Nannette Ripmeester

Expertise in Labour Mobility / i-graduate, Netherlands

Nannette Ripmeester is Regional Director Surveys (Europe and North America) for Etio (formerly i-graduate) leading the largest global student satisfaction survey under currently enrolled students, the International Student Barometer (ISB) in those regions. The ISB data helps institutions to better understand the student voice. She combines this role with heading Expertise in Labour Mobility (ELM) and is the founder of the app CareerProfessor.works. Her love for international mobility was ignited whilst working for 7 years at the European Commission, streamlining labour mobility within Europe for EURES. Nannette is involved in the NAFSA Trainer Corps and active in various supervisory boards. She was appointed Industry Innovator in Residence for Study Queensland focussing on employability. Nannette and the ELM team are regular partners in various government-funded projects, such as Erasmus+ projects (Erasmus Skills, Erasmus Jobs, Erasmus Careers, DETAS), always with a focus on skills development and employability related to mobility often bringing in the employer voice to projects. With over 30 years of experience working for large corporate clients and Higher Education institutions across the globe, she understands what makes people internationally employable, making Nannette a leading expert on mobility for study and work.

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Adriana Perez Encinas

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Adriana Perez-Encinas is associate professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She has been involved in the EAIE in different capacities, as current member of the General Council and in the past as part of the Expert Community Mobility Advising. Her international education journey started more than 20 years ago, first as exchange student, second as ESN volunteer and later, as head of the International Relation´s Office at the faculty of Business and Economics at UAM where she was constantly in contact with local and international students, university partners and colleagues from all over the world. In 2017 she defended my PHD on strategies for welcoming international students, formal and informal support services in higher education. Today she continues to be highly interested in and passionationate about internationalization of higher education institutions and conducting research on the topic and giving trainings internationally. 
 

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