Tevredenheid overheerst onder de organisatoren van de studentenmanifestatie van 21 januari, ook al gaf Zijlstra geen krimp. Een duidelijke vervolgstrategie is er nog niet. De Landelijke Studentenvakbond roept studenten op om zelf met initiatieven te komen.

Reasonable contractsTU Delft is working to develop at a code of conduct aimed at preventing students from falling victim to unreasonable clauses contained in internship and graduation project contracts.

This week’s roundup of what’s been making news in the Netherlands begins with Wikileaks continuing embarrassment of the country’s political establishment: US embassy cables revealed the Dutch government agreed to support UN sanctions against Iran in 2006 provided the sanctions didn’t harm the interests of Shell, the Dutch oil company.

More and bigger Dutch student protests in Den Haag, but why should international students care? The student protest last Friday in Den Haag unfolded like a well-rehearsed theatre play, with the first act opening in the morning when formerly robed university professors solemnly marched through the streets in opposition to government cuts in university funding, followed by the more emotionally-charged second act in afternoon, when tens of thousands of young Dutch students gathered much more loudly – aided by megaphones, microphones and signs.