When moving to the Netherlands, it is important to know whether you are considered resident tax payer or non-resident. Both residents and non-residents are taxed on their taxable income. A number of criteria help determine your status as resident or non-resident.

In the Netherlands children attend school from the age of 4 and are legally required to do so from the age of 5. Elementary school, or primary education (basisschool), lasts 8 years.

The Netherlands have an excellent public transport system. You can get almost everywhere by train, bus or tram. All you need is an OV-chipkaart. When it comes to getting around in Leiden it might be worth to consider buying a (secondhand) bike. Do you prefer travelling by car? You will find more on…

Universitair docent Briitta van Staalduinen heeft de Best Dissertation Award ontvangen van de American Political Science Association, Class and Inequality Section. Haar proefschrift, Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State, gaat in op het harmoniseren van de grote etnische ongelijkheden in welvaartss…

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‘Docent zijn is niet mijn baan, maar mijn roeping.’ Dat zei politicoloog Ayo Adedokun nadat hij bij de opening van het academisch jaar, op 6 september, de LUS-Onderwijsprijs uitgereikt kreeg. Deze prijs gaat naar de beste docent van het jaar.

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