Join a new walk-out, is the call from the VSSD. The Delft student union urges students and staff to protest on Wednesday afternoon 11 December against the planned multi-billion-euro cuts to higher education. The plan is to gather at 1:00 PM in front of the Aula and march across the campus.
The walk-out is part of a national protest, initiated by the activist group WOinActie. This is the third such protest in a short time, after the government announced significant cuts to higher education on Prince’s Day. On November 14, over a hundred people from Delft participated in a march across the campus. That was a last-minute action organized after a large-scale higher education protest in Utrecht was initially canceled. Just over two weeks ago, more than twenty thousand people gathered for a new protest at the Malieveld in The Hague.
Last week, it was announced that the coalition aims to withdraw the plans for the long-term study penalty. The coalition and the opposition will continue negotiations about the education budget starting Wednesday afternoon. The opposition threatens to vote down the proposal unless the government is willing to reverse the majority of the cuts. The Dutch House of Representatives will vote on the issue on Thursday.
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