You Are Not Alone: English Language Cancer Support in the Netherlands

Being diagnosed with cancer can turn life upside down. For those living in the Netherlands who are far from their familiar support networks, whether international students, migrants, immigrants, refugees, or binational families – the experience can feel even more isolating. Navigating treatment in a different...

Dutch Business – Striving for balance

A fellow Canadian who works as a manager for an IT company with offices in Amsterdam warned that working with Dutch colleagues might be challenging. I could expect to spend my time negotiating every little change in plans and might find that colleagues expect to...

ACCESS with AI: New tech, new steps

Artificial Intelligence has an acronym we are learning is increasingly used, worldwide, in its English form – with an A and an I – even when other local languages actually have words for each. This curiosity started a discussion, but, we realised, was deviating us...

Different routes to divorce in the Netherlands

Under Dutch law, a divorce petition must always be filed with the court by a lawyer. This requirement applies irrespective of whether the divorce is pursued through a joint petition, mediation or a unilateral request. As a result, legal representation is mandatory in every Dutch...

ESA/ESTEC join ACCESS Patron Programme

ESA/ESTEC join ACCESS Patron Programme in the Netherlands to support their international staff and family members. Read more about this interesting partnership in this article.