{"id":83117,"date":"2018-01-30T12:29:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=83117"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:55","slug":"hoger-onderwijs-investeerde-veel-minder-dan-de-beloofde-600-miljoen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/01\/30\/hoger-onderwijs-investeerde-veel-minder-dan-de-beloofde-600-miljoen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Higher education institutions increased spending on education by far less than the promised \u20ac600 million\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universities and universities of applied sciences were supposed to expend an additional 600 million euros (at the very least) on the quality of their teaching programmes. According to the Netherlands Court of Audit, only 280 million euros of their expenditures can be said to truly represent additional spending.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09221800\/Aula-studenten-collegezaal-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139094\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09221800\/Aula-studenten-collegezaal-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139094 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09221800\/Aula-studenten-collegezaal-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139094 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09221800\/Aula-studenten-collegezaal-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139094 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09221800\/Aula-studenten-collegezaal.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139094 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Students in the auditorium<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/ronald-van-den-heerik\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Ronald van den Heerik<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/03\/22\/bussemaker-geld-basisbeurs-alleen-voor-onderwijs-bestemd-2\/\">Bussemaker: Freed-up base grant money exclusively intended for education<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/11\/16\/universiteit-investeert-zes-miljoen-extra-per-jaar-voor-onderwijs\/\">University invests extra six million per year in education<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>When student grants were abolished a few years ago, universities and universities of applied sciences promised to increase their spending on teaching by 600 million euros. The Netherlands Court of Audit believes they probably failed to do so. And the Minister of Education, Culture and Science should have known this. Student grants were abolished in order to allow education institutions to inject hundreds of millions of previously unavailable euros into higher education. However, it was recognised that the first generation of students to attend university without a grant would not be able to reap the benefits of these financial injections: after all, the benefits would not be able to be felt for several years.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences promised to spend significantly on their teaching programmes, in anticipation of the funds from the new student loans becoming available. They promised to spend an annual 200 million euros for three consecutive years, starting from 2015, in anticipation of the hundreds of millions of euros they would receive later.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overly positive<\/h2><p>However, the education institutions have not entirely kept their promises. Student associations such as the Dutch National Students\u2019 Association (ISO) and the National Student Union (LSVb) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoday.nl\/news\/61721\/Studenten_wantrouwen_investeringen_universiteiten\">warned<\/a> at the time that this might happen, but the then Minister of Education, Jet Bussemaker, paid no heed. According to the Court of Audit, she presented the Lower House with an \u2018overly positive and overly optimistic scenario\u2019. Moreover, she completely trusted in the figures promised by umbrella organisations of universities and universities of applied sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The universities and universities of applied sciences have stated that they have spent 860 million euros, which is much more than promised. However, the Court of Audit has found that only 280 million euros of this amount constituted demonstrable additional spending. A nearly identical amount (250 million euros) clearly does <em>not<\/em> constitute advance expenditures, while another 330 million euros were spent in a way whose exact nature is hard to determine. The Court of Audit finds it hard to believe that all this spending really constituted advance expenditures.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No say in the matter<\/h2><p>To make matters worse, the student participation councils of the universities were not properly involved in the decision-making process either. This was understandable in the first year, as decisions had to be made very quickly. However, at one in four education institutions, students and members of staff did not have a say in how the additional funds were to be spent in the second year either. \u201cWe must learn from this experience,\u201d said Francine Giskes, a member of the Court of Audit\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did the Minister deliberately provide the Lower House with incorrect information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister did not play a foul game. That\u2019s not what this is about. Maybe she was being a bit lazy. If universities and universities of applied sciences make promises that sound good, maybe you are less inclined to check their figures. We do think it is remarkable that the Ministry did not look into these figures further. We think it should have, because this was a major agreement that was subject to a lot of scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have students received better teaching in the last three years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the main question informing our investigation. We will not pronounce on the quality of teaching, but rather on the amount of money spent on it. Universities were supposed to increase their spending on their teaching programmes by three times two hundred million euros. Were we able to find these sums in the books? We had a hard time doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The universities and universities of applied sciences have said that you did not define the exact nature of an \u2018advance expenditure\u2019 until after the three-year period. They think you are being unfair.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not true. We have used the definition they themselves used at the time, i.e. additional spending on the quality of the education in the first three years of the new system. So if a university said it was going to appoint ten additional lecturers by way of \u2018advance expenditure\u2019, we checked whether it actually did appoint them. And obviously, we also wanted to know whether those ten new lecturers weren\u2019t going to be hired anyway, because obviously, that would not constitute an additional spending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds simple.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet we have found that the nature of many expenditures is unclear. And you might as well know that we submitted our findings to the administrators several times, only for them to try and refute them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your findings are not much of a surprise. Critics warned that this would happen before the new system was introduced.<\/p><p>\u201cBut they could have been wrong. We just had to check. The system could have worked just perfectly.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Will the report actually have any impact? The student loan system will not be reversed and we now have a different Minister.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe carried out this investigation because the debate on the funding of higher education institutions is never-ending. Billions of euros are spent on higher education. It is not silly to ask if that money is being spent properly. The worse the expenditures are accounted for, the more uneasy the politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And so you feel the funds arising from the new student loan system should remain visible in the annual reports. Do you feel it would be wise to demand greater accountability for the way in which education funds are used, as the Rathenau Instituut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cursor.tue.nl\/nieuws\/2018\/januari\/week-4\/rathenau-universiteiten-offeren-onderwijs-voor-onderzoek\/\">suggested recently<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not our intention to ensure that universities and universities of applied sciences will once again have to account for every single one of their expenditures to the government. All we are saying is this: if higher education is getting <em>additional<\/em> funding, it must be clear to all players what is being done with these funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much money are the universities receiving, does it help them achieve their objectives, and do the student participation councils have a clear idea of how the money is being spent? These are things that need discussing. If we want the student loan system to actually improve higher education, we will have to make the right arrangements. 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class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/lege-campus_empty_polak_avond-nacht_1_april2026_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776685276 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/universiteitsraad-wil-polak-langer-open-in-avond-en-weekend\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversity Council wants to extend opening hours of Polak during evenings and weekends\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCampus\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 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