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If your company makes you brexit, The GSGI should be your first stop. It was, for this New York Times article.

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Coming Home To Roost: The Pleasures and Perils of Returning to School in the UK

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Where to Live in Paris: Neighborhoods and Schools

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Choosing Schools for Small Children - written for Russia but useful worldwide

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Accreditation Agencies/Inspection Organisations: Which Ones Are Real?

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IB to IB: A Seamless Transition, Wherever You Go? It ain't necessarily so.

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International Schools: In Name Only?

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Relocating Overseas: looking for a nursery abroad

How do I look for an overseas nursery for my child? Will it be safe? An expert from the British Diplomatic Service Families Association gives you all the answers.
Moving Overseas: Before You Go, Read This!

Books and movies to check out before you relocate overseas, and after you arrive. Expert advice or just plain funny; for expats, ambassadors, parents and travelers. Chosen by GSGI editors.
Coming home to roost: the pleasures and perils of returning to schools in the UK

There comes a time in the life of most expatriate families when they have to decide about their children’s education – do we stay or do we go? Now or later? Should our children take all their public exams at an international school abroad, or would they be better served at a school in the UK?
Before You Go: Netherlands Links, Books and Movies

As with all GSGI links, we only add the ones we like, have used, or think could be useful. These recommended links for expats in Netherlands have been recommended by GSGI editors or readers. In some cases, the links take you to a website for which we provided some of the content (so naturally we think it's excellent!).
Relocating from Switzerland back to the UK

Suddenly relocating back to the UK? Little children milling around your ankles and big children to find school places for? How do you manage if you are relocating from Switzerland to England? What is the transition like from international or Swiss schools back into the English system?

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