{"id":80407,"date":"2017-09-13T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=80407"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:51","slug":"jovd-diversity-student-board-duur-onnodig-en-ongewenst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/13\/jovd-diversity-student-board-duur-onnodig-en-ongewenst\/","title":{"rendered":"JOVD: Diversity Student Board \u2018expensive, unnecessary and undesirable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jursica Mills and Kimberley Walden from the Diversity Student Board<\/span><\/p>

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Erasmus University\u2019s diversity policy, and particularly its Diversity Student Board, is \u2018unnecessary and undesirable\u2019. That\u2019s the opinion of JOVD Rijnmond. According to the VVD youth, the money would be better spent on good education.<\/p>\n

EUR has a Diversity Student Board<\/a>, consisting of two students, Kimberley Walden and Jursica Mills. Both work as student assistants for four hours a week, likely costing around 100 euros a week.<\/p>\n

'Too expensive\u2019<\/h3>

JOVD Rijnmond feels that the Diversity Student Board is too expensive, but the VVD youth organisation doesn\u2019t know the exact cost. \u201cEUR hasn\u2019t published the total budget for its diversity policy, but the University of Amsterdam has a budget of no less than 375,000 euros. JOVD Rijnmond regrets that this considerable sum is not being spent on improving the quality of education for all students, such as extra workplaces, research facilities or teacher training,\u201d according to a press release issued by the political movement.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, JOVD members feel that \u2018boards like these\u2019 do little to resolve issues and sometimes even have a negative effect. They base this on stories from the United States. \u201cPeople are excluded if they don\u2019t belong to a minority. This creates tensions within the university community.\u201d<\/p>\n

EUR was unavailable on Tuesday to comment on the JOVD\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n

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