Ruud Duvekot

Background

About Ruud Duvekot

Dr. Ruud Duvekot (1960) studied Economic and Social History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His track record shows a continuous focus on research, implementation and capacitation of policy and practices in ‘the wide world of lifelong learning, especially concerning the validation of prior learning’. His thesis (2016):[in Dutch]"Valuing Learning. A qualitative research into the concepts of personalised learning and of Validation of Prior Learning." Current jobs- Professor ‘Validation & Workbased Learning’, NCOI University of Applied Sciences, UNESCO Research Fellow, Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Germany- Associate Professor Assessment & Validation, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Managing-director, Centre for Lifelong Learning Services (https://CL3S.nl).'Strengthening all forms of bottom-up steered learning by and for the citizen'- Chair (since 2002), Foundation European Centre for Valuation of Prior Learning (https://ec-vpl.nl): ERASMUS+, missions Cedefop, 3S, a.o- Founder and board-member for the global VPL Biennale Initiative [https://vplbiennale.org].