{"id":123464,"date":"2021-02-24T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=123464"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:25","slug":"got-a-bad-plan-the-money-will-turn-up-anyway-how-it-might-all-go-wrong-again-with-the-abolished-student-grant-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/24\/got-a-bad-plan-the-money-will-turn-up-anyway-how-it-might-all-go-wrong-again-with-the-abolished-student-grant-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a bad plan? The money will turn up anyway; how it might all go wrong again with the abolished student grant millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-1600x901.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-1600x901.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-300x169.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-875x493.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-1280x721.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-150x84.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/19174729\/voorinvesteringen-rueben-millenaar-225x127.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p><strong>What you are about to read<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this fifth instalment of a series of investigative stories, we examine how the revenues from the loan system are being scrutinised to see if they are being spent properly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Universities and higher education institutions are required to write a plan in which they explain how they will spend the money.<\/li>\n<li>Gaining approval for these plans became a battlefield: almost 40 per cent were rejected in the first round.<\/li>\n<li>Administrators whose plans were rejected spoke of &#8216;jumping through hoops&#8217; and &#8216;system dominance.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven twice changed a negative recommendation into a positive decision after a discussion with the executive board of a university and a university of applied sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;It undermines the trust of students,&#8221; says Professor Henri\u00ebtte Maassen van den Brink.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about the pre-investments<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/09\/pre-investments-a-recipe-for-failure\/\">Pre-investments: a recipe for failure<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/12\/how-the-number-of-international-students-doubled-and-the-basic-grant-millions-evaporated\/\">How the number of international students doubled and the basic grant millions evaporated<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/22\/students-having-input-on-what-to-do-with-the-millions-from-the-basic-grant-was-great-in-theory\/\">Students having input on what to do with the millions from the basic grant was great in theory<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>After the drama surrounding the pre-investments, everyone thought that spending the revenues of the loan system was bound to go well. The report by the Netherlands Court of Audit on pre-investments at universities and higher education institutions is damning. In hindsight, it could only be established that a third of the investments that were made were pre-investments . Members of parliament and student unions are incensed and will do whatever it takes to prevent this from happening again with the revenues from the loan system.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven (Education, Culture &amp; Science; D66) concurs. Clear goals must be set, and the plans of universities and higher education institutions need to be tested for feasibility and to ascertain whether the money is being spent on worthwhile projects.<\/p>\n<p>The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) will be responsible for checking up on this. \u201cThe NVAO is highly independent and knows how to oversee quality in higher education,\u201d said the minister in the parliamentary debate following the Netherlands Court of Audit\u2019s report. Nevertheless, the NVAO was not the first choice. The Inspectorate of Education, the Van Vught Commission (which assessed the performance agreements two years earlier) and an entirely new higher education authority had been considered first, but after protests from universities and higher education institutions, were not approached in the end. These institutions have been campaigning for years against what they see as excessively strict regulation, and are extremely concerned that their autonomy will be curtailed.<\/p>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p><strong>Performance Agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, then-Minister Bussemaker negotiated performance agreements with universities and other higher education institutions. This followed on from the policy of the Rutte I cabinet (VVD, CDA &amp; PVV). Within four years, universities and higher education institutions had to meet targets on educational quality and, if they failed to do so, their funding was to be cut by up to 7 per cent. Ultimately, it was mainly the universities of applied sciences that did not meet the performance agreements. A number of them (who did not achieve these by a long shot) were fined, albeit less than the previously agreed 7 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<p>The NVAO is normally concerned with assessing the quality of studies but has been passed the buck this time as a form of compromise. Not much later, the so-called Sector Agreement on quality agreements was ceremoniously signed by students, administrators, and Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven. \u201cThe performance agreements triggered a lot of chagrin and mistrust,\u201d the minister said during the ceremony in April 2018. \u201cIt took a while to regain that trust, but it all worked out very well in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-component=core\/image><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7cdb5b8cc9&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7cdb5b8cc9\" class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-thumbnail is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-227x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-227x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 227w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-663x875.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 663w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-970x1280.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 970w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-1212x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1212w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-114x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 114w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM-225x297.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122551\/Bart-Hekkema-EM.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>In the Sector Agreement<\/strong>, it states that every university and higher education institution must draw up a quality plan wherein it outlines what it intends to do with the revenues from the loan system. A panel of the NVAO, made up of former education administrators, students and staff from other universities and higher education institutions, examines this plan and decides which people from the relevant university or university of applied sciences they would like to speak to. They then send them an invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you end up spending a day sitting in a small room, and every few hours a few people walk in and talk to you,\u201d says Bart Hekkema. Hekkema is a history Master\u2019s student at the University of Groningen and a member of the NVAO panels that review the quality agreements. These panels assess the quality plans of universities or higher education institutions on the basis of three criteria: (1) Are the plans well-founded and do they contribute to improving education? (2) Were students involved in the development of the plan? and (3) Are the plans realistic and is it possible to monitor the effects?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I tend to pay particular attention to the question of whether students are actively involved in the plans,\u201d says Hekkema. He sees that the quality agreements have led to universities and higher education institutions doing more to promote student participation. \u201cThey often do this in innovative ways, with students who are not members of elected representative bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-component=core\/image><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7cdb5b97fa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7cdb5b97fa\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122524\/Ron-Bormans-EM.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences<\/strong> is one such higher education institution that has adopted an innovative procedure, says Ron Bormans, chair of the executive board there. \u201cThe quality of the process is as important to us as the outcome for that process,\u201d he states. \u201cWe invested a lot of energy in this. During various stages, we have been in contact with students and faculty staff within the representative body, with our Supervisory Board, and with stakeholders such as the Rotterdam Port Authority and the Erasmus Medical Centre.\u201d Moreover, Bormans proudly mentions initiatives started by students from the representative body themselves, including the campaign \u201cWhat should we do with \u20ac26 million?\u201d This is the amount that Rotterdam University will receive annually from the quality funds in 2024 and the years thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>This yielded a plan in which academic success and intensive, small-scale education are extremely important. \u201cOur strategy is: The teacher is the one doing it, so we want more good teachers. We all share the realisation that academic success can best be achieved twit the help of high-quality teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7cdb5ba145&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7cdb5ba145\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1286\" height=\"1746\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1286w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN-221x300.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 221w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN-644x875.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 644w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN-943x1280.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 943w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN-1178x1600.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1178w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24144228\/Infographic-universiteiten2-EN-110x150.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1286px) 100vw, 1286px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><p><strong>One of the criteria that the panels assess, <\/strong>and on which the plan submitted by the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences was initially rejected, is whether the plan makes a substantiated contribution to improving education. According to Hekkema, the panels do not assess whether there will be any quantifiable quality improvements by 2024, but only whether the rationale behind the plan can be understood. \u201cThe assessment of the plans therefore has no predictive value for the actual realisation of an improvement in the quality of education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a panel, it is really quite complicated to fully assess educational improvements. You cannot say that with any certainty about a lot of plans. Having more teachers does not necessarily mean better education,\u201d he says. \u201cSome universities or higher education institutions are doing it right. They say, for instance, that they are hiring extra teachers so that fewer hours of study group sessions are held per teacher and there is more time for personal tuition, for example, when it comes to dissertations. At the end of the day, you don\u2019t know if that actually means better education, although it tends to be a strong indicator.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p><strong>Almost \u20ac600 million a year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a few years&#8217; time, the quality agreements will amount to almost \u20ac600 million. In 2021, all of the universities of applied sciences will receive \u20ac239 million in total while universities will receive \u20ac146 million. On account of the coronavirus, the Minister has decided that universities of applied sciences that do not yet have an approved plan will also receive their money. The total amount is set to rise to \u20ac356 million for universities of applied sciences and \u20ac207 million for universities in 2024].<\/p>\n<p>Yet things went sideways anyway. &#8220;When the NVAO panel first came to us, I could already see in their eyes that it wasn&#8217;t going to work out,&#8221; says Bormans. &#8220;We were a bit too single-minded. It suited us, but the committee was clear: It had to be exactly within the lines of the national themes.&#8221; The panel rejected the plan from the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. The NVAO upheld that, and the Minister adopted the NVAO&#8217;s advice.<\/p>\n<p>Bormans cites an example of one such criticism: &#8220;We had written down that we wanted to hire more teachers. That should have been: &#8216;Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is investing in more intensive, small-scale education,&#8217; he says as if he is dictating it. &#8220;In my view, something like that constitutes system dominance,&#8221; says Bormans. &#8220;System reality triumphs over actual reality. I find that disappointing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That disapproval meant that the institution was subjected to a second round, just like sixteen other universities of applied sciences. &#8220;We used the second round to hone the plan and flesh it out for the longer term, but it was mainly about changing the wording,&#8221; says Bormans. &#8220;I also think that the plan would have been approved the first time around if we had written it differently. To some extent, it does feel like you have to jump through a few hoops, but we still jumped through that hoop in the second round in our own way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Difficult criterion<\/h2><div data-component=core\/image><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7cdb5bb005&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7cdb5bb005\" class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-thumbnail is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-200x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-200x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 200w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-582x875.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 582w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-852x1280.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 852w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-1065x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1065w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM-100x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 100w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/02\/24122453\/Henriette-Maassen-van-den-Brink-EM.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139237 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div><p>Henri\u00ebtte Maassen van den Brink, professor of Business Administration at the University of Amsterdam and up until 2018, professor of Evidence-Based Education at Maastricht University, also finds \u2018quality\u2019 a tricky criterion to measure. Like Hekkema, she has on several occasions been a member of the panels that assess the quality agreements. \u201cIt is complicated, but a critical and good panel can get a lot done.\u201d This is also due to the way universities and higher education institutions draw up their plans, she says. \u201cSome send three or four A4s, so to speak, while others write a report that can go straight to the press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also sees another problematic aspect, namely monitoring how the millions from the quality agreements are spent in practice. Although universities of applied sciences will have to account for how the money is spent in 2024, Maassen van de Brink says that this is simply \u2018impossible to do for plenty of institutions.\u2019 \u201cThis is especially the case if they adopt a lot of different measures and keep on reserving small amounts for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juggling with figures<\/h2><p>Eindhoven University of Technology is a good example of this. The annual report for 2019 shows that half of the available funds (\u20ac3.5 million) were not spent. Of this, \u20ac3 million of student loan funds came from the government and half a million came from the university\u2019s reserves. The remainder of the student loan budget (\u20ac1.2 million) was added to the earmarked reserve for student loans. This already included \u20ac1.4 million that was not spent in 2018. In fact, TU Eindhoven did not spend all the money that was available that year either; at the time, it received \u20ac2.9 million from the government and had also added funds of its own.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it difficult to tell where that \u20ac2.6 million in the earmarked reserve actually comes from. Is that money from the revenues of the loan system? Is it money from their own reserves? Or is it a bit of both, and if so, in what proportion? Now, this is not necessarily a problem, but if universities have not spent all the money by 2024, then they will have to give it back. Maassen van den Brink foresees a major problem when she looks at the plans. \u201cTo what extent will panels in 2024 be able to check how effectively the money has been spent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bart Hekkema also has his reservations in some areas. \u201cI personally find it absurd that the abolished student grant money flows into education and that universities and higher education institutions subsequently have had to invest a lot of time and money in the huge circus that that all entails. You can ask yourself whether it would be better to pay for study grants from that amount, especially since it is not clear whether the money from the quality agreements will be made available on a structural basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, he does see that the revenues from the loan system are at least being well spent. \u201cWe have to be honest: Many universities and higher education institutions have really wonderful plans whereby they are genuinely trying to improve education.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accountability<\/h2><p>It is precisely external control that is essential for this, according to Maassen van den Brink<strong>. <\/strong>\u201cScrutiny from outside forces universities to properly account for and provide insight into how public funds are spent,\u201d she feels. Maassen van den Brink is well aware of this, as she was also a member of the committee that assessed whether universities of applied sciences were complying with the performance agreements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my view, a straight line can be drawn from the performance agreements to the quality agreements,\u201d she says. \u201cThe process is broadly similar. After all, agreements were made between universities, universities of applied sciences and the ministry,\u201d says Maassen van den Brink. \u201cThe main difference is that the quality agreements also involved students and faculty staff, whereas performance agreements do not.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watered down<\/h2><div data-component=core\/image><figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e7cdb5bbc25&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e7cdb5bbc25\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-875x875.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-150x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-100x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 100w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-600x600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein-225x225.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/29103206\/16056_1611843305092_SvdJ-klein.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139234 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div><p>Maassen van den Brink also sees the same trend amongst the performance agreements. Where there used to be a heavy fine for not meeting the targets, this was watered down during the process. \u201cAs a committee, you get fed up with it in no time. When we subsequently visited universities of applied sciences and universities, we noticed that some had a bit of a laissez-faire \u2018let it go, it\u2018ll all work out\u2019 attitude. They knew that they could simply smooth over the commission\u2019s more negative remarks with the minister later on. The same thing is now at risk of happening again with the quality agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is referring to Minister Van Engelshoven\u2019s decision to ignore the negative advice from a panel in the cases of the Delft University of Technology and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, and still award them money from the quality agreements. The minister did this after she had invited the administrators of these universities and universities of applied sciences to the ministry and they had been able to convince her of their plans in person, bypassing the independent NVAO.<\/p>\n<p>According to Maassen van den Brink, this poses the risk that the process will once again become \u2018ineffective.\u2019 \u201cIt seems that ultimately, no one stands to lose a single cent, while some plans raise questions about how you can gauge the effectiveness of their spending,\u201d she emphasizes. \u201cSome administrators think: \u2018We\u2019ll see in good time, and if things don\u2019t work out, we can just go to the minister.\u2019 This undermines both the agreements that we made and the trust of students who had to forfeit their student grants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With the cooperation of Altan Erdogan, Yvonne van de Meent and Laura ter Steege.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This story is the seventh instalment in a series made possible by the Dutch Journalism Fund (SVDJ) and various editors at higher education institutions and universities in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read the eighth and final article in this series on our site next Wednesday, 3 March.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\n\t<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/henk-strikkers\/\" class=\"absolute-link font-tiempos-headline underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2 text-lg text-current\">Henk Strikkers<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_5_19.5.25_esther-dijkstra-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776775960 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/universiteit-neemt-maatregelen-na-rapport-antisemitismebestrijding\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversity takes measures after report on combating antisemitism\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=\"2026-04-21\">21 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 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@xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\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\/21\/gemeenten-moeten-verkamering-makkelijker-maken-vindt-lsvb\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\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=\"2026-04-21\">21 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\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/gemeenten-moeten-verkamering-makkelijker-maken-vindt-lsvb\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\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=\"2026-04-21\">21 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\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 2560w, 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-150x106.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/>\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\/20\/kabinet-wil-meer-tijdelijke-huurcontracten-voor-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\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=\"2026-04-20\">20 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\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-scaled.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-875x618.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-1600x1131.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 1600w, 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