Joanna Kumpula

Tampere University, Finland

Joanna Kumpula is the Head of International Education and Integration Support at Tampere University in Finland. Presently she is running the university-wide project for international degree education development which includes the renewal of the degree programme portfolio and student recruitment and service strategies. In her long career, Joanna has worked in several positions in international student marketing, recruitment, and admissions in the university sector, at the Finnish national education agency and she also managed her own university consulting agency. 
Joanna’s professional interests lie in service design, student journey mapping and brand development. Joanna has a marketing degree as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Philology from the University of Oulu, and she has also studied in Spain and the US. 
 

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Nannette Ripmeester

Expertise in Labour Mobility / i-graduate, Netherlands

Nannette Ripmeester is Director at Expertise in Labour Mobility (ELM) and founder of CareerProfessor.works. She serves as Director Performance Benchmarking, leading the International Student Barometer (ISB) for Etio in Europe and North America. Nannette is driven by the motto "making mobility work," working with the higher education, corporate, and government sector on skills development and employability to make graduates internationally employable, building on 30 years of experience after her passion for international mobility was ignited while working at the European Commission.

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