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Subject: European education news from Holland - December01, 2006




  • Switzerland: Expat managers take exotic ride to the top

Switzerland can be an excellent springboard for career-minded expats – although some of them have problems getting used to the country. For some managers dispensing with prejudices and misconceptions is the hard part, while others struggle to understand the finer points of Swiss etiquette and daily life.

Of the estimated 820,000 foreigners working in Switzerland, fewer than 50,000 are managers, according to the Federal Statistics Office.

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  • Utrecht University at number 6 in the top 100 in EU

Utrecht University is proud of its reputation as one of Europe’s leading research universities. In 2006 we received excellent ratings in various international rankings of universities.

The ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities 2006’ report, compiled by researchers of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education, ranks the world’s top 500 universities on academic and research performance.


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  • Denmark leads EU's social justice rankings

A prestigious German think tank finds Denmark topping the most important social justice categories. When it comes to creating an equal, just society, Denmark points the way for EU member states, according to the German think tank Hans-B?ckler Stiftung.

Based on official EU statistics from Eurostat and the OECD, the think tank based in D?sseldorf examined 35 indicators in five social areas: income distribution; access to the labour market; access to the educational system; gender equality; and contact between generations.

Denmark placed at the top of most of the categories, putting it into a tie for first place together with Sweden.

Read more: Eurogates.Forum



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