Global learning

Marloes Ambagts- van Rooijen works as a lecturer, teacher trainer and researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Besides teaching business communication at the International Business programme, she works for the Hague Centre for Teaching. In this role, she delivers teaching& learning and curriculum design & development modules within the English-taught BDB. Next to that, she develops and provides staff training for lecturers teaching in the international classroom, such as the Training for International Learning and Teaching, a Content and Language Integrated Learning training and a workshop in activating pedagogy. Within the lectorate of Global Learning, Marloes is looking into key lecturer competences for shaping effective international classrooms as an educational researcher. She intends to start her PhD research into this topic in 2019. Marloes has been working in international education in various roles throughout the educational landscape since 2006.

Claudia Bulnes works at The Hague University of Applied Sciences as a Spanish lecturer in the department of European Studies, staff trainer supporting internationalisation of the curriculum in The Hague Centre for Teaching and Learning, international policy advisor in the service unit Education, Knowledge and Communication and researcher in the research group Global Learning. In her role as trainer, she supports colleagues and programmes in the implementation of the internationalisation policy at THUAS through trainings ranging from Internationalising Curricula to Internationalising and Assessing Learning Outcomes and Intercultural Communication. She is also involved in initiating student trainings at THUAS for preparation of study abroad. Within the research group Global Learning, Claudia takes part in a Jean Monnet research project which will involve universities in the UK, Poland and The Netherlands. The project will address how a guided trajectory of reflection can be integrated into Erasmus Exchange Programmes among Business Studies students and will examine if and how this impacts positively on employability skills of future graduates, as perceived by both students and employers. Claudia’s other research interests are on staff professionalisation in the field of internationalisation of the curriculum.

Simone has over 10 years’ experience in international education. Holding a Master of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology she started her career in higher education in 2007 as a lecturer at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences where she also coordinated internationalisation activities, developed international curricula and developed/implemented internationalisation strategies. In 2015 Simone was appointed Faculty Coordinator Internationalisation for the Faculty of Health & Sports at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). She took the initiative for several Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) activities and acts as the COIL Coordinator for THUAS. Simone is a leading member of The European Association for International Education (EAIE). As member of the EAIE conference programme committee (CPC) she stimulates state-of-the-art contributions from new speakers and identifying programme content that reflects the main internationalisation issues in Europe and the world. She is responsible for evaluating and accepting conference proposals submitted by experts in the field. As of the academic year 2017-2018, she is a member of the research group Global Learning at THUAS. Her research interest is in Internationalisation at Home, specifically COIL. She is currently working on a PhD proposal titled “What factors influence the COIL course?”

Reinout Klamer works as senior lecturer and internationalisation coordinator for the programme Facility Management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Reinout teaches several subjects related to service management and also works a coach for internships and theses. In the role of internationalisation coordinator Reinout is actively involved in COIL projects and has initiated several projects in Facility Management. He has initiated a research-based COIL project in cooperation with the Zurich School of Engineering (ZHAW), where students focus on current Facility Management topics related to virtual working. Also, he has initiated a project together with the University of Monterrey (UDEM) focused on intercultural competences and sensitivity. As an international coordinator Reinout participates in the European Framework for Facility Management (EUROFM) and is responsible for various international activities of the program. Reinout’s research interests are in area of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and the way COIL can contribute to the development of students’ 21st century skills.

Eveke de Louw is a senior lecturer at European Studies and a policy advisor on internationalisation of the curriculum and co-curriculum at the unit Education, Knowledge and Communication. She develops and delivers tailor-made trajectories, trainings and workshops on internationalisation of the curriculum, formulating and assessing internationalised learning outcomes as well as effective pedagogies for the international classroom. Moreover, she is an active member of the Internationalisation at Home Expert Community with the European Association for International Education. Within the research group, Eveke will participate in a Jean Monnet research project on the effects of a guided trajectory for an Erasmus exchange programme on the formation of a European identity and employability skills of Business students. In this project THUAS partners with two British universities and one Polish institution of higher education. Her research interests focus on analysing the effectiveness of and further professionalising practices in internationalisation at home.

Paul G. Nixon is a Principal Lecturer in Political Science and Europe Platform Co-ordinator. He has recently been appointed as Visiting Professor in the Department of Communication, IUSVE, Venice, Italy. His research is on the value of international staff exchanges. Often exchanges such as those undertaken under programmes such as ERASMUS+ are seen as only producing positive outcomes. The research will attempt to analyze the added value to both the individual undertaking the exchange, as well as to the organizations involved (both the host and the sending institutions). Nixon identifies goal setting and attainment, levels of pre departure training (if any), as well as attitudinal changes and the effects that these have upon the individuals teaching style and methods upon their return. In order to tie in the research and the KK with other THUAS initiatives, the same process will be investigated in one or more of the Strategic Partner Institutions to be used as a comparison, where practical, thus examining potential cultural differences.