Climate activists took action for several hours on Thursday in a building at Leiden University. Supporters of the End Fossil LU/TUD action group sat in two rooms in the Lipsius building in the city center. The police cleared the building at the end of the afternoon.
Five Rotterdam student groups call on Erasmus University in a letter to condemn Israel's violence against Palestinians and to sever all ties with Israel and Israeli institutions. They are also taking action on Friday on the Woudestein campus.
The demonstrators had previously said that they wanted to spend the night in the UvA building. The UvA said that demonstrations are possible, but that overnight stays in one of the buildings are not allowed. Earlier this year there was also a climate protest at a university building. Thirty people became
Twelve demonstrators from OccupyEUR were arrested on Tuesday evening during a protest action at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). They did not respond to a request to leave the building, a police spokesperson confirmed reports from the regional broadcaster Rijnmond.
Climate activists occupied a hall at Utrecht University on Monday morning. Occupations or actions are announced at six other institutions this week, among which Erasmus University.
The response to the OccupyEUR protest and an invitation to a survey on the university as a ‘brand’ are provocations, writes Professor of Social Theory Willem Schinkel. They flatten what a university actually is.
On Monday, November 28, students protested by occupying the Sanders building on the Woudestein campus. The university responded by sending police forces who evacuated the building. Read about the whole development of the incident here.
Two action groups occupied a room at TU Eindhoven on Monday morning, directly opposite the Executive Board. They want the university to break ties with
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