{"id":171220,"date":"2024-09-04T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=171220"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:28","slug":"dutch-voters-dont-want-science-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/09\/04\/dutch-voters-dont-want-science-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch voters don\u2019t want science budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large majority of voters think it\u2019s a bad idea for the government to cut <\/span>funding for universities and scientific research. This is according to a survey of a thousand <\/span>Dutch voters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The government has announced budget cuts of more than one billion euros in higher <\/span>education and scientific research, against the wishes of 69 percent of voters. Meanwhile, 62 <\/span>percent of those who voted for current cabinet parties PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB are opposed <\/span>to the plan as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

These <\/span>figures<\/span><\/a>, which were published by the research agency Dynata, are based on an online <\/span>survey commissioned by university association UNL. The survey was completed by a <\/span>thousand respondents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of all Dutch voters, 86 percent believe that universities and science are important. What\u2019s <\/span>more, 76 percent of those who voted for one of the cabinet parties believe there should be <\/span>enough money for Dutch universities and science. More than half say they would still want <\/span>this if it meant that less money would be available for other things. Universities of applied <\/span>sciences were not included in the survey.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t

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