{"id":164735,"date":"2024-03-05T11:33:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=164735"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:12","slug":"government-apologises-for-discrimination-by-duo-in-fraud-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/03\/05\/government-apologises-for-discrimination-by-duo-in-fraud-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Government apologises for discrimination by DUO in fraud detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Checks for fraud with the basic student grant did involve indirect discrimination, says a report on the practices of the Education Executive Agency (DUO). The government apologises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-1600x1319.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-1600x1319.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-875x721.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-300x247.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-1280x1055.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-1536x1266.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-150x124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3-225x186.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/05101630\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-3.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139363 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Pauline Wiersema<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/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\">Lees meer<\/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=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-875x426.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-1600x779.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-300x146.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-1280x623.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-1536x748.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-150x73.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144645\/duo-fraude-huisbezoeken-pauline-wiersema-225x110.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 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\/2023\/06\/21\/students-with-migrant-background-particularly-affected-in-alleged-duo-fraud-cases\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tStudents with migrant background particularly affected in alleged DUO fraud cases\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=\"2023-06-21\">21 June 2023<\/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\tStudent life\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>\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t have happened\u201d, says outgoing Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf today. He wants to talk to students who were checked to see what the effect of the home visits have been.<\/p>\n<p>DUO\u2019s fraud inspectors mainly targeted students with a migration background, an <a href=\"https:\/\/profielen.hr.nl\/2023\/vooral-studenten-met-migratieachtergrond-getroffen-in-fraudezaken-duo\/\">investigation<\/a> by the Higher Education Press Agency (HOP), Investico and NOSop3 revealed last year. What\u2019s more, DUO often based its decisions on dubious evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Now, eight months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/ministeries\/ministerie-van-onderwijs-cultuur-en-wetenschap\/documenten\/kamerstukken\/2024\/03\/01\/kabinetsreactie-onderzoek-naar-controleproces-uitwonendenbeurs\">the government apologises<\/a> for the indirect discrimination. Things must be improved in future, says Dijkgraaf. The minister doesn\u2019t want to go into possible compensation yet.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fraud<\/h2><p>Students who leave home receive a higher basic student grant than those living with their parents. The difference amounts to approximately two thousand euros a year. That\u2019s why some commit fraud: they\u2019re actually still living with their parents, but they register at a different address.<\/p>\n<p>This reportedly costs the treasury a few dozen million euros each year, then State Secretary Halbe Zijlstra calculated in 2011. The government must do a better job combating abuse of the grant, was the political consensus at the time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Risk profiles<\/h2><p>DUO used \u2018risk profiles\u2019 to identify suspicious students: where are they registered, where do their parents live, are they perhaps studying at the senior secondary vocational education (MBO) level? The latter also came into play.<\/p>\n<p>Those profiles caused students with a non-western migration background in particular to pop up on the radar. In 98 percent of all court cases about the reclamation of the basic student grant, students with a migration background faced off with DUO. The inspectors made a lot of mistakes: the students won one in four cases.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Random<\/h2><p>The news was a big blow for DUO and the ministry of Education. Minister Dijkgraaf decommissioned the risk profiles right away. DUO was to work with a \u2018random\u2019 sample, where all students are equally likely to be checked.<\/p>\n<p>The PwC report that Dijkgraaf sent to the House of Representatives today confirms the indirect discrimination. The process must be improved, the minister believes. He terms it \u2018worrying\u2019 that no evaluations have taken place for such a long time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No alarm bells<\/h2><p>The alarm bells could have rung much earlier. In 2010 it was known already that DUO employees mainly selected MBO students \u2018with a non-Dutch-sounding last name\u2019 for a home visit, the report reads. \u201cThis knowledge did not lead to further exploration of the risk profile, nor to adaptation of the model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few years later, DUO also sees \u2018a certain bias\u2019 in the reports by external inspectors who carry out home visits with the students. The check is also said to be \u2018too strict\u2019. It would appear nothing was done with this information.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home visits<\/h2>\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\">Lees meer<\/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=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-875x386.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-1600x706.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-300x132.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-1280x565.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-1536x678.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-150x66.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/21144016\/duo-fraudejagers-huisbezoek-migratieachtergrond-opsporing-pauline-wiersema-1-225x99.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139333 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\/2023\/06\/21\/duo-fraud-investigators-mostly-catch-students-with-migration-background-that-neighbourhood-investigation-was-bullshit\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tDUO fraud investigators mostly catch students with migration background. \u2018That neighbourhood investigation was bullshit\u2019\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=\"2023-06-21\">21 June 2023<\/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\tMoney\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>The journalistic investigation revealed sizeable problems with the home visits and the neighbourhood surveys, on which DUO ultimately bases its decision to reclaim a basic student grant. Talks with the neighbours turned out to be vague (and impossible to correct afterwards) and when conducting the actual home visits, the inspectors didn\u2019t always account for cultural differences, language barriers and other deviating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 2023, all home visits have been evaluated, the ministry writes in a press release. But did they go well in the past? PwC hasn\u2019t investigated any individual cases yet.<\/p>\n<p>So the report does <em>not<\/em> say how often a home visit went wrong. \u201cRight now we don\u2019t have any indications that people wrongfully received reclamations\u201d, Dijkgraaf says in an explanation, \u201cbut this report didn\u2019t look at things on a case-to-case basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burden of proof<\/h2><p>Another problem is the reversed burden of proof. DUO only needs to demonstrate the probability of fraud, which requires less hard evidence than a conviction for, say, theft. The student, on the other hand, must submit hard evidence to refute the suspicion, which they don\u2019t always manage. In case of doubt, students often lose out.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, PvdA-GroenLinks petitioned to re-assign the burden of proof to DUO. This went too far for Dijkgraaf, he said back then. \u201cI want to go by the book, so first the investigation and then see if the policy also needs adjusting.\u201d He hasn\u2019t said anything about the matter this time around either.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for PwC, but the ministry will have to take another look at the checks. PwC recommends safeguarding \u201cthe correctness, accuracy and completeness of the assessment in all steps\u201d, so there\u2019s no discrimination.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#039;Should never have happened&#039;<\/h2><p>The Dutch National Students\u2019 Association (ISO) says the apologies by the minister are \u2018entirely justified\u2019 and is curious as to whether the government wants to provide compensation. \u201cBecause it\u2019s clear that this should never have happened\u201d, says ISO president Demi Janssen. \u201cIt can\u2019t be that your migration background or age determine whether or not you\u2019re checked by DUO.\u201d<\/p>\n\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\">Lees meer<\/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=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-875x721.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-1600x1319.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-300x247.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-1280x1055.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-1536x1266.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-150x124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/30132803\/duo-fraudebestrijding-huisbezoek-pauline-wiersema-2-225x186.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139334 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\/2023\/06\/30\/house-of-representatives-moves-for-urgent-external-investigation-into-duo\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tHouse of Representatives moves for urgent external investigation into DUO\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=\"2023-06-30\">30 June 2023<\/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\tStudent life\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\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 410w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/hoger-onderwijs-persbureau\/\" class=\"absolute-link font-tiempos-headline underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2 text-lg text-current\">Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau<\/a>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\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-violet 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 class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\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\/22\/hoe-het-voelt-als-je-taal-verdwijnt\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tHow it feels when your language disappears\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=\"2026-04-22\">22 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\" 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\tColumn\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\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-violet lg:hidden 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\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Ronald-van-Raak_foto1_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770037856 2048w\" 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\/2026\/04\/22\/hoe-het-voelt-als-je-taal-verdwijnt\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tHow it feels when your language disappears\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=\"2026-04-22\">22 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\" 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\tColumn\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 class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-875x619.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-1600x1131.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-300x212.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-1280x905.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-1536x1086.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-150x106.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/27164713\/final-illustration-for-counsel-version-2-EM-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139287 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/>\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\/22\/liberi-erasmi-wint-recordverkiezingen-universiteitsraad\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLiberi Erasmi wins record University Council elections\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=\"2026-04-22\">22 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\" 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\tUniversity 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The government apologises. &nbsp; \u201cThis shouldn\u2019t have happened\u201d, says outgoing Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf today. 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