{"id":81000,"date":"2017-10-12T11:47:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T09:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=81000"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:52","slug":"students-paying-out-of-their-own-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/10\/12\/students-paying-out-of-their-own-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Students paying out of their own pockets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Student organisations LSVb and ISO are angry with the new government. A thousand-euro discount for first years may sound great, but according to the organisations this is coming from the students\u2019 own pockets. And students from poor families are footing most of the bill.<\/p>\n

The student organisations give vent to their views in a series of press releases. The Dutch National Union of Students (LSVb) and the Dutch National Students\u2019 Association (ISO) are deeply disappointed that the basic grant won\u2019t be returning.<\/p>\n

The new coalition could at least have increased the supplementary grant. By failing to do so, \u2018the new coalition has lost the opportunity to repair the damage caused by the student loan system\u2019, says LSVb president Tariq Sewbaransingh.<\/p>\n\t

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The main points from the coalition agreement for students:<\/p>\n