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Nominated By: Laura Beccari Nominee Application Form: Part A Title: Ms. Family Names(s): Beccari Mailing Address: Steinackerstrasse 15 3184 Wünnewil Country: Switzerland Office Telephone: +41 31 380 11 62 Residence Telephone: +41 79 598 93 67 Email: laura.beccari@oaq.ch Nationality/Citizenship: Italian (and mother language) Gender: Female Date of Birth: 21-08-1973 Current Position: Scientific Collaborator Current Employer: Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (OAQ) Please indicate your fluency levels in various languages (Comma Separated) Fluent in Reading: SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN Fluent in Writing: SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, Fluent in Speaking: SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN Academic Qualifications and Training 1. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: Specializing Master of Arts in European Studies, College of Europe, Natolin, 2003 2. Degree, Institution, Year Completed: Master of Arts in Linguistics, Università degli Studi di Torino, 1999 Nominee Application Form: Part B Areas:
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Examples of Experience: National & International Consultations / Audit / Review 1. Brief Description: External Review of QAAs Institution/City/Country: VLHORA/Bruxelles/Belgium Date: 2009 Type of Experience:
2. Brief Description: Conduction of Q-audit procedure including training of experts Institution/City/Country: USI/Lugano/Switzerland Date: 2008 Type of Experience:
3. Brief Description: Conduction of Accreditation procedure including training of experts Institution/City/Country: Faculty of Medecine University of Lausanne /Lausanne/Switzerland Date: 2011 Type of Experience:
4. Brief Description: Member of experts panel in programme review Institution/City/Country: Universidad La Laguna /Tenerife/ Spain Date: 2006 Type of Experience:
Nominee Application Form: Part C Please write a professional profile of 500 words. Professional Summary Description: WORK EXPERIENCE Apr 05 - ongoing Center of accreditation and quality assurance of the Swiss universities (OAQ), Bern, Switzerland (7 years) Scientific Collaborator and International Officer - 2005-: coordinator of all international activities, networking, projects of the agency, including revision of internal instruments based on international best practices - 2005-: regularly conducted Q-audit, institutional & programme accreditation, cluster and joint procedures Oct 03 - Feb 04 European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Brussels, Belgium (5 months) Trainee (Unit A5: EU Higher Education programs with third countries) - assisted the Chief of Unit in launching and implementing the Erasmus Mundus program Sep 99 - Aug 02 Italian Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm, Sweden (3 years) - 2000-02: Assistant Manager - 1999-00: Communication Officer Sep 98 - Jun 99 Saint Jacobi Gymnasium, Vällingby (Stockholm), Sweden (9 months) Assistant teacher within the EU Socrates Lingua Program - contributed to the development of a stronger European dimension in the educational process May 95 - May 97 Politecnico di Torino School of Engineering, Turin, Italy (2 years) Responsible for the Socrates Office - took care of the international relations for high educational exchange programs (Erasmus and Tempus) EDUCATION Jun 03 Master Degree in European Studies â?? College of Europe, Natolin, Poland. Specialising dominant: Politics and administration. Final result: very good Final thesis: Erasmus Mundus: Towards an Integrated European Higher Education Area? The catalyst role of the 'Erasmus approach' as a strategy of European integration in 'an ever closer fusion' Mar 99 Master degree in Foreign Languages & Communication â?? Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy Major in French, Minor in Spanish (Faculty of Science of Education) Specialisation in French Linguistics. Final result: 110/110 cum laude Final thesis (at Linköpings Universitet, Linköping, Sweden): The French lexical borrowing in the Swedish language during the 18th century Aug 97 - Jun 98 EU Socrates/Erasmus Program â?? Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden LANGUAGES Italian (native language); English, French, Spanish, German (independent active speaker); Swedish (passive) IT SKILLS Software: Office Package, FrontPage; Operating Systems: Windows, Macintosch APPOINTMENTS 2011 - ongoing Member of the Institutional Evaluation Committee of ACSUCYL (Spain) 2011 - ongoing Member of the Advisory Council of UNIBASQ (Spain) MEMBERSHIPS 1992 - ongoing Member of AFS International - Intercultural Programs (NG-NP organisation) 2003 - ongoing Member of the College of Europe Alumni Association SPORTS running, tennis, snow-rackets walking; mountain biking Documents Submitted |