THE NETHERLANDS: Students protest against grant cuts

by E Wayne Ross on February 15, 2010

World University News: THE NETHERLANDS: Students protest against grant cuts

Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk has proposed substituting the monthly student grant of EUR266 (US$367) with a loan system. More than 1,000 students protested at the move, occupying lecture halls and university buildings in Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht and Rotterdam.