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•   China recruiters expatriates but success hard

China is one of the easiest places for recruiters to lure expatriate executives, but is also one of the hardest places for them to succeed, according to a study releases recently. A survey of more than 140 international recruiters by executive recruitment firm Korn/Ferry International found other popular places for expatriate workers were Western Europe, especially Britain, and North America, as well as Southeast Asia, especially Singapore.

The firm's 10th quarterly executive recruiter index found that the most difficult places to attract expatriates to work included the non-Gulf Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and South America.

"High-growth emerging nations often offer the greatest opportunities for expatriates, but they can also come with the most challenges," Chris van Someren, president of Korn/Ferry for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said in a statement. Read more: Eurogates.Forum

• Holland: Women return to work too early

Nearly seven out of ten midwives think women are going back to work too early after giving birth, a research survey conducted by the Trade Union FNV found. The survey was performed on 606 midwives in 168 practices. The report was conducted so that the Union could lobby the government to include more favourable working conditions in the Cabinet’s new Working Conditions Act.

Women are complaining that their bodies are still not fully recovered from childbirth and have to take extra sick days. Midwives have also heard that not enough facilities are available for new mums at work and they are having problems expressing breast milk.

The FNV believes that the current 10 weeks of leave should be extended by six weeks, to allow mothers to breast feed for longer and allow their bodies to make a full recovery before going back to the workplace. Address: Eurogates.Forum

• Seven Dutch universities in top 100

Seven Dutch universities were included on  in a list of the world's top 100 universities. The Netherlands and Australia finished equal third on the rankings, each with seven universities listed. In a list compiled by British newspaper 'The Times', the US topped the rankings, with 33 universities, followed by the UK with 15.

Ranked 67th, the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven is the Netherlands' top ranked tertiary institute, followed by the Universiteit van Amsterdam in 69th place.  Other universities mentioned are the Technische Universiteit Delft (86th), the Universiteit Leiden (90th), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (92nd) and the Universiteit Utrecht (95th).

Wageningen Universiteit was the lowest ranked Dutch university, but still scraped into the top 100, finishing with a ranking of 97. The winner was Harvard University in the US, the same as it was last year. Second and third place was taken out by the University of Cambridge and Oxford University in the UK respectively.  Read more: Eurogates.Forum