Faculties prepare for transport strike

The individual faculties at Erasmus University have each taken different measures in preparation for the upcoming transport strike tomorrow. On Tuesday, trains, metros, trams and buses won’t be operating in most parts of the Netherlands, including Rotterdam.

Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication has decided to revoke the attendance requirements for Tuesday. Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Economics chose to let lecturers and course coordinators decide what they wanted to do for themselves. This has led to different arrangements by the lecturers, such as cancelling and rescheduling seminars.

At Rotterdam School of Management and Erasmus School of Philosophy, educational activities will continue as usual. Erasmus MC and Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences also expect students to be present for meetings, but will take absences into special consideration if they are caused by the strike.

No general policy

Last week, the Executive Board decided not to impose any general policy with regards to attendance and examinations during the country-wide transport strike on Tuesday, May 28th. Some other universities did cancel all exams or revoke attendance requirements. The strike will keep virtually all public transport at stall for 24 hours.