Rik Ligthart

Freelance secretary

Rik is freelance secretary for NVAO and Academion, among others. He was previously a lecturer-researcher and policy officer for education and research at the Hogeschool Breda. Rik studied Organisational Science at Tilburg University and obtained his PhD from TiU and Damen Shipyards.

Rik is currently working for Academion as secretary for the Life Sciences, Computer Science and Business Law accreditations. In addition, Rik is secretary in for hbo programmes; recently, he has acted as secretary at programmes such as Accountancy, Computer Science, and Social Work. In his role as secretary, Rik’s aim is to make accreditations run in a good atmosphere and deliver reports that enable programmes to actually improve their quality.