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On Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, the Dutch Parliament will debate the Spring Budget (Voorjaarsnota). This is our moment to send a clear message: the dismantling of higher education must stop. Email party leaders and share your personal story.

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Stop de sloop van ons hoger onderwijs - Mail de partijen
De bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs moeten van tafel. Zo help jij mee.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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woinactie.bsky.social
WOinActie is gematigd positief over de aangenomen motie waardoor de Toets Anderstalig Onderwijs (TAO) van tafel is. Wij zijn verheugd dat de TAO wordt geschrapt: hierdoor is het voortbestaan van veel Engelstalige opleidingen gewaarborgd en wordt de universiteiten nodeloze bureaucratie bespaard. 1/
May 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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fonolog.bsky.social
"Het wordt een lange weg. Dat Wilders vertrekt, maakt het politieke klimaat iets minder onaangenaam. Maar het hoger onderwijs is daarmee nog allerminst gered."

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Wilders weg, nu de bezuinigingen nog
Natuurlijk gun ik alle lezer van harte een extra toastje met jam bij het ontbijt, zo dadelijk, om te vieren dat de eenmanspartij van Wilders niet langer aan de knoppen zit. Maar intussen liggen de …
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June 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
On Tuesday, June 10, we take to the streets again. The attack on higher education continues, but so does our resistance. More than ever, we need visibility, unity, and collective action.
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
Strike in Amsterdam June 10!

The Dutch cabinet may have fallen, but the future of higher education in the Netherlands is still uncertain. We need to let the caretaker government and all the political parties know that the recently adopted budget with its drastic cuts to higher ed cannot stand...
June 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
The KNAW has issued a stark warning: academic freedom is at risk in the Netherlands due to increasing political interference in research and education. The planned budget cuts are part of a broader attack on higher education. We must stand firm in rejecting the erosion of academic autonomy.
knaw-nl.bsky.social KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen @knaw-nl.bsky.social · May 15
Academische vrijheid staat onder druk en moet beter worden beschermd. Die conclusie lees je vandaag in dit KNAW-rapport: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-... Aanbevelingen o.m.: meer vrijheid van onderzoek, bescherming tegen intimidatie en minder inhoudelijke overheidsbemoeienis.
Rapport KNAW: Academische vrijheid in Nederland
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
Yesterday, on May 4, 2025, Minister Eppo Bruins gave a moving speech during Remembrance Day at Kamp Amersfoort. He reminded us that “commemoration is fighting against indifference.” He spoke of the “soft forces” of society—education, research, and cultural imagination...
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
🟥 CALL FOR A NATIONAL STRIKE - June 10 🟥

A week ago, we stood together on the Vrijthof to defend our universities.

On Friday, the cabinet announced its plans to cut another 400 million a year from primary and secondary education. Yesterday, the minister confirmed he will force universities...
April 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
1,500 strong at the Vrijthof! As Janosch Prinz powerfully articulated: "Today we witnessed remarkable solidarity across our entire academic community. Students, scientific and support staff stood shoulder to shoulder, sending an unmistakable message to The Hague."
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
"Scientists and support staff stood united today in Maastricht. No critical thinking without practical strength." ✊

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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At @maastrichtu.bsky.social we on strike today to protest destructive cuts of more than 1 billion euro that impact research, teaching and our position as border region university. #WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

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April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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"Stop the cuts!" Protest in Maastricht against budget cuts in #HigherEd. Education is an investment!

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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blenormand.bsky.social
Truer words were never spoken - universities are one of the last bastions fighting for a democratic future.

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
woinactielimburg.bsky.social WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 16
We don't just need universities to train doctors and engineers... We also need humanists, to help us to understand the world we live in. I am striking because we need to educate the next generation of teachers, journalists, and opinion makers.
@tullioviola.bsky.social

#WOinACTIE #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today, I stood & marched with 1500+ colleagues and students in opposition to the government’s budget cuts to higher education.

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
protest march through the inner city of Maastricht: union flags and hats in front of the old Dutch houses. Also pictured a protest sign (in Dutch) that translates to “everyone has a right to education and peace” protesters, neatly sticking to one lane of the street, going up a bridge, as far as the eye can see at the Vrijthof, a wide shot of the protesting masses
April 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
For higher education, for the region! / Voor hoger onderwijs, voor de regio!

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
a protester holding up a sign saying “ondermijn Limburg niet nog een keer”, a word play with undermining (don’t undermine the region of Limburg again) and the mining history of the region—good to know that the university was put in the region as a response to worsening public health and a deteriorating economy after the mines closed protesters in the streets of Maastricht, union hats, flags, historic buildings and a protest sign that features the region’s lion being against the cuts
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
We don't just need universities to train doctors and engineers... We also need humanists, to help us to understand the world we live in. I am striking because we need to educate the next generation of teachers, journalists, and opinion makers.
@tullioviola.bsky.social

#WOinACTIE #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“I'm Australian, and the cuts are making it really hard for international students. If they destroy the international environment, everyone here will be worse off.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
a protester holding up a sign saying fund books not bombs
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“I feel this really determines my future. I want to go on to a research career and I am wondering whether I will be able to continue.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“These cuts come not from conviction but from hatred!”

@pablo1981.bsky.social

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“Historici weten beter—rechtsgeschiedenis tegen de bezuinigingen.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
Legal historians against budget cuts
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“The far right is on the rise, they are mobilizing, and that means we need to stand up and fight.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“Education is democracy.”

@blenormand.bsky.social

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“Education cuts are the opposite of what we need right now. This encroachment on internationalisation and education in general is very dangerous.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“Wetenschap is de toekomst en iedere euro die je investeert verdient zich vier keer terug. Het zijn geen kosten, het zijn investeringen.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
woinactielimburg.bsky.social
“I'm striking because education is a multiplier. If you take that away you take so much more away.”

@pascallepaumen.bsky.social @smartinez-bohme.bsky.social @seiselt.bsky.social

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
protesters with a sign, onderwijs verdient zich terug
April 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM