{"id":168300,"date":"2024-05-23T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=168300"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:21","slug":"executive-board-president-brinksma-lets-make-an-effort-to-come-closer-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/23\/executive-board-president-brinksma-lets-make-an-effort-to-come-closer-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Board President Brinksma: \u2018Let\u2019s make an effort to come closer together\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Board is responding to the Palestine protests with dialogue tables, a committee looking at the university’s collaborations, and help in rebuilding the academic community in Gaza. Executive Board president Ed Brinksma on the campus protests and plans.<\/p>\n

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Nederland, Rotterdam, 15\u201309-2020\nEM\ninterview met Ed Brinksma, voorzitter van het CvB van de EUR\nfoto: Ronald van den Heerik<\/span><\/p>

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Can you talk us through the decision to close the campus buildings on Thursday because of the pro-Palestine protest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSure. I thought that was a sad decision, but one that we had to make. We received urgent advice from the triumvirate (the three key three decision-making parties: Mayor Aboutaleb, Rotterdam police and the Public Prosecution Service \u2013 ed.) based on the information they had. The nature and scale of the protest was unclear, and disturbing messages were circulating on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we saw what happened in Amsterdam, too. You have to bear in mind that our campus is much bigger and more complex than the UvA\u2019s Roeterseiland Campus, so it would be a huge task for the police. Added to that is the fact that we are responsible for security in the buildings on our campus, although the triumvirate has authority in the public space. And when it comes to maintaining security, we have very few resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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