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  • Definitive Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities 2025–2026

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    On 23 July, all parties to the collective labour agreement (CLA) confirmed their approval of the negotiated agreement for the 2025–2026 Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

  • Universities and employee organisations reach agreement on new collective agreement

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    Pay rise of 2% and 100 euros gross per month, fund for employability employees and commitment to equal pay for women and men

  • Three new board members appointed at Universities of the Netherlands

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    As of 1 July, Pamela Habibović, Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University, will join the Executive Board of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL). On 1 September, Vinod Subramaniam, President of the Executive Board of the University of Twente, and Patrick Groothuis, Vice-President of the Executive Board of Eindhoven University of Technology, will also take up their positions on the UNL Board. All three have been appointed for a two-year term.

  • Universities: ‘A blow to our students and staff’

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    Solid cuts to education and research in general agreement

    Today, the coalition-forming parties presented their general agreement. The cuts to education, research and innovation came as a major shock to universities. These plans will damage the future of young people and the Netherlands. Jouke de Vries, acting president of Universities of the Netherlands: ‘The cuts to education and science are a blow to our students and staff who are already under enormous pressure. Together with the sharp intervention in the international nature of universities, these cuts are harming our ability to provide quality education and carry out research. This does not match the coalition-forming parties’ ambition to strengthen the knowledge economy and earning power of the Netherlands. With these cuts, we are putting the future of our country's youth at stake.’

  • Universities to systematically improve social safety

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    Dutch universities will do even more to improve social safety in their institutes. On 14 May, the Labour Inspectorate presented a study on undesirable behaviour, workload and working hours that showed, among other things, that more than half of all academic staff had experienced undesirable behaviour in the past two years. Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) is shocked by these results. Rianne Letschert, president of the Executive Board of Maastricht University on behalf of UNL: ‘It is unacceptable that so many employees should have to deal with undesirable behaviour. A safe working environment is not only a fundamental right of all staff and students, but also an essential prerequisite for high-quality education and research.’