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PETERJ.WELLS

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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:pjwinternational@gmail.com§ E:p.wells@unesco.org§ T:@HigherEd_UNESCO

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