The Netherlands hosts over 100,000 international students, including approximately 3,500 from India. The country has become an attractive destination for global learners, thanks to institutions like ...

The Dutch government is advancing a proposal aimed at reducing the use of English in higher education institutions, seeking to address the rising number of international students in the Netherlands.

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Universities, teaching staff and students have criticised the government’s plans to reduce the use of English in Dutch education institutes, saying it will damage both their reputation and research.

A bachelor's degree course can only be taught in another language with approval from a special commission and the education minister. (Lisa Wiltse for The New York Times) The Netherlands, also known ...

In “Taking Manhattan,” author Russell Shorto writes about the deal that New Netherland Director General Peter Stuyvesant made with English military officer Richard Nicolls to transfer the Dutch colony ...

The architecture, language and culture of New Netherland influences New York today, even if most modern-day inhabitants have little idea of the history beneath their feet. When his children were at ...