Universities make themselves heard toward The Hague

Campaign ‘Universities help NL move forward’

With the campaign ‘Universities help NL move forward’, all universities from the UNL umbrella organisation are taking action together towards (the decision-makers in) The Hague in the run-up to Budget Day. Soon, a major social media campaign will start in which the added value of higher education in daily life will become visible. The UvA will actively share these messages in the coming period.

Opinion pieces

In addition to lobbying in The Hague, the UvA makes itself heard through opinion pieces in the media, which in turn are widely read by decision-makers. Erik Boels, financial director UvA, for example, wrote in the Financieel Dagblad about the effect of the proposed cuts on the NetherlandsExternal link (article in Dutch). In a second opinion piece, he argues for a ‘good study premium’ instead of the proposed ‘long study fine’External link for students (article in Dutch). We are actively calling for these posts to be shared on Linkedin for maximum reach.

Alternative OAJ from WOinactie

With a large club of partners, WOinactie prepared an alternative OAJ. Together with AOb, FNV, CNV, PNN, PostdocNL, APnet, CasualAcademy, 0.7, LSVb, ISO, DJA and UNL, WOinactie is calling for people to come to the Domplein in Utrecht on Monday, September 2, at 11:00.

The programme:

• 11.00 Opening & explanation AOAJ 2024 
• 11.10 Photo opportunity 
• 11.20 AOb, Tamar van Gelder: statement 
• 11.25 FNV, Bas van Weegberg: statement 
• 11.30 PNN, Antonio Pinilla Torres: ''Without internationalization no education'' 
• 11.35 PostdocNL, Vera Kemp & Marlen Lauffer: ''Budget cuts worsening the already insecure future of Dutch postdoc'' 
• 11.40 APnet, Verena Seibel and Luisa Cortesi: ''Cutting the future'' 
• 11.50 Casual Utrecht & 0.7, Dr. Markha Valenta, ''Academic activists to speak on the role of resistance within Dutch academia in light of the announced budget cuts'' 
• 11.55 LSVb & ISO, Abdelkader Karbache (LSVb) also on behalf of ISO: ''Students in revolt: No cuts to our education!'' 
• 12.00 DJA, Leonie de Jonge, ''Futureproofing Academia: For an Open, Inclusive and Sustainable Higher Education System'' 
• 12.05 UNL, Caspar van den Berg, ''The block tower of higher education'' 
• 12.10 WOinAction, Willemien Sanders, Marc van Oostendorp and Rens Bod: ''Let's stand together against the cabinet's plans!'' 
• 12.30 Announcement of follow-up action. 
   Chairs of the day: Willemien Sanders & Claire Weeda of WOinAction

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