Campus Fryslân blog

When moving to a new country it can be good to know a few words in the native language to help you get by more easily. Don’t get me wrong, the Dutch are among the best non-native speakers of English in Europe, however, being from a native English speaking...

As the saying goes, home is where the heart is and I find this to be very true especially when it comes to student rooms. It’s often unlikely that you will spend more than one or two years in the same room so it’s important to know how to make whatever...

As a nature lover, I was really looking forward to experiencing fieldwork practice this year. Nonetheless, one of the many consequences of the current sanitary crisis was the cancellation of the fieldwork practice for the ecosystem processes and services...

For some years before I enrolled into the Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE) Master, I had been looking at different studies, in different fields that I found interesting, wanting to expand my knowledge, specialise in a particular topic (so far in my career...

Among many values to be learned in Ramadhan are patience and gratitude. I think I’ve learned both in a “hard way” this year. 

The university has shut its doors due to the current pandemic, and we as students are left in Leeuwarden or in our home countries living with our parents again. We are sitting at home all day, staring at our computers, trying to concentrate and imagine the...