk uiteraard, maar misschien moeilijk te verwezenlijken vanwege de geplande bezuinigingen. Uiteraard hebben de partijen daar wel een antwoord op: ‘zoveel bezuinigen hier, zoveel bezuinigen daar.’ Maar hoe zijn we ook alweer in deze situatie terechtgekomen? O ja, kuddegedrag, irrationaliteit en een nogal creatieve manier van werken in de financiële sector. Dus wat zeggen de partijen eigenlijk over de oorzaken van de staatsschuld?
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In our new series “Antropologisch Kieskompas (Anthropological Election Compass) anthropologists express their views on important issues in the upcoming Parliamentary Elections. These include integration, development, environment, and education. The authors reflect critically on how particular current affairs are being dealt with in the public. In this week’s posting, Donya Alinejad writes about the changes to higher education and the student reactions.
By Donya Alinejad This Friday, May 21st, at 13.00, a demonstration against the financial cut-backs on Dutch education will be held in Amsterdam. Demonstrators will start gathering at 13.00 on Damplein and will lead a procession march to Museumplein, where speeches, concerts, and rallies will commence from 14.00 onward. The aim is to fill the Museumplein in defense of higher education and against the planned 20% cutbacks, thus sending a clear political message to leaders in the Hague: no more cutbacks on education. The initiators of the protests are the student groups, LSVb, ISO, JOB, LKvV, and Comite SOS. They are sponsored by radio station Wild FM and have the support of other student and grassroots organizations.
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