{"id":137585,"date":"2022-03-11T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=137585"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:11","slug":"emergency-fund-for-students-in-financial-difficulties-due-to-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/11\/emergency-fund-for-students-in-financial-difficulties-due-to-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency fund for students in financial difficulties due to war"},"content":{"rendered":"

The university and the Erasmus Trust Fund are each contributing 25,000 euro to an emergency fund for students who are experiencing financial difficulties due to the war in Ukraine. Chair of the Executive Board Ed Brinksma announced the fund on Thursday afternoon during the meeting of the University Council.<\/p>\n

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Students showed solidarity for Ukraine by organising a protest in front of stadhuis in February 2022. <\/span><\/p>

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Students from Ukraine and Russia may find themselves in financial difficulties as a result of the war, for example because their families are on the run, transactions are no longer possible or because the ruble has fallen in value enormously. The university is therefore setting up an emergency fund. For the time being, 50,000 euro will be made available for the fund, which should be enough to assist students for the next three months.*<\/p>\n

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88 students from Ukraine are studying at Erasmus University, Brinksma said, some of whom followed online lectures from Ukraine. 177 Russian students are also enrolled at EUR, and two students are or were on exchange in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many Ukrainian and Russian students are concerned about their financial situations, according to several interviews. \u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to afford that in the future\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>Ukrainian Bohdan<\/span><\/a>, for example, told EM<\/em> earlier this week about the tuition fees. \u201cMy family is out of work. And taking a loan is also risky, because what does my future look like after this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t

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