Tiina Piipponen

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Tiina Piipponen works as an International Relations Adviser at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Through her work, Tiina is involved in organising, administering and advising on various exchange programmes, as well as in facilitating and managing related international cooperation. Her work also includes promoting and advising on matters related to internationalisation, international competence and multicultural issues, as well as internationalisation of curricula. Throughout her career, Tiina has been keen to find ways to encourage students to take part in the internationalisation opportunities and staff to create these. Alongside her work, Tiina was also a project manager at Metropolia for the Erasmus+ funded Cooperation Partnership Project Inclusive Comprehensive Internationalisation (ICI) coordinated by Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain. ICI project aimed to enhance global learning opportunities for ALL students within HEIs. Expanding her expertise in the inclusiveness in internationalisation, she participated also in the Inclusion Academy organised by Academic Cooperation Association in 2022-2024.

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Martin Bogdan

Policy and Project Coordinator, Academic Cooperation Association, Belgium

Martin Bogdan is Policy and Project Coordinator, who first started working for Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) in 2019. He is the co-chair of ACA’s Thematic Peer Group 'Widening Inclusion in Higher Education', which discusses the management of national and European funding to increase participation of underrepresented groups in international higher education. He coordinates ACA’s several projects on inclusion and societal engagement, as well as capacity building training series Inclusion ACAdemy for HEIs and NAs. From September 2024 onward, he is a member of EAIEs Thematic Committee on Social responsibility. Prior to ACA, Martin worked in the European Commission, in several NGOs working with open access policies, migrants, arts, and media. He also briefly taught in an international school.