What are Dutch study associations and what’s different from UK academic societies?
Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall explore how Dutch universities structure student organisation around degree programmes rather than central unions – and finds a model that achieves high active participation through serious institutional investment in compensation, recognition and infrastructure
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