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R. (Robert) Wagenaar

Senior advisor for Internationalisation / Co-director International Tuning Academy / Professor of History and Politics of Higher Education
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Telephone:
+31 50 36 35176 (Office R.Wagenaar)
+31 50 36 36059 (Administration International Tuning Academy)
E-mail:
r.wagenaar rug.nl

Expertise

Higher Education Policies and Politics
History of Higher Education
Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
International Education

Other positions

  • Special Adviser for Internationalisation, University Services University of Groningen (2023-)
  • Director Consortium Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree EUROCULTURE: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context (since 2006).
  • Member of the Ministerial Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) Working group on Monitoring the progress of the Bologna Process as well as the Task Force on Enhancing Knowledge Sharing in the European Higher Education Area Community. Both on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Education and Culture (2020-2024).
  • Senior Advisor of the Advisory Board of the ECTS Users' Guide, installed by the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission (2025-2026)
  • Member Dutch team of Bologna experts by the Dutch Ministery of Education and Culture.
  • Project Director EU Capacity Building projects 'CALOHE-ASIA - Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Asia' (2021-2024), 'ACE – Aprendizaje Centrado en el Estudiante en América del Sur' (2020-2024) and 'FORTH – Formation of Teachers in Challenged Areas in the Philippines' (2019-202); Forward Looking Cooperation projects 'Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Europe' (CALOHEE) I, II and Extension (2016-2023); Knowledge Alliance project ‘Integrating Entrepreneurship and Work Based Learning in Higher Education (WEXHE)’ (2017-2020) and Tender project 'EU-China Tuning Study II' (2017-2019).
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Contact information

International Tuning Academy

Job title:
Director
Room:
1313-334 (R.Wagenaar);1313-332 (Administration International Tuning Academy)
Telephone:
+31 50 36 35176 (Office R.Wagenaar)
+31 50 36 36059 (Administration International Tuning Academy)