Education, Research
National protest against budget cuts: Alternative Opening of the Academic Year in Utrecht
The new government’s plans to slash budgets are of great concern to us all: what will happen to higher education and scientific research? Leiden University is drawing attention to this at the Opening of the Academic Year in Leiden’s Pieterskerk church on Monday 2 September. Concerned students and staff from all universities are also taking action that day: they are coming together at Domplein in Utrecht for an Alternative Opening of the Academic Year. A large number of partners have joined forces for this: AOb, FNV, CNV, PNN, PostdocNL, APnet, CasualAcademy, 0.7, LSVb, ISO, DJA, UNL and WOinActie.
Will you be joining them? The AOAJ is being held at Domplein in Utrecht (11.00-12.45 hrs.). For more information see the AOb website.
Moderators: Willemien Sanders & Claire Weeda from WOinActie
Programme
11.00 - Opening & introduction to AOAJ 2024
11.10 - Photo opportunity
11.20 - AOb, Tamar van Gelder: statement
11.25 - FNV, Bas van Weegberg: statement
11.30 - PNN, Antonio Pinilla Torres: ‘Without internationalisation no education’
11.35 - PostdocNL, Vera Kemp & Marlen Lauffer: ‘Budget cuts worsening the already insecure future of Dutch postdoc’
11.40 - APnet, Verena Seibel & Luisa Cortesi: ‘Cutting the future’
11.50 - Casual Utrecht & 0.7, Dr Markha Valenta, ‘Academic activists to speak on the role of resistance within Dutch academia in light of the announced budget cuts’
11.55 - LSVb & ISO, Abdelkader Karbache (LSVb) also on behalf of ISO: ‘Students in revolt’ No cuts to our education!’
12.00 - DJA, Leonie de Jonge, ‘Futureproofing Academia: For an Open, Inclusive and Sustainable Higher Education System’
12.05 - UNL, Caspar van den Berg, ‘The building blocks of higher education’
12.10 - WOinActie, Willemien Sanders, Marc van Oostendorp & Rens Bod: ‘Let’s stand together against the government’s plans!’
12.30 - Announcement of further action
