The University in Tilburg is planning to go to court to get part of the cuts at higher education off the table. Minister of Education Eppo Bruins (NSC) wants to reverse 300 million euros in starter and stimulus fairs. Universities think that is not possible, because in 2022 the government made long -term agreements with universities about the money.
At the time of the government, the universities quickly started assigning the stock exchanges. A administrative agreement was concluded about the money, which runs until the end of 2030. “The cabinet has unilaterally withdrawn from an official agreement, that is not allowed,” says a spokesperson for Tilburg University.
“We suffer financial damage as a result. We had faith in the agreement we made before. Now it appears that it was unjustified,” says the spokesperson. In addition to the financial damage she suffers, the university suddenly finds it annoying the stock markets for its researchers. “Since the cutback has been announced, we no longer have been publishing new stock markets. But some of our researchers have to stop and that is to. They do not do this work for themselves, but for the development of science.”
Protest
There is plenty of protests against the cutbacks. On Thursday, Tilburg University ceases. This week, the VU University in Amsterdam and Erasmus University in Rotterdam were already stopping. “Don’t do it” is always the motto. That message was also addressed to the Senate, but it decided to approve the education budget with 1.2 billion euros in cuts on Tuesday.