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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 18

Together, we will make our voices impossible to ignore! 📢

WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 18

We’ve listed the political parties where pressure is most urgently needed. Find their email addresses on our website.

We’ve prepared a sample email; feel free to personalize it with your own experiences and insights.

Ask everyone who cares about higher education to send an email as well!

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 18

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.

🔗 www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...

Stop de sloop van ons hoger onderwijs - Mail de partijen

De bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs moeten van tafel. Zo help jij mee.

www.fnv.nl

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · May 27

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/

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · Jun 4

"Het wordt een lange weg. Dat Wilders vertrekt, maakt het politieke klimaat iets minder onaangenaam. Maar het hoger onderwijs is daarmee nog allerminst gered."

neerlandistiek.nl/2025/06/wild...

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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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

📢 Join us on the Dam at 12:00. Bring your red square. Bring your voice.
Updates on travel coordination from Maastricht will follow soon.

#WOinACTIE #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

Let’s stand together with students, staff, alumni and allies from across the Netherlands. Let’s show that Maastricht and Limburg care about knowledge, care about education, care about our future.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

We will gather at 12:00 on the Dam, with a powerful program:
– Speeches by academics, artists, and (soon to be confirmed) political representatives
– A reflection moment: Cabinet out, cuts out!
– 12 information booths from universities across the country

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

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.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

It's not too late to stop the cuts!

Rendez-vous on the Dam in Amsterdam on June 10, 12:00-17:00.

If you are a member of AoB or FNV, register for a free train ticket. UM will also reimburse your ticket.

👉 Spread the word by sharing this post.

#WOinACTIE #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

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...

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · May 15

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 - 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

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · May 5

Read the full post by WOinActie 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/woinac...

👉And help us to spread the word.

Toespraak minister Bruins bij de Dodenherdenking op Kamp Amersfoort | WOinActie .

Op zondag 4 mei 2025 hield Eppo Bruins, minister voor Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, een toespraak tijdens de Dodenherdenking in Kamp Amersfoort. Minister Bruins benadrukte dat ‘steeds nieuwe gen...

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · May 5

📢 WOinActie calls on Minister Bruins to act according to his own words.
If remembrance is a fight against indifference, then this fight must begin with supporting the very systems that teach, imagine, and investigate.

🎓 Education. 🔬 Research. 🎭 Cultural Imagination.
Let's defend them - together.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · May 5

... as vital weapons against forgetting and repetition of historical injustice.

We wholeheartedly agree. But these soft forces require support. And the same minister is now threatening their future through destructive budget cuts across all levels of Dutch education.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · May 5

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...

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 24

👉And join us in the Hague on June 10th!

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 24

...to go through a highly inefficient test to determine which BA degrees can continue to be offered in English.

Today, together with our union partners, we are calling for a national strike across education sectors on 10 June!

👉 Please help us by spreading the word! Follow us and share.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 24

🟥 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...

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

✊De Nieuwe Ster coverage: www.denieuwestermaastricht.nl/massaal-prot...

Massaal protest tegen bezuinigingen hoger onderwijs

In Maastricht is woensdagmiddag massaal gedemonstreerd tegen bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Onze fotograaf Sem Augustin maakte de volgende reportage.

www.denieuwestermaastricht.nl

WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

See our impact:
✊ De Limburger video coverage: www.limburger.nl/video-zebra/...
✊ Wat is Loos in Mestreech footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mg...
✊ Observant liveblog: www.observantonline.nl/English/Home...
✊ UM liveblog: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/liveblog-maa...

Protest march in Maastricht, estimated 1500 people, against cuts to higher education

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

From morning teach-outs to our march through the city, we showed The Hague that Limburg's education sector refuses to accept these harmful cuts without resistance. As UM's President Letschert's said, "If you do not sow, you will not reap." Today was just the beginning of our collective resistance.

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

"Our connection with colleagues from the Open University and Zuyd University demonstrated that all of Limburg's higher education stands united in this critical fight for our region's future."

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

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."

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WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 17

"Scientists and support staff stood united today in Maastricht. No critical thinking without practical strength." ✊

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

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