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Alina Ruge

Alina Ruge: Trust yourself and everything will fall into place

Date:25 January 2022

There are so many Bachelor’s programmes to choose from but there is always one that makes your heart beat faster. This is precisely how Alina Ruge, now a 3rd-year student from BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership, felt about applying for the programme...

Yu-Jhen Shih, Msc Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Yu-Jhen Shih: Sustainability is the future

Date:14 December 2021
Yu-Jhen Shih is originally from Taiwan where she did her bachelor in sustainable science and engineering. She finds sustainability topics really exciting and future-determining. And so it was only logical for Jhen to continue her education in the field.
Tijmen Traanman, MSc Tourism Geography and Planning

Tijmen Traanman: I was certain I wanted to study this master

Date:14 December 2021
Tijmen Traanman is a current Master’s student in the MSc. Tourism, Geography and Planning. He comes from the bachelor in Human Geography and Planning at the University of Groningen and has always been interested in the relationship between people and places.
Spyretta Leivaditi, MSc Voice Technology

Spyretta Leivaditi: Everything I’ve been looking for is right here in just one programme

Date:14 December 2021
Some years ago MSc. Voice Technology student Spyretta Leivaditi was thinking it would be nice to make Google Translate sound smoother.  Since then she gained her first master degree in Linguistics and work experience in the industry, but the idea to dive deeper into speech technology has remained.
Julia Brink, MSc Climate Adaptation Governance

Julia Brink: I believe in importance of social perspective on climate change

Date:14 December 2021
Julia Brink is studying a master in Climate Adaptation Governance at Campus Fryslân. She comes from a social sciences background and has a strong feeling of personal responsibility to be a positive actor in the global problem of climate change.

Three Parks in Leeuwarden you must visit this Summer

Date:02 July 2021

This park is, ironically enough, located in the West of the city. It was built in 1872, only a few years before The Beurs was built. The park is more popularly known as Vossepark which comes from the former windmill owner Mr. Hermanus Albertus Vosman....

Map of Leeuwarden (1649) with the Frisian Stadtholderly Court, by Joan Blaeu

The best areas to live in Leeuwarden

Date:02 July 2021

Coming to a new country and city can be quite overwhelming, so you may need a little help finding your way. Finding a place to live can be especially challenging when coming from abroad. Thus, we would like to give you some tips for finding a good area to...

SIS Committee

SIS - Supporting International Students Committee

Date:09 June 2021

After the initial arrival to Leeuwarden, there are a number of forms and applications to be taken care of in the process of settling down. In other words, doing the administration we all love... This includes things such as registering to the municipality...

Buurvrouw en buurvrouw

A new stop for the Neighbour and Neighbour Van

Date:07 June 2021

This year’s final project for the course Introduction to Global Health was done in collaboration with an amazing community initiative: Buurvrouw & Buurvrouw Bus. A Buurvrouw is a neighbour in Dutch. 

Lea Lemke 

What the International Transgender Day of Visibility tells us about trans history, our societies and discrimination

Date:29 April 2021

Since 2009 in the United States and since 2014 internationally, the 31st March has been celebrated as the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV). It is a day where trans people and allies come together, show solidarity and find support among each other. In...