Marloes Ambagts-van Rooijen has been working at THUAS since 2014 and believes that the international classroom provides valuable opportunities - for students and lecturers alike - to see the world through different lenses, to learn to leverage diversity and to move forward together. As a senior lecturer at the International Business programme she co-designs and runs (interdisciplinary) projects and coordinates lecturer professionalization in internationalization at the BFM Global Office. As a researcher, she is conducting PhD research at the Centre for Internationalisation (CIE) of the University of Groningen. In her PhD project, Marloes explores the competences lecturers need to capitalize on their students’ cultural diversity in international classrooms within Dutch, urban universities of applied sciences. As a trainer and action researcher she works with interdisciplinary (international) teams of educators and students to support them in re-thinking and re-designing their curriculum together, focusing on internationalisation, inclusive education and innovative pedagogies.

Babet Hoeberigs is a practor of internationalisation at ROC Mondriaan and ROC Twente. A practorate is an expertise platform in MBO (secondary vocational education) in which knowledge is compiled, developed and then shared. The main objective is to contribute to the quality of education, and in this practice-based research plays a key role. For more information see: www.practoraten.nl Babet leads this platform. The practorate focuses on two themes: 1. Which international and intercultural dimensions should be included in a particular study programme, according to the stakeholders within the MBO, in order to prepare students for the wide-ranging society and internationally oriented study and employment market? 2. How can internationalisation be consciously integrated into a secondary vocational education programme?

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?”

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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.

Corina works as a lecturer of Business Communication and mentor of first-year and long-stay students at International Business. She has been conducting research in areas such as intercultural competence acquisition and collaborative learning as well as developing and offering trainings in intercultural communication. In 2019 Corina is hoping to start her PhD trajectory on the topic of mentoring and coaching in international education.

Mark is a 1st Year Postgraduate Research Student with the Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University. His research investigates Collaborative Online International Learning and encompasses themes of Internationalisation, Global Citizenship, Function of Higher Education and Sustainable Development. He has a background of employment in higher education with a strong interest in widening the participation of under-represented groups and the use of group work in teaching practice.