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8th of March is International Women's Day

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Standing for All Women, Everywhere

Date:06 March 2026Author:DEI Committee

Every year on March 8, the world marks International Women's Day: a day to celebrate the achievements of women and to recommit ourselves to the ongoing struggle for equality. It is a day of pride, gratitude, and solidarity. But it is also a day of honesty....

Vitens: Ditmer's internship host organisation

From theory to tap water: Ditmer's internship experience at Vitens

Date:02 March 2026Author:Ditmer de Heer

Ditmer is a third-year BSc Data Science & Society (DSS) student at Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen. Next to his studies, he works as a working student data science and also writes stories, both in text and comic form. In his free time, he enjoys...

(from left to right): Luna, Emma and Ype

“I couldn’t imagine myself being anywhere else”: First-year GRL students on finding their place in Leeuwarden

Date:17 February 2026Author:Emma, Luna and Ype

How does it feel to start university in a new country, in a new city, surrounded by people from all over the world?

Carol taking some students on a Nature Walk

Climate Change in the Classroom: Why Educators Matter More Than Ever

Date:06 February 2026Author:Carol Garzon Lopez, PhD

A conversation with Carol, Assistant Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Campus Fryslân

Angee Arciniega Casanova, 2nd-year student of Data Science & Society

Stronger Together: A Data Science & Society Simulation Exercise

Date:15 January 2026Author:Angee Arciniega Casanova

As part of the curriculum, second-year Data Science & Society students complete a six-week project designed to develop their group work skills, problem-solving abilities, creativity, and capacity to apply their knowledge to produce a functioning outcome....

Life happens when you step in ;)

One-on-One with Edoardo Ferrari: Life Happens When You Step In

Date:15 December 2025Author:Edoardo Ferrari

Put. Yourself. Out there.
Take it from Edoardo Ferrari, an alumnus of the Global Responsibility and Leadership programme who is currently pursuing a double degree in Management across continents. This next step has allowed him to deepen his interest in...

Revealing Relations: Knowledge Infrastructures for Liveable Futures, a book by Anne Beaulieu

Revealing Relations: Why Better Knowledge Infrastructures Matter for Liveable Futures

Date:11 December 2025Author:Prof. dr. Anne Beaulieu

Knowledge infrastructures matter and actively contribute to shaping the futures we are able to imagine and realise. These ideas are explored in depth in the new book Revealing Relations: Knowledge Infrastructures for Liveable Futures by Anne Beaulieu,...

Data Science & Society Safari 2025

On Safari with Data Science & Society: Exploring Innovation throughout Friesland

Date:26 November 2025Author:Dani, Ellie and Freark

What happens when Data Science & Society (DSS) students set out on a “technology safari” across Friesland? A day full of discovery, innovation, and inspiration! Students from all years of the programme explored the facilities and met representatives from...

Sakura Radscheit, alumna of the Global Responsibility & Leadership Bachelor's programme.

Young Leaders in the Making: Sakura's Commitment to Sustainability, Self-Discovery, and Contributing to a Better World

Date:17 November 2025Author:Sakura Radscheit

What drives a young leader to dedicate her career to global sustainability? In this interview, Sakura, a German-Japanese graduate of the Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL) programme at Campus Fryslân, reflects on how her studies, international...

Mathematics is one of the disciplines that our graduates often choose to explore further through extracurricular activities.

Skill Boost: Data Science & Society Students Take It Further

Date:05 November 2025Author:Dani, Ewa and Freark

Once you become a student of Data Science & Society, you will follow a structured curriculum designed to provide a strong foundation in both technical and ethical skills. However, you are still free to enrich your programme with extracurricular courses

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