New Labor Agreement Will Create Staff Ombuds Positions at Leading Dutch Universities

The week, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (Vereniging van Universiteiten which was originally called Vereniging van Samenwerkende Nederlandse Universiteiten "VSNU") reached an agreement with four employee organizations. A significant concession was the appointment of Ombuds for Staff at all member institutions starting July 2021. Currently, Just half of  VSNU members have Ombuds for Staff. 


Here's a list of VSNU members and their current Ombuds programs:

• Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ⁠— Edith Weijnen, Ombuds for Staff
• Open Universiteit Nederland [no Ombuds]
• Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen [no Ombuds]
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [no Ombuds]
• Technische Universiteit Delft ⁠— Job van Luyken, Ombuds for Staff
• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven [no Ombuds]
• Universiteit van Amsterdam ⁠— Jacqueline Schoone, Ombuds Officer for Staff and Students
• Universiteit Leiden ⁠— Eugène van der Heijden, Ombuds for Students
• Universiteit Maastricht ⁠— Anna Soedira, Ombuds for Staff
• Universiteit van Tilburg [no Ombuds]
• Universiteit Twente ⁠— Han Warmelink, Ombuds for Staff and Students
• Universiteit Utrecht ⁠— Paul G. Herfs, Ombuds for Staff
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⁠— Lies Poesiat, Ombuds for Students and Staff
• Wageningen Universiteit [no Ombuds]

(Leids Universitair Mare; Erasmus Magazine.)

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