{"id":118246,"date":"2020-10-05T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=118246"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:07","slug":"on-the-spot-protest-for-more-in-person-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/10\/05\/on-the-spot-protest-for-more-in-person-education\/","title":{"rendered":"On-the-spot protest for more in-person education"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, around a hundred students converged on Museumplein in Amsterdam to demonstrate for more in-person education. They did it in a really safe way. \u201cThis is the most disciplined protest I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A national student protest for more in-person education during another coronavirus flare-up among young people: is that wise? As a precaution, the protest organisers had asked demonstrators from outside Amsterdam to stay at home. Students could, however, participate online.<\/p>\n

Eagle eyes<\/h2>

But on arrival at Museumplein in Amsterdam, there were few reasons for concern. Around 100 demonstrators, wearing face masks, stayed obediently one-and-a-half metres away from each other on their own pink spot. Some carried cardboard signs with the hashtag #ikwilnaarschool (I want to go to school).<\/p>\n

The organisers, wearing bright yellow jackets, patrolled the area in wide circles keeping an eagle eye on the proceedings. They only had to ask an occasional interviewing journalist to take a step back. A little further on, three policemen looked on rather bored from beneath the trees.<\/p>\n

Black screen<\/h2>

The students want universities and universities of applied sciences to offer more in-person education. They think the government should provide funding to enable universities to hire empty theatres and conference centres.<\/p>\n

Cato van Hoegee, Secretary of the Amsterdam student union ASVA took to the stage. \u201cThere are first-year students who have no idea who they\u2019re studying with. They only know their co-students as a black screen with a mute button. We can do better than this!\u201d Her speech was interrupted every now and then by applause. \u201cSo, dearest government,\u201d she concluded, \u201cdon\u2019t let students fall by the wayside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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