Go Your Own Way: Finding the Right Pathway through the Sixth Form

We all have individual strengths, interests and goals. For young adults, at an important stage of their lives, choosing which pathway to follow through school and beyond is an important decision. Typically, students in Dutch education choose their path in the third year of middle...

Getting help during the corona crisis (updated)

The new coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed our lives completely: we have to stay at home and work from home as much as possible, the government has set several limitations such as social distancing and many of us are dealing with the challenges of home-schooling. Learn...

Loving Vincent - Bringing van Gogh to life

On the evening of 27 July 1890, a fatally wounded Vincent van Gogh stumbled down a street in the small French town of Auvers-sur-Oise. In the twenty-first century Van Gogh is the most famous artist in the world, but during his short, erratic and tortured...

Tackling the dual-career spectrum – ACCESS Training Network

The signs are imperceptible. But we see them. The employment market and opportunities for internationals looking for jobs in the Netherlands is growing … imperceptibly perhaps, but we see the trend. Here at ACCESS, there is a slightly higher turnover in our volunteers. From within...

Life in ink

Gone are the days when a tattoo was simply a heart emblazoned with a name. Today tattoo pieces can be intricate and stunning works of art in their own right. The Netherlands has always been one of tattooing’s creative leaders and, with the latest edition...