Campus Fryslân blog

Every year, the 8th of March, is an opportunity to revisit what was it like to be a woman in the past in legal or social terms, and what is it like to be one in today’s legal and social arrangements. Hundreds of conferences and gatherings take place on...

How much time of your daily life do you devote to acting on SDG 13? Our campus is probably one of the best places to do so, as the community is very environmentally oriented not only with regard to our studies, but also with everyday habits. I cannot think...

International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March around the world. It's a day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is...

You probably feel that your student life is too busy the way it is. With deadlines, infinite amounts of papers to read and group work to attend to. But beside all of this I decided to pursue my dream and start my own business during my Master. My secret?...

In the end of my bachelor in tourism management I was doubting a lot whether I had chosen the right educational path. I still found the field of tourism very fascinating, but the classical management lens was not the fitting approach for me. I wanted to...

Feel like something tasty when studying? Then you should definitely try these delicious Dutch Foods. A boost guaranteed, so you won't regret it!

'King Winter' has arrived, that's what we heard all over the news in the past week in the Netherlands. Social media was full of snowy landscapes and snow divers. The entire country was covered in snow, which, in Dutch, we call 'a white blanket’ (een witte...

Hi, my name is Koen Pouw and I’m currently a second year student of the BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL) at University College Fryslân in Leeuwarden. During my studies, my peers and I study global issues through an interdisciplinary lens and...

Since 2020 took a different route than expected we all hoped to make 2021 our year, right? And still we find ourselves in the middle of January and many of our new year’s resolutions are put on hold as we are stuck in a lockdown, again... Personally, I am...

My name is Ester Alda and I have been living in Coimbra in Portugal this semester. I was the only third-year student going on an exchange this semester, which has been an experience that I will be forever grateful for. Living in Portugal for around five...