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Word of foundation

Liberi Erasmi is the first official student party at Erasmus University. The student party is a party that stands up for the interests of all students at Erasmus University, and has an important mission.

Nawin Ramcharan

Chair
The Covid situation has changed a lot in how I have come to view EUR and higher education in general. As a student representative of the faculty council, I heard from several fellow students that they no longer felt comfortable at EUR to study. They indicated that they were ridiculed for their medical choices, and that their ideology was looked down upon. Exclusion from physical education was imminent, and EUR, which represents itself as ‘Diverse and Inclusive’, remained silent. This did not make sense to me, which meant that I had no choice but to stand up for the interests of students who sometimes had it the hardest on the one hand. On the other hand, I was increasingly sent examples of lecture slides, study material or exam examples in which certain ideologies, political movements or representatives were criticized. EUR was no longer a place to think critically, but a place where it was already determined for you how you should think. My trust in this institution hit rock bottom.

What I have noticed is an ideological battle in which the university is also increasingly politicizing. Statements are made that not every student can agree with. The norm about when you are accepted for your opinion has shifted. Symbolic politics is also becoming more common and does not contribute to a university in which the differences between students are respected. I heard from several students that they too had lost confidence in the EUR, and that was the point for me to make a change with this student party, and to make higher education a critical and inclusive place for everyone again, which will ultimately reflect in a better

Wincey Randoe

Secretary
What Erasmus University lacks in my opinion is an environment in which freedom and openness are central. I have been studying at EUR for three years now and what I have noticed in recent years is that the university mainly directs students to think unanimously, one-sidedly and without nuance. For this reason, I have decided to join Liberi Erasmi. As a party, we believe it is important that political opinions or ideologies should not form the core of education within an academic environment. On the other hand, students should be able to focus on self-development and should be able to think critically about both theory and their environment. With Liberi Erasmi, I therefore want to achieve that Erasmus University becomes a place where everyone is welcome and where there is non-selective, but real inclusivity and tolerance towards each other.

Iwany Alberts

Treasurer
My motivation to participate in student party Liberi Erasmi is because I find freedom very important and would like to see more of this at the university. I think it is important that students have the space and resources to develop themselves critically and are given the space at the university to be free in their actions and thoughts and to be free to make mistakes and learn from them and to develop themselves critically through this instead of being presented with a way of thinking in which everything else is labeled as wrong by definition.
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