Erik Heijmans

Developing a MSc programme and starting this by offering monthly lectures, a summer course, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) and the possibility of doing Thesis research, AMS educates technically trained professionals who can interand transdisciplinarily develop and implement metropolitan solutions. Amsterdam as a living laboratory in this. www.AMSamsterdam.com

Responsibilities: maintaining the programmes’ quality, securing accreditation, the coherency of the programmes and contents of the courses, the programme’s PR, finances, student advisors and student intake. Quality management is the main issue, since the study continuously has to be in line with the demand side developments on the labour market and demands of new students. Coordinator for WUR’s training tracks in Agris Mundus (Erasmus Mundus programme on Sustainable agricultural development )

In various projects, I work on curriculum development and its quality assurance in the field of land and water management and agriculture. I participate in such projects in Ethiopia, (Jimma University), in Yemen (Water and Environment Centre in Sana’a) and Benin (Université Dahomey Calavi, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA)), in South Africa (University of Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology) and in Vietnam (Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City).