APQN Database of Consultants
Barbara
Nominated By: Robert Fearnside
Nominee Application Form: Part A
Title: Doctor
Family Names(s): van Balen
Mailing Address: P.O.box 8035
3503 RA Utrecht
The Netherlands
3503 RA Utrecht
The Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Office Telephone: +31302303103
Office Fax: +31302303129
Residence Telephone: +31626058367
Email: vanbalen@qanu.nl
Nationality/Citizenship: Netherlands
Date of Birth: 09-03-1955
Current Position: project manager
Current Employer: QANU
Please indicate your fluency levels in various languages (Comma Separated)
Fluent in Reading: Dutch,German,English
Fluent in Writing: Dutch,German,English
Fluent in Speaking: Dutch,German,English
Academic Qualifications and Training
1. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: Doctorate in Social Sciences,University of Amsterdam
2. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: Master in Education Sociology,Utrecht University
Nominee Application Form: Part B
Areas:
- Institutional quality assurance reviews / audits
- Program reviews / accreditations
- General QA consultancy
Specialisations:
- Training of experts/external reviewers
- Internal QA of institutions
- Self study guidance to institutions
- External review of institutions
- Quality Indicators and benchmarks
- Research assessment
Examples of Experience: National & International Consultations / Audit / Review
1. Brief Description: research assessment international committee
Institution/City/Country: The Netherlands, five institutions
Date: 2007
Type of Experience:
- Institutional Audit / Assessment
- Programme Review / Accreditation
2. Brief Description: research assessment public administration research, international committee
Institution/City/Country: The Netherlands, three institutions
Date: 2008
Type of Experience:
- Institutional Audit / Assessment
- Programme Review / Accreditation
3. Brief Description: chemistry bachelor and master degree programmes
Institution/City/Country: The Netherlands, eleven institutions
Type of Experience:
- Institutional Audit / Assessment
- Programme Review / Accreditation
4. Brief Description: academic teacher training programmes master degree programmes
Institution/City/Country: The Netherlands, six institutions
Type of Experience:
- Institutional Audit / Assessment
- Programme Review / Accreditation
Nominee Application Form: Part C
Please write a professional profile of 500 words.
Professional Summary Description: 30 years experience in several management and policy positions in universities.
Research interests concern, quality assurance, diversity, in- and exclusion processes, career development and the position of women in university.
Eight years consultancy in education, research, quality assurance, HRM, strategic policy, project management.
Research interests concern, quality assurance, diversity, in- and exclusion processes, career development and the position of women in university.
Eight years consultancy in education, research, quality assurance, HRM, strategic policy, project management.
Documents Submitted
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