Drs. Robert Wagenaar is historian and Director of the International Tuning Academy at the University of Groningen, which supports the work of the Tuning Project across the world. The Tuning project has had a large influence on the modernization of higher education by developing an approach for designing and implementing curricula which follow the student-centered approach, focusing on the concepts of key competences and learning outcomes. As external Higher Education expert for the European Commission, Robert has been involved in chief initiatives to harmonize European Higher Education. For example, he helped to develop the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Furthermore, Robert Wagenaar is coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme of Excellence Euroculture: Europe in the Wider World. Want to learn more about his successful contributions to the environment we are currently working in? Attend his talk!