Netherlands - Culture Smart!

Until recently, Sheryl lived for 16 years in the Netherlands. She is British and was formerly a management trainer and a business studies tutor who worked for public and private organizations in both Britain and the Netherlands. A member of the British Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, she holds an M.A. in Education and a further M.A. in Social Sciences. In 1995 Sheryl moved with her husband to the Netherlands and immersed herself in Dutch culture, conducting research on cultural acclimatization, the role of language teachers and child development. During this time, she also worked as an Associate Lecturer for the British Open University Business School and as a Business Studies Tutor for undergraduates in the Utrecht Hogeschool s Faculty of Economics and Management. Sheryl and her husband have now retired and moved back to the UK, where they live in Stratford-upon-Avon but she has retained her close links with the Netherlands through her Dutch and expatriate friends and her regular visits.

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