Quality agreementsQuality Agreements • February 5th, 2024
Contract Type FiledFebruary 5th, 2024The last year of the current quality agreements has begun. Starting from 2025, the funds will be continued and structurally allocated to higher education institutions to ensure and improve the quality of education. In this new version of the agreements, it remains important to safeguard the involvement of (student) representation. A motion accepted by the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) in 2022 extended the right to consent to the investments of the (new) quality agreements. As a council, you will be able to exercise this right through the annual budget outline. To make specific agreements around this process at your specific institution, a discussi- on between the Executive Board and the council should take place. It is crucial that (student) representation is assertive in this matter, ensuring that the Executive Board cannot arbitrarily determine the future allocation of the study advance funds. In this guide we’ll explain the facts and provide some advice to start the conver