{"id":100510,"date":"2019-07-03T13:23:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=100510"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:23","slug":"opposition-parties-call-for-greater-clarity-regarding-the-consequences-of-van-rijn-committees-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/07\/03\/opposition-parties-call-for-greater-clarity-regarding-the-consequences-of-van-rijn-committees-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition parties call for greater clarity regarding the consequences of Van Rijn Committee\u2019s proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition parties are not at all sure what consequences the higher education budget allocation shift proposed by the Minister for Education will have. They wish to receive greater clarity on what the proposal entails. However, the Minister feels that everything is \u201ccompletely clear\u201d and does not wish to put off the implementation of the proposal any longer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-300x203.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-875x591.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-150x101.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-225x152.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>-JvL- <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/16\/hefty-and-painful-budget-cuts-at-eur-due-to-new-policy-advice\/\">\u2018Hefty and painful discounts\u2019 at EUR due to new policy advice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/16\/redistribution-of-funding-is-not-the-solution\/\">\u2018Redistribution of funding is not the solution\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/06\/27\/budget-redistribution-for-higher-education-less-drastic-than-van-rijn-committees-proposal\/\">Budget redistribution for higher education less drastic than Van Rijn committee\u2019s proposal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>On Monday, the Lower House\u2019s Education Committee debated the funding of higher education and research. The Minister for Education, Ingrid van Engelshoven, had previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2019\/06\/26\/herverdeling-hoger-onderwijs-minder-heftig-dan-bij-commissie-van-rijn\/\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that she supports the great majority of the\u00a0recommendations\u00a0made by the Van Rijn Committee regarding a new funding model, in which tertiary education institutions that focus on STEM subjects will receive more funding than institutions offering other types of degrees. The Minister also indicated that she will implement mitigating measures, though. Universities of applied sciences will not see their funding reduced, while universities will not lose more than 2 per cent of their budget starting from 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creative accounting<\/h2><p>The opposition parties feel that the Minister is rushing into her new plans. \u201cThis debate is being held far too early,\u201d said PvdA, the Dutch Labour Party. The party tabled a motion to postpone the proposed budget cuts to the faculties of humanities, social sciences and medicine until a proper examination has been carried out into the right allocation of the budget to the various disciplines, and until some clarity has been obtained on whether the overall teaching and research budget actually covers all the costs. \u201cWe must first get a good idea of what the consequences will be. We won\u2019t know if we can change gears in a responsible manner until we have done that,\u201d PvdA said, summing up the issue in just a few words. GroenLinks, SP and SGP all seconded this sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>GroenLinks indicated that it was annoyed by the Minister\u2019s \u2018creative accounting\u2019. The party said that the teaching budget contains so many pluses and minuses that it is unclear how much money will ultimately be left for anything. \u201cIt takes a lot of very committed digging in the financial documents to realise that budget cuts will be made, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the black<\/h2><p>For instance, in its Spring Memorandum, the Cabinet is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advalvas.vu.nl\/index.php\/nieuws\/extra-geld-voor-onderwijs-maar-dat-vangt-van-rijns-herverdeling-niet-helemaal-op\">allocating<\/a> \u20ac41 million to degree programmes in STEM subjects. But the same Memorandum also contains a price adjustment to the value of \u20ac68 million. \u201cSo does this mean that there will be less money left over for the universities?\u201d GroenLinks asked. Van Engelshoven said she was not sure what the figure of \u20ac68 million represented, and that \u20ac25 million would be allocated to the tertiary education sector.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the opposition parties\u2019 request, the Minister presented a table listing budget allocations and cuts, but according to GroenLinks, the table was incomplete. The Minister promised that she would provide a clearer overview of all the proposed allocations and cuts, but emphasised once again that \u2018all the [Dutch] universities will remain in the black in the coming years\u2019. D66 defended the Minister: \u201cThe turmoil is being caused by the fact that we are currently looking at the Van Rijn Committee\u2019s recommendations through a straw. It\u2019s almost as if you people don\u2019t <em>want<\/em> to see that the universities are actually going to receive a lot of additional funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This being the case, the Minister feels that it is not necessary to put off the implementation of her plans. \u201cIn 2016 your House believed that something had to be done quickly to address the shortage in capacity in STEM subjects. We can\u2019t just keep on waiting. We must prevent getting even more degrees with a limited student intake,\u201d she said. Of the four ruling parties, only ChristenUnie expressed some reservations on the plan. The party requested that attention be paid to the position of faculties offering degrees in the humanities and stated that it only supports budget reallocations in times of rising budgets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The consequences of the reallocations<\/h2><p>Many MPs expressed concern regarding the consequences the proposed budget reallocations will have for the various education institutions. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knaw.nl\/nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/reactie-knaw-op-de-kamerbrief-over-het-rapport-wissels-om\">issued a warning<\/a>\u00a0at once, stating that Van Rijn\u2019s proposal would unnecessarily pit universities and faculties against each other. Moreover, the Academy stated that the proposals would result in bigger shifts than suggested by the figures. For its part, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsnu.nl\/nl_NL\/nieuwsbericht\/nieuwsbericht\/524-statement-vsnu-in-reactie-op-kabinetsreactie-van-rijn.html\">predicted<\/a>\u00a0that the budget cuts for faculties of humanities, social sciences and medicine might exceed \u20ac100 million. VSNU also stated that the decisions that have just been made by politicians may result in hundreds of people losing their jobs, and will negatively affect the quality and accessibility of tertiary education.<\/p>\n<p>However, Van Engelshoven promised that none of this would happen. She reminded the MPs that tertiary education institutions are funded through lump sums. It is up to the institutions themselves to decide how these funds are to be\u00a0allocated to their various faculties and departments. For this reason, the Minister said, it is impossible to state exactly how the various fields of study will be affected by the budget reallocations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institutions must take a sensible look at what they can and can\u2019t do. Which is something they should do with each other rather than on their own.\u201d She stressed the importance of collaboration between the four universities of technology and the comprehensive universities. She feels they should jointly draw up a plan in which they address the issues in the STEM subjects and pay attention to interdisciplinary cooperation with faculties active in social sciences and humanities. \u201cIn this way, the non-STEM fields of study will benefit, as well,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skewed logic<\/h2><p>PvdA said it was easy for the Minister to say so. \u201cThe Minister is shifting the problem to others and is making the universities\u2019 management boards responsible.\u201d The SP called it skewed logic. \u201cOn the one hand, the Minister says she is not in charge of the allocation of the funds, but on the other hand, she does expect the universities of technology to draw up a plan. So she is steering things, after all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KNAW\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knaw.nl\/nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/reactie-op-rapport-van-rijn\">stated<\/a>\u00a0previously that the Van Rijn Committee did not take into account the new \u2018sector plan\u2019 for the STEM subjects, under which some 300 academics will be appointed to permanent positions over the course of this year. \u201cIt is not acceptable for the universities of technology to find later that they have no plans for the additional funding,\u201d the Minister said. D66 then asked if a larger percentage of the funds available under the \u2018sector plan\u2019 could be allocated to comprehensive universities, to further mitigate the effects of the budget reallocations. 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\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/24\/erasmus-universiteit-krijgt-voorlopig-positief-advies-op-instellingstoets\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tErasmus University receives preliminary positive recommendation on institutional review\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-24\">24 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1619w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 300w, 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They wish to receive greater clarity on what the proposal entails. 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