{"id":171660,"date":"2024-09-19T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=171660"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:29","slug":"response-to-budget-cabinet-is-shooting-itself-in-the-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/09\/19\/response-to-budget-cabinet-is-shooting-itself-in-the-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to budget: ‘Cabinet is shooting itself in the foot’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broaden your gaze, is what critics in higher education and research are saying to the cabinet. According to them, the new state budget is harmful to the future of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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Now the Schoof cabinet has submitted its budget for 2025, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear what the cutbacks will entail. The response by students, education institutions, researchers and employers is quite harsh, although some are also trying to see the positive.<\/p>\n

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The slow-progress penalty in particular is angering students. Whoever takes longer than one year extra to finish their studies, will pay three thousand euros extra in tuition fees. This is to bring in over 280 million euros per year. <\/p>\n

Studying is becoming less accessible, the Dutch National Students\u2019 Association (ISO) says in response. Some young people won\u2019t dare to enrol in a degree programme any more. The Dutch Student Union also thinks the plan doesn\u2019t make sense: \u201cAs the cabinet, you\u2019re shooting yourself in the foot very hard, because in concrete terms there will be fewer staff in healthcare, technology and education.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s not all they\u2019re frustrated about. They think the compensation for students belonging to the bad luck generation is too low, and there are more things that are making life expensive. Examples given by ISO include the increasing tuition fees, the inadequate basic student grant, more expensive textbooks and the interest on study debts.<\/p>\n

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