War on Universities in the Netherlands
Tim Brinkhof | 19 August 2024 | New Lines Magazine
On a rainy afternoon in early June, just a few weeks away from their hard-earned summer break, faculty members from the Free University of Amsterdam’s psychology department logged on to an online meeting to process some disconcerting news.
The newly formed and largely right-wing Dutch government was planning one of the largest cuts the education sector had ever seen. The Netherlands, a leader in innovative research, was on the brink of losing over 5,000 jobs in academia…