All News of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

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.

The MyAppMyData research project (app prototyping as an inclusive teaching and learning arrangement for the integrative development of digital skills in upper secondary schools) at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences is developing innovative, practical ways of teaching digital skills. The…

How do migrants experience the arrival process in Brazil - and how do professionals accompany them along the way? The podcast "Entre Caminhos" ("Between Paths") was developed by social work student Marina Volpatto from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam as part of her internship in São Paulo…

What do kindergartens in Amsterdam look like? What educational concepts are pursued there? And how is it possible that children there start school the day after their 4th birthday? With these questions in mind, a group of students from the Bachelor's degree programme in Early Childhood Education and…

Participation through biographical work: The PowerMii project is trialling innovative approaches to participatory research and empowerment in order to provide targeted support for educationally disadvantaged girls with a migration background in rural regions. Through research-based self-reflection…

After a successful first run of the Work@Heart certificate programme, the additional qualification, which is independent of the degree programme, will be launched for the second time in the winter semester 2025/26 with a future-oriented new offer in the area of diversity and self-care.

Every week, the research project "Women scientists in the media" shares tips for more visibility of women scientists.

Under the motto #TOGETHER for good child protection, Fröbel Bildung und Erziehung gGmbH organised this year's Fröbel Symposium in cooperation with the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The event took place on the 12th and 13th of March, 2025 at the FH Potsdam and brought together…

Wittenberge, Brandenburg - Students from the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development invited to the presentation and discussion of student work in the module "Off to the Elbe - Future of the Elbe".

In the near future, a large new building with offices, seminar rooms and workshops will be built on the grounds of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. A special feature for a new university building is that a kindergarten for 30 children aged zero to six will also be set up on the ground…

The three-year ERDF project led by Prof Dr Judith Ackermann and Prof Dr Gerlind Große started at the beginning of May.

On 13th of May 2025, the real-world laboratory "Discrimination-critical mediation and conflict resolution" held a symposium on the topic of "Social work in times of socio-political crises and conflicts".