Students Occupy University of Amsterdam (De Nieuwe Universiteit)
ACTIVISM, 9 Mar 2015
De Nieuwe Universiteit – TRANSCEND Media Service
Maagdenhuis occupation, Amsterdam, February 27,2015. Guido van Nispen/Flickr. Some rights reserved.
3 Mar 2015 – Amsterdam (Text in English below)
EISEN:
In verband daarmee: behoud van het Bungehuis als UvA-locatie.
De algehele onderliggende motivatie bij al deze punten is onvrede met de huidige bestuurswijze. Top-down, op rendement gericht beleid ondermijnt namelijk waar een universiteit om zou moeten draaien: onderwijs en onderzoek.
Een meer gedetailleerde versie van de eisen van de Bungehuisbezetting is hier te vinden.
- Democratisering en decentralisering van het bestuur van de universiteit.
- Afschaffing van het huidige allocatiemodel: financiering hoofdzakelijk op basis van input, niet op basis van output.
- Stopzetting van het huidige Profiel 2016.
- Referenda per instituut en opleiding over de samenwerking tussen de UvA en de VU op de FNWI.
- Duurzame, niet-vernederende contracten die oprechte carrièrekansen bieden voor al het personeel.
- Een open debat over huisvestingskosten ten opzichte van bezuinigingen op onderwijs en onderzoek.
DEMANDS:
In connection to this: retaining the Bungehuis as UvA location.
The general motivation behind all these demands is discontent with the current ways of management. Top-down, efficiency-oriented management damages the very thing a university should revolve around: research and education.
- Democratisation and decentralisation of university governance.
- Abolish current allocation model. Move to financing based primarily on input rather than output.
- Cancellation of the current Profiel 2016.
- Referendums per institute and programme about collaboration between the UvA and the VU at the FNWI (Faculty of Science).
- Provide sustainable, non-humiliating contracts that ensure genuine career opportunities for all staff.
- An open debate about housing costs in relation to budget cuts of research and education.
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