Getting the best out of your summer school and short-term programmes

Alexander Heinz

Director, EPHESOS GmbH

Alexander is a Director of the London EPHESOS office, a German think tank specialising in advising cultural, commercial, religious and other organisations, project management, running exhibitions as well as creating high-end and bespoke educational tourism. He has frequently worked on sensitive projects for cultural and political organisations, such as the United Nations Refugee Agency, HE consultancy, the German Foreign Office as well as NGOs supporting the fair representation of minorities and the commemoration of the shoah. 

Until autumn 2023, Alexander was Co-Chair of the Summer Executive at King’s College in London, England and was building King’s large education portfolio of cutting-edge, diverse academic summer education opportunities from their early beginnings in London and overseas. He is a business developer and thought leader in realising the creative potential of short courses and has forged key national and international collaborations with higher education institutions and high-profile cultural and political organisations to enrich the student experience. A regular speaker and trainer at international conferences, he is particularly familiar with higher education collaborations with the public sector in the United Kingdom and India.

Alexander has a PhD in History and is a former scholar of the German National Merit Foundation and the DAAD. He has lived and studied in France, Germany and the UK. He has been a NAFSA e-Learning Dean and has designed and trained on EAIE workshops for several years. Alexander was re-elected Chair of the Expert Community Summer Schools for the 2022–2024 term.

Gyöngyi Pozsgai

Head of the Study Abroad and Summer School Office, University of Pécs

Dr Gyöngyi Pozsgai serves as Head of the Study Abroad and Summer School Office at the University of Pécs. She is responsible for short-term programmes for incoming international students, including summer and winter courses, COIL projects and semester-long programmes. 

She is a skilled international education professional with 18 years of experience in internationalisation, marketing and recruitment in higher education. She holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of Pécs with a research specialisation in international higher education marketing. Between 2006–2013 she served as the Secretary-General of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture. 

Dr Pozsgai is a certified trainer with extensive experience in the training and development of international education professionals, including formal training courses, international workshops, conference presentations in international student recruitment, higher education marketing, intercultural sensitivity and the facilitation of summer schools. She has extensive university teaching experience as well. 

Her institution was awarded the 2021 EAIE Award for Excellence in Internationalisation for the short-term programmes that her office developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was elected as Steering group member of the Expert Community Summer Schools for the 2022–2024 term. Q