This year, the state of Lower Saxony is saving 17.5 million euros at the universities. Next year, the figure is set to rise even further - to 24.3 million euros. These reductions do not even take into account any cuts that will be imposed on all Lower Saxons as a result of the Corona crisis.

This means that the substance will be decisively affected - and will lead to job cuts at all levels, especially at the level of professorships, but also in administration; at LUH alone, there is talk of about 100 jobs.

These reductions lead to severe cutbacks: fewer positions

• means fewer study places and thus fewer students in Lower Saxony,
• means fewer workers in Lower Saxony,
• means fewer jobs in Lower Saxony,
• means less research in Lower Saxony,
• means less innovation in Lower Saxony.
• Can we afford that?

We say: No - enough is enough, no cuts in education!