{"id":122913,"date":"2021-02-12T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=122913"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:38:41","slug":"how-the-number-of-international-students-doubled-and-the-basic-grant-millions-evaporated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/12\/how-the-number-of-international-students-doubled-and-the-basic-grant-millions-evaporated\/","title":{"rendered":"How the number of international students doubled and the basic grant millions evaporated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students who lost their basic grant would get better education in return. Fewer massive lectures, more small working groups. But the hundreds of millions of euros that are freed up thanks to the cutback of the basic grant, are a drop in the ocean because of the unbridled increase in the number of international students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this fifth part of a series of investigative stories, we find out why students notice so little of the extra teachers that came with the loan system.<\/p>\n