Management University of Amsterdam gets reprieve – AD.nl

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6-3-15 – 20:40 Source: Reuters Action-carrying students in occupied Maagdenhuis, a building of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). © anp.

The board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is Monday 09:00 hours to meet the demands of a group of teachers who are united in Rethink UvA has set. The ultimatum was first today, but the board has now received three days delay. It’s not that the board what Rethink UvA concerns road must, as a spokesperson on behalf of the teachers said earlier today.

Action-carrying students in occupied Maagdenhuis. © anp.

Exterior of the occupied Maagdenhuis. © anp.

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The teachers do not agree with the current policy and the university administration. They have three requirements that they want to see immediately granted and three wishes for the long term.

They found inter alia that the university administration must make more democratic, the need to restore trust and they want an independent investigation into the current financial situation. The University early Friday morning to delay and that has gotten them.

Maagdenhuis
Currently, a group of students occupied the Maagdenhuis, the administration building of the University of Amsterdam, in protest against the current administration and policy. Rethink UvA joined this week in protest.

,, We support the students in their demands and share their need for more transparency and democracy, ” said one of the teachers last Wednesday during a nationwide day of action .

Need more time
behalf of the board of the University of Amsterdam this morning sent a letter to the teachers that patience is requested. ,, We need more time for a substantive and comprehensive response to the concerns that live among the teachers and students, ” said a spokesman for the university. ,, Early next week we come up with a response. ”

The protest against the management and policies of the University of Amsterdam began three weeks ago. A group of students occupied when Bungehuis, also a property of the University of Amsterdam. When that after more than a week was cleared by the police, a group called a day later the Maagdenhuis inside.

That administrative building of the university was the late sixties also the center of a student protest. Even when the occupiers did not agree with the policy. The problem in many universities, according to the occupiers that money plays an important role in many decisions of university authorities.