Campus Fryslân blog

^{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.

Between Grou and Jirnsum, a small farm is rethinking what food systems can look like. The vegetables grown there do not travel far. In fact, some of them end up just a short drive away, at Campus Fryslân, where students and staff pick them up each week as...

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

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

_{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...}

_{Sustainable tourism is more than a buzzword: it is about balancing cultural preservation, environmental responsibility, and the well-being of local communities. In this post, Rada, a recent graduate of the MSc in Cultural Geography, track Sustainable...}

_{Does walking accessibility to textile collection bins affect usage rates in Dutch urban contexts? This is the question that second-year Data Science and Society students explored in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and TEXroad. Students...}

_{Curious about how to turn obstacles into opportunities? Wondering what it is like to study at Campus Fryslân, pursue a Pre-Master’s and a Master’s in Sustainable Entrepreneurship, or live in the Netherlands as a non-EU expat? Interested in learning how to...}

_{Meet Ype Bakker, a soon-to-be student in our BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership programme. His story reflects our community’s spirit and takes you on a visual adventure through the Sky Islands. Click to dive in!}