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PETERJ.WELLS
_________________________________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Chief,HigherEducationUNESCO,Paris,France(February2016-present)AsheadoftheHigherEducationatUNESCO-theonlyUnitedNationsAgencywithamandateinhighereducation–IleadtheOrganization’sworkinthefieldofqualityassurance,equityofaccessandinclusioninuniversityleveleducationatagloballevel.TheseprioritiesareundertakenwithinthecontextoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)andinparticularSDG4onQualityEducationforAll.Currentandon-goingactivitiesincludethefollowing:UNESCOConventionsontherecognitionofhighereducationqualifications:
• Co-SecretariattotheUNESCO/CouncilofEuropeConventionontheRecognitionofHigherEducationQualificationsinEuropeandNorthAmerica
• TechnicaladvisoronratificationandimplementationprocessesfortheAddisConvention(Africa)andTokyoConvention(Asia-Pacific)
• RevisionoftheUNESCOConventionsonHigherEducationRecognitionforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(July2019)andtheArabStates(July2020)
• ElaborationofthefirstUNTreatyonHigherEducationwithaglobalscope(adoptedNovember2019).
QualityAssuranceinHigherEducation(QA):
• CapacityBuildinginExternalQAinHigherEducationinAfrica(10countries/USD3million)• RegionalConsultationMeetingsonQAinHigherEducation,inpartnershipwithINQAHEE,
CHEA,DAADandtheCommonwealthofLearning(5UNregions)• FundsinTrustprojectTechnicalHigherEducationinAfrica(12institutions/USD8million)
OtherProjects/research:
• LeadontheUNESCOQualificationsPassportforRefugeesandVulnerableMigrantsOrganizerofthe3rdWorldConferenceonHigherEducation(2021)
• InclusionofindigenouspeoplesanddisadvantagegroupsinHED• TheusesofAIandICTsforwideningaccesstoHED• RevisionoftheOECD/UNESCOGuidelinesonCrossBorderHigherEducation• PreparationofajointprojectontheRoleandAccreditationofPrivateHigherEducation
StandingCommitments:
• HeadoftheUNESCOUNITWIN/UNESCOChairsprogramme–involving800+universityresearchprojectsandjointprogrammesin116countries
• UNESCOrepresentativetotheBolognaProcessFollow-upGroup(BFUG)andEuropeanHigherEducationArea.
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DirectorBucharestProfessionalTrainingCollege(BPTC),Romania
(January2013-January2016)Responsible for the overall strategic management of the institution and for the expansion ofacademicandvocationalprogramstoservetheneedsofthecommunitiesitserves.Accountableforthequalityassuranceandenhancementofprogram,teachingandlearningdelivery in linewiththeCollegeCouncil’sStandardsMonitoringgovernancepolicies.
Directora.i/HigherEducationProgrammeSpecialist UNESCOEuropeanCentreforHigherEducation,Bucharest,Romania/Paris,France
(March2003–December2012)Programmeactivities/responsibilities:
§ SecretarytotheENIC-NARICNetworksofInformationCentres(withtheEuropeanCommission)
§ DesignandorganizationoffiveWorkshopsonBenchmarkingCurriculumDevelopmentwithintheEuropeanBenchmarkingInitiative(EBIII)-(extra-budgetaryprojectwiththeEuropeanCentrefortheStrategicManagementofUniversities)
§ EU-STEPProject(StudyTourstotheEuropeanHEArea),extra-budgetaryprojectwiththeEuropeanCentrefortheStrategicManagementofUniversities
§ ConsultativememberoftheBolognaProcessFollow-upGroupsonEmployability(2008-2009)andInternationalOpenness(2009-2010)
§ Editor/co-Editor(2005-2010)ofthequarterlyjournal,HigherEducationinEurope§ CoordinatoroftheUNITWIN/UNESCOChairs§ EstablishmentoftheUNESCO-CEPESseminarseries:QualityExchangesonHigherEducation
(2010-2011);1stseminar:“VisionaryLeadershipforVersatileinstitutions”§ OrganizeroftheInternationalConference:Lifeaftergraduation:TheRoleofGraduate
EmploymentandTrackingSystemsforContinuousCurriculaDevelopmentandLifelongLearningStrategies(2011)
§ OrganizeroftheInternationalConference:EurasianDialogues:“EuropeandItsEasternBorders–Inter-Culturality,PoliticsandEconomy”(2011)
§ EUROSTUDENT/UNESCO-CEPESprojecton“CollectionandInterpretationofDataontheSocialDimensioninHigherEducation”(2008)
§ UNESCOInternationalConferenceonthe“EnhancementandDisseminationofInformation,ResearchandKnowledgeonHigherEducation"(2008)
§ OrganisationofaWorkshopandtheelaborationofaBenchmarkingHandbookforhighereducationundertheEuropeanBenchmarkingInitiative(EBII–2006-2008)
§ VocationalContentinMassHigherEducation(jointconferencewithUNEVOC)(2006)§ TheRoleandFunctioningofPrivateHigherEducationinEurope(2005)§ DevelopmentofaTrans-nationalEducation(TNE)DatabaseNetworkandTherevisionofthe
CodeofGoodPracticeintheProvisionofTrans-nationalEducation(2004)§ AcademicBrainDraininSouthEastEurope(conferenceandpublication)(2003
AcademicSupervisorHigherCollegesofTechnology,Fujairah,UnitedArabEmirates
(September2000-January2003)
Lecturer-ManagementandAdministrationHigherCollegesofTechnology,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates
(August1997-September2000)DirectorofStudies/ManagementLecturerOxfordBrookesUniversity/PolishOpenUniversity,Legnica/Warsaw,Poland
(October1994-August1997)
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Lecturer(p-t)N.K.J.O.InstituteofEducationandPhilology,UniversityofWroclaw,Poland
(September1995-August1996)
PoliticalRiskAnalystEulerHermesPLC,London,UK
(October1990-January1993)
AFFILIATIONS,PUBLICATIONSANDSPEECHES
§ Affiliations:
- EuropeanAssociationforInternationalEducation- SocietyforResearchintoHigherEducation- TheEuropeanAssociationforResearchonLearningandInstruction- EuropeanJournalforHigherEducation,(EditorialBoard)- GlobalUniversitiesNetworkforInnovation(GUNI)–AdvisoryBoard- CouncilforHigherEducationAccreditation(CHEA)USA–AdvisoryBoardtothe
InternationalQualityGroup
§ SelectedPublicationsWells,P.J.,(2003),“TheUniversityandGlobalization”,inHigherEducationinEurope,Routledge,UnitedKingdomWells,P.J.(Ed.)(2005),“HigherEducationinTurkey”,UNESCO,Bucharest,RomaniaWells,P.J.(Ed.)(2006),“HigherEducationinUkraine”,UNESCO,Bucharest,RomaniaWells,P.J.,Sadlak,J.&Vlasceanu,L.(Eds.)(2007),“TheRisingRoleandRelevanceofPrivateHigherEducationinEurope”,UNESCO,Bucharest,RomaniaWells,P.J.,(Ed)(2008)“QualityAssuranceandAccreditation,:AGlossaryofBasicTermsandDefinitions”,UNESCO,Bucharest,RomaniaWells,P.J.,(contributingEd),(2008)“APracticalGuide-BenchmarkinginEuropeanHigherEducation”,ESMU,EuropeanCommission,BrusselsWells,P.J.,&Loftstad,R.,(2009)“StudyDurationandDifferencesinProgrammeProfileasSubstantialDifferences?”in,DevelopingAttitudestoRecognition:SubstantialDifferencesinanageofGlobalisation,S.BerganandS.Hunt(Eds.),CouncilofEuropeHigherEducationSeries.Wells,P.J.&Gilder,E.,(2009),"Bologna'Unplugged':UncoveringtheBaseTrackofaMajorEuropean-WideHigherEducationalReformInitiative",inAmerican,BritishandCanadianStudies12.Wells,P.J.(Ed)(2009),“100Voices:ADecadeofInspirationandAchievementsinHigherEducation”,UNESCO.Wells,P.J.(Ed)(2010),“TheEnglishConnection:40YearsofEnglishStudiesat“LucianBlaga”UniversityofSibiu”,UNESCOStudiesonScienceandCulture,UNESCO.
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Wells,P.J.&Zolyan,S.(Eds.)(2011)“HigherLinguisticEducationFromthePerspectiveofReforms:NewApproaches,ProspectsandChallenges”,UNESCO,Bucharest,Romania.Florea,S.&Wells,P.J.(2011),“HigherEducationinRomania”,UNESCO,Bucharest,RomaniaWells,P.J.&Gilder,E.(Eds.)(2011)“EurasianInter-universityDialoguesforHigherEducationDevelopment”,UNESCO,Bucharest,Romania
- Marope,M.,Wells.P.J.,&Hazelkorn,E.,(Eds.)(2013),“TheUsesandMisusesofHigherEducationRankings”,UNESCO,Paris,FranceWells,P.J.,(2014)“TheDNAofaConvergingDiversity:RegionalApproachestoQualityAssuranceinHigherEducation”,TheCouncilforHigherEducationAccreditation,WashingtonDC,USA.Marope,M.,Wells,P.J.,&Florea,S.,(2014)“UniversityRankings:TheManySidesoftheDebate”,JournalManagementforSustainableDevelopment,LucianBlagaUniversityPress,Romania.Well,P.J.(2014),“TheGlobalImpactoftheLisbonConventiononQualityAssuranceinHigherEducation”,inTheLisbonRecognitionConventionat15:MakingFairRecognitionaReality,CouncilofEuropeHigherEducationSeries,Strasbourg,France.
FloreaS.,&Wells,P.J.,(2014)“TheWebistheLimit:Language,CultureandMOOCs”,JournalDiversitéetidentitéculturelleenEurope.WellsP.J.&FloreaD.,“InSearchofaQualityCulture:TheAwkwardTruthsofanIndeterminateMaxim”,ManagementofSustainableDevelopmentSibiu,Romania,Volume6,No.1,June2014.WellsP.J.,&Gilder,E.,(2014)“BeaujolaisEd-Nouveau:DecantingtheImportanceofLife-LongLearningintheChallenging,ChangingEuropeof2020”,ReviewofAppliedSocio-EconomicResearch,(Volume8,Issue2/2014).WellsP.J.&Tortian,H.(2016),“TertiaryEducationinNamibia–ApolicyReview”,UNESCO,Paris,France.(Notforpublicdistribution).WellsP.J.(2016),“QualityandStudents”,inTheCIQGInternationalQualityPrinciples:TowardsaSharedUnderstandingofQuality,CouncilforHigherEducationAccreditation,WashingtonDC,January2016.WellsP.J.&Tortian,H.(2017),“TertiaryEducationinJamaica–ApolicyReview”,UNESCO,Paris,France.(Notforpublicdistribution).Wells,P.J.,(Introduction)(2017),“TowardsaSociallyResponsibleUniversity:BalancingtheGlobalandtheLocal”,inHigherEducationintheWorld(6),GlobalUniversityNetworkforInnovation(GUNI),Barcelona.Wells,P.J.&Marope,M.(2017),“Classementetresponsabilisationdansl’esneignementsuperieur”,UNESCO,Paris,France.Wells,P.J.&Michelsen,G.(Eds.)(2017),“ADecadeofProgressonEducationforSustainableDevelopment”,UNESCO,Paris,France.
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Wells,P.J.(Foreword)&Bourgas,D.(2018),“MakingSenseofMOOCs–PolicyGuidelinesforDevelopingCountries:ACompendiuminFourLanguages[EN,FR,RU,SP]”,UniversityofRioja,Spain.WellsP.J.&Tortian,H.(2018),“TertiaryEducationinBurkinaFaso–ApolicyReview”,UNESCO,Paris,France.(Notforpublicdistribution).Wells,P.J.&BouhlalA.(2019),“UNESCOConventionsandtheRecognitionofHigherEducationQualificationsintheArabRegion”,inMajorChallengesFacingHigherEducationintheArabWorld:QualityAssuranceandRelevance,Springer.Wells,P.J.&Portales,P.(2019),“InclusiveQualityHigherEducationShouldLeaveNoOneBehind”,inTheCommonwealthEducationReport2019,UK.Wells,P.J(Introduction)(2019),HigherEducationandtheHumanities:Synergiesbetweenscience,technology,andthehumanities,inHigherEducationintheWorld(7),GlobalUniversityNetworkforInnovation(GUNI),Barcelona,SpainWells,P.J.(Forward),2019,ExtendingtheWelcome:Longtermapproachestosupporting
refugeesandat-riskscholarsinhighereducation,TheAssociationofCommonwealthUniversities,London,UKWells,P.J.,&Loftstad,R.,et.al,(forthcoming,2020),“QualityAssurance,RecognitionandAcademicMobility”,UNESCO,Paris,FranceWells,P.J.&St.Vincent,S.(forthcoming,2020),“RevisedGuidelinestheQualityProvisionofCross-borderHigherEducation”,UNESCOandOECD,Paris,France.Wells,P.J.&Ludeman,R.(Eds.),(forthcoming,2020),“QualityProvisionofStudentandAcademicServices:AGlobalStudy”,UNESCO,Paris,France.
§ SelectedPresentations/Addresses:“Trans-nationalEducation-RemovingtheObstaclestoRecognition”,Vaduz(2003)“ImprovingtheRecognitionandAccreditationSystembetweenEuropeandNorthAmerica”,UniversityofRiga,Latvia(2004)“TheImpactofAcademicBrainDrainonRegionalGrowth”,12thOSCEEconomicForum,Prague,(2004)“TheImportanceofStudentParticipationforQualityAssuranceProcessesintheSocialSciences”,UniversityofGuadalajara,Mexico(2004)“UniversitiesasServiceStationsorLaboratoriesofUniversalQuestions?”WorldStudentFederationConference,Croatia(2005)“TheUniversityofthe21stCentury:NewModelsofAccountability”,UniversityofNoviSad,Serbia(2005)“FromAnxietyandConfusiontoWisdomandOpportunity:DecodingtheBolognaProcessforStudents”,EuropeanForumforStudentGuidance(FEDORA),Cyprus(2005)“QualityAssurance,RecognitionandAccreditationforStudentandSocialMobility”,Malta(2006)
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“TheEuropeanDoctoralDegreeandQualityAssurance”,DeansandEuropeanAcademicsNetwork(DEAN)AnnualConference,Edinburgh(2006)
“TheJourneytoBologna:TheBolognaProcessinCentralandEasternEurope”,L’APPLICATION
DESPRINCIPESDEBOLOGNE,Cadresjuridiques,problèmes,perspectivesSofia,Bulgaria(2006)“TheBolognaProcessandtheImplicationsforStudentMobility”,AssociationofGraduateCareersAdvisoryServices(AGCAS),SheffieldHallamUniversity,UK(2006)“DefiningandRecognizingtheImportanceofNon-formalEducationintheStudentLearningProcess”,EuropeanAssociationofStudents(AEGEE)AnnualConference,Serbia(2007)“ModernTrendsintheMarketingOrientationofInstitutionsofHigherEducation”,PoznanUniversitySchoolofBusinessandFinance,Poland(2008)“HigherExpectationsforHigherEducation–Therationaleandrealitiesofreform”,TurkmenistanInternationalExpertsConsultationsonQualityEducationFocusingonEducationPlanning,Science&TechnologyandICTs,Turkmenistan(2009)“GraduateEmployabilityandtheNewParadigmofHigherEducation”,Croatia(2010)“MultilingualismandtheCulturalIntelligenceof21stCenturyGraduates”,Armenia(2010)“BeyondtheCrisis:FundingResearchUniversitiesinEconomicRecession”,Zagreb(2010)
“CreatingVisionandStandards–theRoleofHigherEducationinFosteringInter-CulturalDialogueandUnderstandinginaMulti-ethnicSociety”,Skopje,FYROM(2011)“IdentifyingandDefiningHigherLearningCompetenciesforthe21stCentury”,EuropeanInstitute,Florence(2011)“CreatingCulturalCorridorsforPost-CommunistSocieties”,LegnicaUniversityofAppliedSciences,Poland(2011)“QualityAssuranceinHigherEducationintheAsia-PacificandtheTokyoConvention”,11thSessionoftheAsia-PacificRecognitionConventionCommittee,Seoul,Korea(2012)
“TheGlobalCampus:Learningandlearnersonthemove”,IXInternationalSeminar:TransformativeChangesinEducation-Asystem-wideapproach,UniversitatObertadeCatalunya,Barcelona,Spain(2012)“The(Re)-generationofLifelongLearning”,UniversityofCraiova,Romania(2013)“AreUniversityRankingsbecomingade-factoformofInternationalQualityAssuranceinHigherEducation?”(PanelChair),theCouncilforHigherEducationAccreditation(CHEA)InternationalQualityGroup,WashingtonDC,USA(2014)“ImplementingtheLisbonRecognitionConventionattheInstitutionalLevel”,UniversityofVilnius,Lithuania(2014)"AQualityCulture-TheUndeterminedMaxim",RomanianSocietyforManagementScienceInternationalConference,DanubeDelta,Romania(2014)
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“TheBolognaProcessandRegionalIntegrationasadriverforchangeinhighereducationandqualityassuranceinotherareasoftheworld”,(Panelmoderator)theCouncilforHigherEducationAccreditation(CHEA)InternationalQualityGroup,WashingtonDC,USA(2015)“InternationalizationofUniversities:PerspectivesandChallenges”,FirstNationalConferenceontheFutureofHigherEducationStudies,ImamKhomeiniInternationalUniversity,Ghazvin,Iran(2016)“ParadigmShiftinTertiaryEducation:ImprovedGovernanceandQualityforCompetivenessandEmployability”MENARegionalHigherEducationProgram,WorldBankGroup/CentreforMediterraneanIntegration,Algiers(2016)“Highereducationqualityandemployability:Howinternalqualityassurance(IQA)cancontribute”,Asia-PacificPolicyForum,XiamenUniversity,China(2016)“AcademicFreedomandInstitutionalAutonomy”,EducationInternationalFurtherandHigherandResearchConference,Ghana(2016)“Connectingqualificationframeworks,qualityassuranceandrecognitionformobilityandemployability”,Asia-PacificRegionalWorkshoponEducation2030,Australia(2016)“InternationalizationofHigherEducationinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean”,GrupodeTrabajosobrelaRevisióndelConvenioRegionaldeConvalidacióndeEstudios,TítulosyDiplomasdeEducaciónSuperiorenAméricaLatinayelCaribe,Colombia(2017)“SynergizingPoliciesandPracticestoenhanceAccess,Equity,andQualityintheArabRegion”,HigherEducationinCrisisSituations,Egypt(2017)“EmergingIssuesintheSciences,ClimateChange,PeaceandSecurityandInformationandCommunicationTechnologies(ICTs)”,InternationalConferenceonHigherEducationinEasternAfricaandtheIndianOceanStates,Djibouti(2017)“TheRecognitionoftheQualificationsofRefugeesandtheimportanceofQualityAssuranceandtheLisbonConventionandGlobalConventions”,AnnualConferenceoftheEuropeanAssociationofInternationalEducation(EAIE),Seville(2017)“TheConnectionwithQualityAssurance,RecognitionandWideningAccesstoHigherEducation:TheArabStatesContext”,ALESCO-UNESCORegionalConsultationConferenceandWorkingGroup,Rabat(2018)“SynergizingIQAandEQAforHigherEducationinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(LAC)”,WorkingGroupMeetingfortherevisionofthe1974RegionalConventionontheRecognitionofStudies,DiplomasandDegreesinHigherEducationinLAC,BuenosAires(2018)“TheRoleofQualityAssuranceforInternationalResearchProjectsandJointDegreeProgrammes”,UniversityofKyotoUNESCOChairsSymposium,Kyoto(2018)“TheFutureofHigherEducationtoleadtransformationofdigitaldiversitytodeliver'inspirationaleducationforall”,ICEFILAnnualConference,UniversityofAppliedSciences,Utrecht(2018)“EducationandtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals:Quality,EquityandInclusion”,UniversityofVienna,Austria(2018)
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“Higher Education and AI: Opportunities and Challenges”, World Conference on AI and Education,Beijing,China(2019)
“DevelopingaCultureof Institutional InternalQualityAssurance” (keynote), InternationalNetworkofQualityAssuranceAgenciesAnnualConference2019,Colombo,SriLanka.“Higher Education and Rankings: A false indicator for/of development”, World Universities NetworkPresidents’Forum2019,UniversityCollegeDublin,Ireland“QualityAssuranceNetworksandCapacityBuildingforIQM”,KeyNote,Pan-AfricanWorkshoponQAinHigherEducation:CapacityBuilding forQAOfficialsandEstablishmentofanewregionalQANetworkforFrancophoneAfrica,Dakar,Senegal(2020).
ACADEMICWORKANDPROFESSIONALQUALIFICATIONS
PhD:QualityEnhancementofHigherEducation(candidate)
“LucianBlaga”UniversityofSibiu,Romania
Ed.D.Research(ABD):ComparativeHigherEducationSystems(2005-07)
BathUniversity,UK
PhDResearch:Socio-EconomicReformsinPostCommunistPoland(1996-7)
WarsawUniversity,Poland
M.Sc.InternationalRelations(1994)
FloridaStateUniversity,USA
DiplomBetriebswirtschaftslehre(1990)
FachhochshuleRheinland-Pfalz,Germany
BA(Hons.)EuropeanBusinessAdministration(1989)
LeicesterUniversity,UK
NationalTeacherTrainingCertificate(2013)CertificatdeAbsolvirealprogramuluidespecializarepentruocupatiaFormator,Romania
CertificateinEnglishLanguageTeachingforAdults(CELTA)(1998)InternationalHouse,Poland
DiplomainRiskManagement(I&II)(1991)Dunn&BradstreetInstituteofCreditManagers,UK
CONTACTS
§ E:[email protected]§ E:[email protected]§ T:@HigherEd_UNESCO
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