Learning Opportunities

Futures Thinking, Future Visualization: Beyond the Now - How to master designing and communicating inspirational futures

COIL (from 02/03/2026 to 04/05/2026)

In a rapidly changing world, the ability to imagine and communicate possible futures is essential. This COIL invites participants to explore scenario thinking and visualization techniques to develop and share inspirational futures. Through online collaboration, interdisciplinary teamwork, and tools like generative AI and augmented reality, students learn to turn complex ideas into engaging visual stories. Using scenario planning methods from NHL Stenden’s European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI), they gain skills to envision and communicate future possibilities.

Go for a Digital Product - Physical Interactive Stories

Erasmus+ BIP

Go for a Digital Product

Erasmus+ BIP (from 27/04/2026 to 15/05/2026)

Join our international BIP: engineering and design students collaborate to imagine how digital products using drones can support well-being and quality of life. Over one online week + one intensive week in Finland, you will:Apply design thinking to drone-based challenges.Work in multidisciplinary teams on future concepts.Explore drone tech, sensors, data & control.Tackle regulation, privacy, ethics & sustainability.Focus on concept and system design, using simulations and prototypes to develop innovative, responsible solutions for well-being and quality of life (employment, environment, health, education, recreation, social belonging, safety, and security).

Hack Your Device, Fundamentals of Cyber Security

Erasmus+ BIP (from 17/04/2026 to 15/05/2026)

This BIP will give you a practical introduction to cybersecurity, the Internet of Everything and enable you to be able to ethically hack a common IoT device.

Healthcare Futures: Empowering Connections, Digital Innovation and Social Responsibilities - Empowering Connections, Digital Innovation and Social Responsibilities

Erasmus+ BIP (from 02/03/2026 to 20/03/2026)

This Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) offers an integrated, interdisciplinary exploration of how healthcare professionals can build meaningful connections and empower wellbeing across diverse and often complex contexts. Through the lens of digital innovation, community engagement, and psychosocial care, participants will critically examine the evolving nature of care delivery in both national and international settings.

How to Become a True Ambassador for RUN-EU - 3rd Edition

SAP (from 16/10/2025 to 02/12/2025)

Short Advanced Programme. HOW TO BECOME A TRUE AMBASSADOR FOR RUN-EU - 3rd Edition. 16.OCT - 02. DEC. Face-to-Face week. NHL Stenden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. 10. NOV - 14. NOV. 2025Learn the role of an ambassador.Identify your inner RUN-EU-er.Master content & creation skills.Network with experts and students from all over Europe. 

How to Become a True Ambassador for RUN-EU - 4th edition

SAP (from 24/03/2026 to 24/04/2026)

HOW TO BECOME A TRUE AMBASSADOR FOR RUN-EU - 4th Edition Face-to-Face Week: IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal 13 - 17. APRIL 2026Learn the role of an ambassador;Identify your inner RUN-EU-er;Master content & creation skills;Network with experts and students from all over Europe;

Inclusion and Technology

Erasmus+ BIP

Inner Development Goals in Practice: How to Become a Professional for a Sustainable Future?

Erasmus+ BIP (from 17/02/2026 to 18/03/2026)

Do you want to become a change maker, work on your Inner Development to become a more sustainable professional? Do you want to know more about the Inner Development Goals and work together with international students to come up with solutions for real-life global challenges? Then this is the opportunity for you!Expect a mixture of input from experts in the field of Sustainability & Inner Development. Do Inner Work for more Self Awareness & Personal Growth, visit a Sustainable Business, and join Social and Cultural events in the beautiful Province of Fryslân, and the historical capital of Leeuwarden.