{"id":126893,"date":"2021-05-17T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=126893"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:37","slug":"students-take-to-the-streets-against-loan-system-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/05\/17\/students-take-to-the-streets-against-loan-system-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Students take to the streets against loan system this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

In eight cities, students are protesting against the student loan system and high study debts. They will roll out banners, draw on the streets with pavement chalk and hold a protest march.<\/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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They will march through Rotterdam on Wednesday. On Thursday, they will be in Zwolle and Amsterdam. And on Friday they will finish in Nijmegen and Leiden.<\/p>\n

The actions are organised by the Dutch Student Union (Landelijke Studenten Vakbond, LSVb) and workers\u2019 union FNV Young & United, who are conducting a campaign against the loan system under the hashtag #nietmijnschuld (not my debt). A national \u2018student strike\u2019 will take place on 3 June.<\/p>\n

The campaigners want the next cabinet to let students study debt free, says LSVb vice-chair Freya Chiappino, and that there will be compensation for the unlucky generation without a basic grant.<\/p>\n\n\t

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