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Dr. Anna Latour Apr 10, 2025

Solidarity with my colleagues from Tilburg University, who are on strike today.

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Two days ago, our Senate voted to accept the new Education budget, which includes a 1.2 billion budget cut on higher education. In addition to striking today, Tilburg University is fighting their budget cuts in court, arguing that these budget cuts go against an agreement from 2022 about funding of higher education for the next decade.

https://universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/04/01/grab-your-banner-this-is-the-program-for-april-10/

https://nos.nl/artikel/2562839-zeker-twee-universiteiten-naar-de-rechter-om-bezuinigingen-hoger-onderwijs

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Grab your banner! This is the program for April 10

The program of the relay strike in Tilburg on April 10 has been announced. Throughout the day there are activities in the city center and on campus. A protest m

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Peter H Apr 10, 2025

@anna I support the strikes.

Sadly, they don't work. I see pictures from the organizers, but there's hardly anything in the regular news.

They should block access to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

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Dr. Anna Latour Apr 10, 2025

@peter_slwk Great to hear! How are you supporting the strikes?

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Peter H

@anna By making sure the people I work with have the opportunity to go.

I'm not working in higher education myself but work a lot with people who do. Even though it's a strike, loading them with requests during this period isn't great for them.