{"id":162225,"date":"2023-12-07T15:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=162225"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:05","slug":"dijkgraaf-calls-for-freedom-of-press-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/07\/dijkgraaf-calls-for-freedom-of-press-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Dijkgraaf calls for freedom of press in higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outgoing Minister Dijkgraaf thinks it\u2019s important for media of higher education institutions to be able to operate independently. He said this in response to parliamentary questions about the conflict at Cursor, Eindhoven University of Technology\u2019s news site.<\/p>\n

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Eindhoven University magazine Cursor went black in protest.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

To protest the forced departure of its editor-in-chief, the Cursor editorial team blacked out<\/a> its website at the beginning of October. The reason for the protest was an article about an alleged conflict of interest<\/a> involving the new rector magnificus of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU\/e).<\/p>\n\n\t

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