{"id":164212,"date":"2024-02-15T12:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=164212"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:10","slug":"students-call-for-higher-grant-to-be-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/02\/15\/students-call-for-higher-grant-to-be-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Students call for higher grant to be extended"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, the House of Representatives is due to vote on the grant for students living away from home: at stake is the continuation of the extra 164 euros a month they receive at present. Meanwhile, student organisations want to see a permanent rise in the basic grant.<\/p>\n

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Student organisations ISO, LSVb and JOB MBO have sounded the alarm about the basic grant in an urgent letter to the House of Representatives. Their aim is to gather as much political support as possible for their cause.<\/p>\n

As things stand, the basic grant for students living away from home is due to drop to 302 euros a month in September, at a time when students believe the grant needs to be increased. They refer to a report by the Social and Economic Council that called for a significantly higher basic student grant back in 2021.<\/p>\n

But weren\u2019t the student organisations themselves involved in producing that report? And what do they think a fair basic grant should be? Time for some questions and answers.<\/p>\n\n\t

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