Plenty of inspiration, new ideas, and concrete agreements. Major steps forward were made during the two-day REDBAD meeting with the project partners in Emden, Germany, earlier this week. Learning Hub coordinates the Education Program Work Package and works closely with the Research, Exhibition, and Role-Playing Game work packages towards the 2026-2027 school year and beyond. […]

In September, the NESSIE partners gathered on the Danish island of Samsø for our General Assembly, the perfect backdrop to reflect on community-led energy transition. Over two days we:✅ Set intentions with the IDOART framework✅ Learned from Marcel Meijer, Mayor of Samsø, and Søren Hermansen, CEO of the Samsø Energiakademi, about how the island became […]

Who was King Redbad (ca. 670-719) and what was the world he lived in like? Together with eight partners from the Netherlands and Germany, we will be working on a large-scale research, public and educational project about Redbad and early medieval Frisia in the coming years. Under the leadership of the Fries Museum & Keramiekmuseum […]

Goodbyes and new beginnings: last week was the International Project Weeks on Water 💧And what an incredible experience it has been! The students shared their insights, findings from their analyses, and told us about their experience here in Leeuwarden. Their presentations highlighted key moments, such as visits to Kameleon Island, Sint Jansklooster, Woudagemaal, Waterloopbos, the […]

On September 23, we had the pleasure of hosting an international group of Master students from the faculty of Spatial Sciences of the University of Groningen. Earlier this year, the university reached out to Learning Hub for a real-world research project, and we were excited to propose an assignment connected to the NESSIE initiative. The […]

🚀 Exciting News from the Interreg North Sea Programme: Project Kick-off NESSIE! Thrilled to share highlights from the two-day kick-off of the NESSIE Project EU, which started at the stunning Crystalic Business Park in Leeuwarden on January 16th. Day one was a blend of introductions and cultural experiences. After getting to know each other, the […]

Very proud of Craft Your Future! Together with Firda and House of Design, we had 1 goal: to work with young people to create a new generation of vocational students who can combine traditional crafts with new techniques to find solutions for a circular economy. And we succeeded! The EITA is an annual initiative to […]

Something a little bit different in the Learning Hub Friesland repertoire: Recently we have finished developing a serious game that is designed to prevent bullying from the point of view of both the bully, the bullied, and the bystanders. It was a long process with many people (including our amazing interns!) participating in the creation. […]

With the award of 4 million euros of European money the PoVE Water consortium can continue to build on the vocational education/training of future water professionals in the coming 4 years. Following the pilot project, parties in Europe and South Africa will work towards a strong integration of VET knowledge networks, such as within the […]

If you have enjoyed our post about PoVe Water international week, where students from the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta, and the Netherlands have met in Leeuwarden to work together, we also invite you to see an aftermovie of it. Read more about PoVe Water project here: www.povewater.eu Or about the training week here: https://learninghubfriesland.nl/pove-water-we-are-going-to-make-water-sexy-again/

From September 27th to October 8th the first international project weeks of Water took place in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The project weeks were an event for students and teachers from the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta, and the Netherlands. The international students worked together with Dutch VET students of MBO Life Sciences in Leeuwarden to learn […]

Partners from one of our projects – C-Evil – were delighted with the opportunity to finally meet again in person after months of virtual meetings. Last opportunity to meet face-to-face we had in October 2019, in the kick-off meeting of the project in Budapest. Since then, we have had a lot of Zoom calls, screenshot […]