{"id":124645,"date":"2021-03-23T21:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=124645"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:30","slug":"why-the-universities-rejected-investment-plans-werent-actually-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/03\/23\/why-the-universities-rejected-investment-plans-werent-actually-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the universities\u2019 rejected investment plans \u2018weren\u2019t actually rejected\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research universities and universities of applied sciences have received hundreds of millions of euros to improve their education programmes. These funds were freed up by the introduction of the new student loan scheme, which itself resulted from the scrapping of the base grant. The institutions were asked to draft quality plans that set out how these funds are to be spent, but this was easier said than done: one organisation after the other was sent back to the drawing board. They may have muttered and grumbled, but so far, each of the institutions seems to have now passed the \u2018resit\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/23214616\/2019-NVAO-by-Anne-Sunderman-19-EM-1280x854-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139241 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>NVAO board member Anneke Luijten-Lub <\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more&#8230;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  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\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/27133559\/Protestmars-studenten-malieveld-leenstelsel-spandoek-Sabina-van-Gils-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139161 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\/2020\/06\/24\/allocation-of-40-percent-of-the-abolished-student-grants-is-still-unclear\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAllocation of 40 percent of the abolished student grants is still unclear\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=\"2020-06-24\">24 June 2020<\/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\tEducation\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<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>All\u2019s well that ends well? The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) ordered an evaluation of the recent process. For board member Anneke Luijten-Lub, this is nothing less than logical: \u201cWe\u2019re asking educational institutions to assure the quality of their programme. Then we obviously need to do the same in the case of our own work. This is the first time that we\u2019re involved in a procedure of this kind, so we wanted to see how things went.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality assurance is what NVAO is all about. Which aspect of this process was a first for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally speaking we call on the programmes once every six years. This time round, we had to visit all 54 educational institutions with panels of experts. We hadn\u2019t done something like that before, and the institutions were also tasked with a new kind of assignment. This asked a lot from both our organisation and the educational institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the key message that can be drawn from the evaluation, in your view?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth reports confirm that a great many people are working hard to maintain education at a consistently high level of quality. The quality agreements were shaped by a community of students, lecturers, participation councils and administrators. I was delighted to see this reflected in the evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018You shouldn\u2019t actually see them as rejections. There\u2019s nothing wrong with having to submit a new plan.\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>Was there any room for improvement though?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one dropped the ball as such, but some new lessons could be drawn here and there. Before the evaluation, we were in close contact with the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, the Ministry of Education and the student organisations. There was less interaction after everything got underway. We were too busy with the evaluations. We could have paid more attention to mutual communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>If no one messed up, where did all these rejections come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t actually see them as rejections. There\u2019s nothing wrong with having to submit a new plan. In fact, that\u2019s why this option was included in the process. I didn\u2019t pass all my exams in one go either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The educational institutions will be receiving millions to improve their education programmes. Surely you could expect them to submit a clear quality plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of the Netherlands\u2019 education system is high as it is \u2013 let\u2019s not forget that. But some institutions thought: let\u2019s draw up a plan in broad outlines, which we can then recalibrate from year to year. That\u2019s a different approach to what was asked for in the protocol. As a result, some evaluations didn\u2019t turn out quite as the administrators in question has expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are the plans still actually up to date? Hasn\u2019t everything been upended by the Covid crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the institutions will be investing heavily in student welfare, or in utilising IT within their education programmes. That also works in these extraordinary times. We don\u2019t have to scrap everything. The institutions need to determine what they need right now to enable them to offer quality education. Maybe some of these plans need to be adapted, but that isn\u2019t a problem. Provided they confer closely with their participation councils and supervisory board, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more&#8230;<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/01\/29\/in-search-of-millions-buried-between-promises-and-practices\/\">In search of millions, buried between promises and practices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/01\/how-the-hundreds-of-millions-of-euros-from-the-basic-student-grant-evaporated-within-five-years\/\">How the hundreds of millions of euros from the basic student grant evaporated within five years<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/04\/this-is-how-your-basic-grant-died\/\">This is how your basic grant died<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/09\/this-is-what-erasmus-university-has-been-doing-with-your-basic-grant\/\">This is what Erasmus University has been doing with your basic grant<\/a><\/li><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><\/ul><p><strong>How well does this participation in decision-making work actually, with so many plans rejected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt becomes clear from the reports that the institutions put a lot of work into the plans, with a lot of different people contributing. The participation bodies were involved very closely \u2013 that\u2019s a win in my book. As well as a basic criterion, incidentally. And allow me to repeat: the plans weren\u2019t rejected as such. The procedure includes an opportunity to submit your plans a second time, and so far all the plans have been approved on this occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>These participation councils change in composition from one year to the next. Some years, the members pay more attention to what\u2019s going on than other years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we still need to pay further attention to this participation process, but the institutions have already made sizeable investments in this particular aspect in recent years. And this process also supported this trend. We need to consolidate this result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you view the difference in the participation process in universities of applied sciences compared to research universities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I couldn\u2019t say whether there are really differences to speak of. It\u2019s difficult to say anything definite about this subject without examining it first. It can vary from one institution to the next. It\u2019s true that the process runs smoother in some institutions than in others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occasionally, no one or only a few people are interested in sitting on the participation council. Should you allow millions of euros in investments to rely on these bodies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy impression is that everyone takes participation very seriously. There is a strong willingness to invest in the participation process, and the institutions are regularly open to public discussions regarding education quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>But surely you\u2019ve also read the accounts \u2013 of the regular criticism levied against university administrators by their participation councils?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI base myself on the reports that land on my desk. This gives me a different picture to the one occasionally presented in the media. For example, on average, programme commissions in the Netherlands show solid commitment to their duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the student and staff members of a participation council were to tell the NVAO panels that they haven\u2019t been involved closely enough, their institution will miss out on millions of euros. How critical could you effectively expect them to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panels were offered quite a few points of criticism. I\u2019ve sat on a panel myself: and you do everything you can to also uncover possible points of criticism. After all, you want to base your advice on a comprehensive picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you expect the funds deriving from the cancelled base grant to be spent wisely?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking over the reports, I am fully confident they will be. 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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\tNieuws\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 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1536x1025.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\" \/>\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\/24\/erasmus-universiteit-krijgt-voorlopig-positief-advies-op-instellingstoets\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tErasmus University receives preliminary positive recommendation on institutional review\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=\"2026-04-24\">24 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\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1619w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-1536x1025.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/07103456\/collegezaal-master-open-dag-2023-foto-EUR-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139400 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 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