{"id":111443,"date":"2020-03-24T17:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=111443"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:51","slug":"remote-learning-in-higher-education-until-1-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/24\/remote-learning-in-higher-education-until-1-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote learning in higher education until 1 June?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to the corona crisis, yesterday the government banned all gatherings until 1 June. However, Ministers did not explicitly refer to education.<\/p>\n

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The police have been given powers to intervene<\/a> if people fail to keep one and a half metres apart. Fines will be imposed on anyone who does not comply with the rules. Gatherings are banned and shops may not admit too many customers at the same time.<\/p>\n

But what about education? In principle, the measures applied until 6 April: will these also be extended until 1 June? The government had no answer to that yesterday. RIVM will issue advice by 6 April.<\/p>\n

That leaves universities and universities of applied science wondering: what now? May students and lecturers meet after 6 April, even though this is not permitted outside education? The websites have not yet been updated. Most of them still give the old date, also the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) website.<\/p>\n\n\t

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