The Team

Marloes Letteboer is Head of Education at the S&P department of the UT. Marloes has been working at the UT for 10 years; her previous roles were Educational Director Applied Physics and Managing Director MIRA (now TechMed Centre). 

Besides the coordination of Educational Cluster of the S&P department, Marloes is actively involved in several projects, including the strategic collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the UT vision on Master Education. 

Renate works within the cluster Education of S&P. Her major dossiers involve the position of students regarding wellbeing, financial regulations and talent development. In her work she is also involved with CES and the Student Union. 

Since 2006, Renate has been working for the UT, first as a student counsellor and confidential advisor to students but gradually she has moved her focus to the policy domain. 

Lisette is a Policy Advisor on education at the S&P department of the UT. Lisette has been working at the UT since 2008. In previous roles she worked as a Programme Coordinator Civil Engineering and as an Educational Advisor.

Lisette is the Secretary of the University Committee on Education (UC-Ow), is as a policy advisor contact person on education for the VSNU and 4TU and is involved in some UT-wide projects. 

The dynamics between education, research, and the needs from labour market and society has been intriguing me for a long time. I aim to make a valuable contribution to relevant and high-quality education that equips students and professionals in a changing world. I first did this as biology teacher at a secondary school, where my ambition was to let students experience the relevance of science education. Now, in the position of policy advisor education, I am committed to realise UT’s mission and vision in cooperation with our students and staff.  It drives me to connect people around a shared purpose and increase quality of education. In my work I try to establish an integral approach to policy dossiers. Currently I am working on:

• implementation of the Sectorplan on Science & Engineering Education;
• creation of a UT vision on lifelong learning;
• further development of UT policy on quality assurance of education;
• cooperation with Universities of Applied Sciences and Secondary Schools at institutional level.

Merijn is a Policy Advisor on education at the S&P department of the UT. Her major dossiers involve the quality assurance on education and the monitoring of the quality agreements. Within the Cluster Education Merijn actively monitors national and international developments on education and maintains contact with national accreditation organization NVAO. Merijn is also involved in the UT platform for Quality Coordinators [UTpK], and in the national platform for Quality Coordinators [LOK].
Until March 2020 Merijn worked as an advisor and assessor in higher education. She is experienced in law and regulations regarding accreditation processes and quality assurance on education.

Haico te Kulve is senior policy advisor and head of the Research & Knowledge Transfer cluster of the S&P department of the UT. His main focus points are the development and execution of UT research strategy and the coordination of the activities of the cluster.

Prior to his current position Haico te Kulve worked as a researcher in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation studies on the dynamics of the development and introduction of new technologies in society. Before his work in academia he gained experience in an industrial environment as staff employee management support and quality management at Thales.

Kathi is Policy Advisor for Research at the S&P department of the UT. Her focus areas are scientific integrity, supporting the Committee for Scientific Integrity, regional engagement, and talent development. Kathi is finalising her PhD on steering of universities at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) with her supervisor Don Westerheijden and promotor René Torenvlied from Public Administration.

Before her PhD, Kathi did a 5-months traineeship at the Higher Education and Erasmus department of the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) which endorsed her genuine interest in European higher education policy and public organisations. She also worked as a Research Associate at CHEPS on the projects U-Map and U-Multirank.

Fred is since October 2020 leading the International Affairs cluster, working with internal and external stakeholders on the internationalisation of the university’s education, research and valorisation. He is with the team working out a broad vision on internationalisation, embracing current valuable practices in the framework of the Shaping2030 strategy.

He graduated at the UT in 1987 at the brand-new Faculty of Education (Toegepaste Onderwijskunde) walking his professional path at the Open University of the Netherlands, designing, researching and shaping innovations in Higher Education, with focus on adult learners, Technology Enhanced Learning, open and online education. Eventually he moved  from building curricula, to R&D in European networks and policy and strategy for the rector and its network of distance learning universities in Europe. 

Besides this, he is active as a change agent on designing and implementing innovative education systems in different countries for UN-organisations (UNHCR, UNESCO) and international NGOs.  This includes growing online module based higher education in the Arab world with internationally oriented universities in a network to reach out to marginalized youth and refugees in Africa and the Middle East.

Karin is policy adviser on internationalisation, specifically on the interface with education. She is the UT delegate in the VSNU platform on internationalisation (UPI) and member of the UT platform on internationalisation (PIA). She is actively involved in Shaping2030 and contributes to several strategic topics within and beyond the domain on internationalisation. Karin is a LEAN green belt and proactively promotes project-based working. 

As a theoretical physics graduate, she started her professional career as a teacher in Science and Ethics for which she also achieved her UTQ.

Anne is policy advisor for international affairs at the S&P department. Her focus areas are financial aid instruments such as scholarships and waivers, and international strategic partnerships.

She started at the UT as programme coordinator for the Master Industrial Design Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Technology. Before that, she worked for 6 years at International Baccalaureate in the Hague, which sparked her interest in global education and international mindedness.

Joost Teuben is a staff member of the FB unit Capacity Development/ Institutional Strengthening at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science (UT/ITC) and has longstanding international expertise in project management and policy advice.

He is currently seconded for one day a week as Capacity Development coordintor to GEO - Group on Earth Observations in Geneva, and as interim S&P coordinator of the UT country and ISP coordinators.

Sander is director of the Project ECIU University which is a European initiative and aims to create a European University the coming years. The ECIU University is coordinated by the University of Twente and encompasses challenge based education, research and innovation on the European level. Next to this Sander is co founder and responsible for Summerschool CuriousU

Before this position Sander has been the manager of International Affairs.

Katrin Dircksen is the Secretary General of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU). Before, she was working in Collaborative Research Center on Symbolic Communication. In her current role, Katrin isin charge of the day-to-day management of the foundation ECIU. She is supporting the ECIU Executive Board, consisting of the Rectors and presidents of the 14 ECIU members and closely collaborating with the ECIU Brussels office. Katrin is responsible for the overall coordination of the ECIU activities,  committees and groups and engaged in a couple of European Projects.

Elena Tsigki is the Project Leader of CuriousU, the festival style summer school organised by the University of Twente (UT). Previously, she has worked for the University College Groningen and as a project coordinator for the Shelter City Groningen project. In her current role, Elena is responsible for the overall organisation and coordination of CuriousU and strive to find new ways to develop short-term and internatioalisation programmes and expand UT's existing offering.

Mariëlle Winkler is head of Programme Management, Analytics & Monitoring of the S&P department of the UT. We initiate, manage, and deliver strategic projects, including advice on how to monitor the results, and collects, analyses and optimizes access to cross domain data in order to support validated decision-making. Prior to her current position, Mariëlle worked on several positions within the UT as (interim) head and program manager. Before she started at the UT, she carried out strategic projects in the field of Biodiversity and Social Corporate Responsibility at consultancy office CREM.

Besides the coordination of the cluster PAM, Mariëlle is involved in several projects. 

After working as a public administration advisor and financial policy advisor for almost 14 years, I have been working as a program manager within the department S&P since 2017. In this function I am responsible for several strategic projects within the UT.  

Margot is an IT / BI specialist. She works in the IT since 1995 and is employee at the UT for more than 10 years. She develops at LISA mainly interfaces for providing various applications with data from other applications. Furthermore she is working in the in the BI Studio team, where she supports the developing of the Datawarehouse. Recently she passed the training for certified Data Science professional (DIKW).

As a business analyst, Yasmin is a team member of BI-Studio, a team dedicated to directors or staff members with steering information questions. BI-Studio delivers products – like reports, dashboards and visualisations - that contribute to the decision making process. Together with the internal customer she defines the desired information, analyses the available data and ensures that the developers will achieve the desired result.

Before that she has been the project leader for the Management Information System UT domain education.

After working in various positions for almost 35 years, I am starting a new challenge as Knowledge Management and Project support staff in the cluster  Programma Management Analytics and Monitoring of the S&P department.

The main goal of this new position will be to strengthen our digital infrastructure, to support our internal and external digital collaboration and provide knowledge management and other support for projects and to optimize operational management. The step towards a tech savvy organization.

In the cluster Programme Management Analytics and Monitoring Inge is active as an education analyst. As advisor policy and analytics she is involved in several projects at the crossroads of the education and research clusters. She is a bridge builder and passionate about academia.

Inge focusses on connecting the various central services and improving the faculty-central relationship. Inge is member of the Dutch Bologna Team and has a large international network build up during previous roles in academics as well as in international relations and partnerships. 

Patrick analyses and benchmarks the research performance and societal impact of the university. He is involved in global rankings of universities and the research quality-cycle. He advises on measures to further improve quality, impact and reputation.

Steven de Jong is the Teamlead of BI-Studio.  Steven is an experienced Business Intelligence professional with 20 years of experience in the BI workfield. He’s been owner and director of several companies and has contributed to data driven decision making in large organizations like, amongst others, KPN Telecom, ABN AMRO, Arriva, Thales and Zuyderland Medisch Centrum. 

Steven's focus is on leading BI-Studio to facilitate data driven decision making within the UT.

Walter works within BI•studio on the development of management reports and steering-dashboards and the collection of the necessary data.

In his career Walter has acquired a lot of knowledge and experience with the development and use of (management) information systems.

Currently working as business analyst for BI-studio. I am available for all inquiries regarding data driven decision making (reports, dashboards, visualisations). My goal is - together with BI-studio - to aid with all fact-based decision-making processes where structured data can be used.

Keywords:

PowerBI, CRM, Business Objects, data visualisation, dashboards, kpi, reports, data analysis, data driven

BI Studio (part of S&P) leverages software and services to transform data into actionable insights that improve and support data-driven decision making. Other benefits of these software and services include the optimization of the internal business processes, better data quality and increased operational efficiency.

Suraj is currently a member of BI Studio. His expertise lies in providing data solutions (reports, dashboards, business analytics, applications, visualizations) based on the information needs of the University of Twente.

His technical interest are data mining & analytics, data warehousing, data modeling, creating dashboards & reporting

The title of my resume is "Juridical organizational talent". With its content I explain why I am an experienced paralegal with a unique combination in knowledge, expertise and skills in higher Education, from a supporting, executive and project-wise perspective.

Today this shows in my work for S&P, where I mainly act in projects: coordinating tasks, linking people to themes and most of all make sure that things are done. This I do either to support policy advisors and project-managers, or directly towards the Executive Board.

In doing this I support my organizational unit in helping (new) UT-policy to land smoothly in the faculties and service-departments of the University of Twente.

In the cluster Programma Management Analytics and Monitoring of the S&P department I am a member of the Shaping Team, which is in charge of the implementation of the UT’s new mission, vision and strategy Shaping2030

Besides this, I also work at the Mesoscale Chemical Systems group of the Faculty of Science and Technology, as a project coordinator and student supervisor.

Laurette started working at the UT in September 2021 after finishing her master in Business Administration with a specialisation in International Management & Consultancy at the UT. She is working as a Young Professional with micro-credentials as main project at S&P. Within this project, Laurette is fulfilling the roles as business analyst and project secretary. Next to this project, she is working on another UT-wide project with her Young Professional colleagues.