{"id":115290,"date":"2020-07-01T10:39:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T08:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=115290"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:59","slug":"a-return-of-the-basic-student-grant-be-wary-of-promises-made-by-politicians-during-campaign-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/07\/01\/a-return-of-the-basic-student-grant-be-wary-of-promises-made-by-politicians-during-campaign-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A return of the basic student grant? ‘Be wary of promises made by politicians during campaign season’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should come as no surprise that the vast majority of the five thousand respondents polled by two trade unions, object to the loan system. What\u2019s more: they do not think getting the basic student grant back would be enough. They want a \u2018debt-free grant\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Students chant slogans such as 'Education is a right, not a privilege' at a protest in 2018.<\/span><\/p>

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loan system<\/h2>