Calendar

On the HKU there are a LOT of different student initiatives, and as chaotic art students it is hard to keep track of all of them. This calendar is meant for activities of the Union but also of other events organised by (or for) HKU students or teachers. Did we miss an event? Please mail us at calendar@hkustudentunion.com with the location, date, time, picture and a description.

Important: Are you joining an action/demonstration/strike or any other form of activistic activity? Make sure you read our action consensus.

October 16th, Oudenoord, Banner Making Event

VIDIUS and the HKU Student Union are jointly organizing an afternoon to make signs and banners on Thursday, October 16th. This will take place in the Atrium of HKU Oudenoord at 5 PM. We hope to see you on both days! Bring fabric, cardboard, paint, and sewing supplies! We might go for a drink in a park afterwards, or we’ll keep chilling in the oudenoord atrium! We will supply our ants with many many snacks and drinks and maybe even a beer. Come have fun and get to meet some of your frants.

October 17th, Utrecht, Woonprotest

ENG 📢WE’VE HAD ENOUGH:📢 Go to the housingprotest 17 oktober in Utrecht!

The Netherlands is in a housing crisis. Not because we happen to be unlucky, not because of migrants or other groups being used as scapegoats, but because of deliberate destructive policies. And politicians keep looking the other way.

It is time for action. As students, we spend half of our income on rent. We keep living at home for longer periods of time, simply because there are not enough rooms available.

Join to the protest and join your local studentunion!

📢WE ZIJN ER KLAAR MEE📢 Kom naar het woonprotest op 17 oktober in Utrecht!

Nederland zit in een wooncrisis. Niet omdat wij toevallig pech hebben, niet door migranten of andere groepen die als zondebok worden gebruikt, maar door bewust afbraakbeleid. En de politiek kijkt weg.

Het is tijd voor actie! Als studenten geven we de helft van ons inkomen uit aan huur. We blijven steeds langer thuis wonen, simpelweg omdat er niet genoeg kamers zijn. Ondertussen doet de politiek niets om in te grijpen.

Kom naar het protest en sluit je aan bij je lokale studentenvakbond!

Past Events

June 25, Malieveld Den Haag 12:00, XR Navo demonstration

XR is organising a demo during the big NAVO summit. they will block the A12 in Den Haag like the good old days. There will probably be a HKU finger, but it hasn’t been formed, we will keep you up to date if ewe have more info.

June 26, Paardenveld 18:00, Ant of the Year Party

to celebrate the last meeting of the school year, we will host yet another potluck. This time at paardenveld! We will hopefully get some sun, and enjoy eachothers company over a community dinner and some drinks! Bring some vegan food if you can and lets celebrate the start of the summer vacation together.

June 17, Nieuwekade, 16:00 - 18:00, Workshop Session

Because so many students and teachers still don’t feel heard by the Organisation of the HKU, we organise a session at Nieuwekade. We will together write our thoughts and worries about abolished workshop policy. We invited the CvB to come and pick up this book, and have a chat with their students.

June 12, Nieuwekade 10:00-17:00, Quilting for Palestine

News from HKU4Palestine, a sister organisation of the Union:

On June 12 we will have a communal quilt session with HKU4Palestine so feel free to come at any time of day! We will be in the HKU Nieuwekade entrance hall from 10:30 making a quilt that we will be able to use as a banner for other protests. No experience needed! So bring your friends, your favorite art supplies such as paints, embroidery or knitting supplies and come quilt with us!

When: June 12 from 10:30 - end of day Where: Nieuwekade 1 entrance hall

Note that this will be a quilt session in the form of a (low-risk) demonstration, so if you feel comfortable covering your face since there will likely be cameras inside please do so!

THREAD NEEDLES, CUT TIES!

June 9, PLUK Utrecht, 19:00, HKU4Palestine Action Training

As the genocide in Palestine is escalating to a new stage, it is our duty to stop our compliance and escalate for Palestine!

So whether you’ve never been to a demo, or u want to take it a bit further and learn some more. Come learn with us about direct action, what your rights are en what to do in case of arrest. This is a very useful training if you want to protest whilst enforcing a bit more pressure, but as police repression is growing it can also be handy for if you go to regular demonstrations.

26 May 2025, Sit-in & demo for Palestine & Potluck, Oudenoord, 12:00-18:00

Coming Monday the 26th of May, HKU4Palestine will organise a sit-in in the Atrium of Oudenoord. We do this to urge the CVB (College Van Bestuur) to finally meet our demands, listed below. Despite our numerous attempts to convince the CVB of the importance of these demands, after more than a year, the CVB has been incapable of meeting these demands and breaking ties with Israel. Therefore, we will inform the CVB that our demands have not changed.

Please join our sit-in, attend our workshops and join forces. HKU students and staff, let’s finally mobilize!

Our demands:

The HKU must write a statement that clearly rejects the genocide, disproportionate violence, and impending ethnic cleansing committed by Israel The HKU must sever ties with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design The HKU must investigate any connections with Israeli institutions, companies and investors, making these public, and severing these ties

Program:

Start @ 12:00 atrium Oudenoord Activitities 12:00-16:20 will include: making banners/patches/buttons, teach-ins, speeches and chanting. @ 16:20: marching to Nieuwekade @ 17:00: chanting at nieuwekade and delivering written demands to the CvB @ 18:00: potluck Student Union @ Paardenveld

Please bring some materials to make stuff for the protesting or for your own patches etc. think about fabric, cardboard and markers. Also please bring instruments so we can make some noise! (or nice music occasionally).

The sit in will be inspired by the character of the UU encampment - so we can connect, learn and make a statement! If you can also bring food for the HKU Student Union’s potluck in the evening!

Potluck

Even Ants need to rest after an action. So the Union is organising a Potluck at Paardenveld on May 26st, right after the demonstration at Nieuwekade. Bring yourself, your friends, your enthousiasm and if you can a vegan meal/snack. Lets take some time to unwind after a full day and meet some of your fellow friends from the ant hill.

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