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In February 2026, the book "Psychologie in der Sozialen Arbeit - Das Rätsel- und Ausmalbuch" was published on the OPUS server of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. This is an invitation to understand learning not only as a performance requirement, but also as a creative and self-caring…

The legal entitlement to all-day education and care at primary schools comes into force on 1st of August 2026. In the summer semester 2025, students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Early Childhood Education took part in the seminar "Reform and Primary School Pedagogy" to explore the question…

From initial questions about the right job after graduation to the development of personal skills and targeted job application coaching: 2 ECTS credits can be earned by completing the entire care4career programme.

To mark her appointment as Professor of Counselling and Intervention in Work with Children, Adolescents and Families at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences, Prof. Dr Susanne Dorothea Hommel will hold her inaugural lecture on 1 December 2025 entitled "The World of the 'Early…

During the "Merchandise for the FHP!" project week, design students dedicated themselves to the design, staging and presentation of new merchandise. The result is two motifs for the FHP and one motif for the Department of Design.

The first signs of better orientation are now visible on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Planning and design took place on site with students and staff under the direction of Prof Christina Poth. The involvement of the university community was crucial to the development.

In the 2025/26 funding period, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is awarding 26 Germany Scholarships to particularly committed and high-achieving students. The scholarship holders receive 300 euros per month for one year. Since the start of the funding programme, the university - together with…

With our latest podcast episode "HILFE TRAUMA!", we stay close to the university enviroment. This time our guest is Bärbel Derksen, a long-time employee at our family centre. It's about developmental psychology, bonding, pregnancy and birth, early help and child protection. There will also be…

In June 2025, students at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Bachelor of the Social Work (BA) degree programme) worked intensively on current social phenomena in youth work in rural areas. The focus was on the question of how young people in public spaces can be involved in shaping their…

At the start of the 2025/26 winter semester, the FH Potsdam Supporters’ Association is once again offering an attractive promotion for FHP students.

Good news: The EXIST-Women funding programme will continue and enter its third round in January 2026. The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is once again taking its budding female entrepreneurs on the exciting journey of founding a company. All (former) members of the FHP can apply until 30/10…

As part of a study trip from the 18th of June,2025 to the 21st of June, 2025, students of the degree programme Social Work spent a day at the University of Westminster, which enabled them to gain deeper insights into the field of criminology. Here, student Pia Enterlein reports on the study trip.