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Successful Launch: Introduction to Business Archives in a New Cooperative Format
Practice-oriented, up to date, and well connected: The Introduction to Business Archives course was successfully launched in December 2025 as part of the new cooperation between the Association of Business Archivists (VdW) and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. With 25 participants from…
The Department of Social and Educational Sciences is now represented on Instagram
The Department of Social and Educational Sciences is now also represented on Instagram. The channel is intended to provide insights into studying, teaching, research and everyday life at the department - from the perspective of students, teaching staff and employees.
Publication of the Puzzle and Colouring Book for the Lecture Psychology in Social Work
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…
Prof Dr Ulrike Wuttke launches science podcast on data tracking and digital sovereignty
On 1 February 2026, the new science podcast "Die Wissensarchitekt*innen" was launched, initiated and produced by Prof. Dr Ulrike Wuttke, digital humanities scholar and information scientist as well as professor of library science with a focus on strategies, service development and science…
Appeal for the provision of childhood educators in all-day primary schools
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…
Scholarship programme: Leaders in Entrepreneurship
In summer 2026, engineering students will have the opportunity to gain practical insights into the corporate culture of the USA as part of a fully-funded scholarship from the Fulbright Germany Commission. The application deadline is the 4th of March, 2026.
DFG appoints Prof. Dr Ulrike Wuttke to the Committee for Academic Libraries and Information Systems
The DFG's Joint Committee has elected Dr Ulrike Wuttke, Professor of Library Science with a focus on Digital Humanities and Open Science, to the Committee for Academic Libraries and Information Systems (AWBI). She will support the committee in the 2026 to 2029 term of office with her expertise in…
FH Potsdam photography exhibition opens at the Ministry of Science
Science Minister Dr Manja Schüle today opened the exhibition "Drängende Gegenwart - Fotografie als Forschungsinstrument" at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (FHP). It will be on display at the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) in Potsdam from 23 January to 6 March 2026.
Herzberg (Elster) and Potsdam University of Applied Sciences jointly launch the open data project "OPEN_HERZ"
The town of Herzberg (Elster) has been selected in the nationwide "Land.OpenData" competition and will receive funding of around 50,000 euros from the Federal Rural Development and Regional Value Creation Programme (BULEplus) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs. On 21…
Design award-winning sound in the FHP Mobil: DAHLEDOHR at the Tiny House Rave 2026
On the 12th ofJanuary, 2026, the two founders of DAHLEDOHR presented their DOPPELHOHRN 10.1 speakers, which won the Brandenburg Design Award, as part of the TINY HOUSE RAVE at the FHP Mobil.
Alumni and Friends Association of FH Potsdam appoints three honorary members
Through their commitment in the founding phase of the university, the three members have significantly shaped the association. The honorary memberships were presented at the New Year's reception of the Alumni and Friends Association of FH Potsdam on the 7th of January, 2026.
Eight designers of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam were honoured with the Brandenburg 2025 Design Award
This is the first time that so many designers have been nominated for the Brandenburg Design Award. Twelve of them managed to convince the jury, which included eight members of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The awards ceremony took place on the 15th of December, 2025 at the Filmmuseum…