Campus Fryslân blog

_{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!}

_{In our BSc Data Science & Society programme, students are pioneers who push boundaries and shape the future! What makes them choose this path? Keep reading to learn about their personal stories and reasons for joining our community!}

_{Imagine being able to tell someone’s age just by listening to their voice. Our voices naturally change as we grow older,  with changes in how strong or clear it sounds. These changes are more than just natural effects of aging on the voice— they hold...}

_{At Campus Fryslân, we strive for interdisciplinarity, open-mindness, and diversity throughout your studies. This is why in the first semester of your third year as a Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL) student, during the “minor” period, you are given...}

_{At Campus Fryslân, we strive for interdisciplinarity, open-mindness, and diversity throughout your studies. This is why in the first semester of your third year as a Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL) student, during the “minor” period, you are given...}

_{In our BSc Data Science & Society programme, students are pioneers who push boundaries and shape the future! What makes them choose this path? Keep reading to learn about their personal stories and reasons for joining our community!}

_{On 9 April 2025, scholars from across the University of Groningen came together at Campus Fryslân for the Liveable Futures Workshop: Interfaces and Knowledge. This interdisciplinary gathering focused on ethnographic methods and digital tools to explore how...}

_{A few weeks ago, I found myself walking through the grand halls of the European Parliament in Brussels — and honestly, it felt surreal. As a 20-year-old student from Fryslân, I never imagined I’d be part of such an event. But there I was, attending Fryslân...}

_{How can we make high-quality speech synthesis accessible to all the world’s languages, not just a privileged few? This blog piece examines the progress and limitations of current Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology, especially for low-resource languages (LRLs)...}

_{Leander is an alumnus of MSc. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and is currently working in the policy development of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture and Nature. In the interview, Leander shares insights into his work tasks, his typical workday routine, but...}