Campus Fryslân blog

^{Our Global Responsibility & Leadership students, in the third year of their studies, get the chance to do a minor, in which they can choose between travelling abroad on exchange, doing an internship, or doing other university minors. In this blog post, we...}

^{Leeuwarden holds plenty of options of places to study for its big student population. From university buildings, to gardens outside, to stylish cafés, both for winter and for summer - you can pick whatever setting fits you best. In this blog article, I...}

^{Many students wonder "what can you do with a bachelor in Global Politics & Sustainability (formerly known as Global Responsibility & leadership)?". As a fundamentally interdisciplinary programme, it leaves many doors open, and today, we are hearing from...}

“Europe is going to pay in a BIG way” said Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, ahead of the June 2025 The Hague summit, where European NATO members pledged to raise their military spending to 5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

^{Starting university is exciting, but it can also be confusing, overwhelming, and full of questions. How do you organise your time when nobody is checking whether you have done your readings? What do lecturers actually expect from an academic assignment?...}

^{This spring, students and staff from Campus Fryslân travelled to Virginia Tech in the United States to participate in Eurosim 2026, an annual simulation organised by the Trans-Atlantic Consortium for European Union Simulations and Studies. Bringing...}

^{In Global Responsibility and Leadership (GRL), we find passionate and impact-driven students who come and seek for the creativity and skills needed to imagine and create local solutions to global problems.}

^{It’s that time of year again in Leeuwarden. The rain has stopped (for now), the sky is blue, and while our plates are full with end of the year obligations, our thoughts turn already to the summer and beyond.}