Dr. Sanne Van Herpen

Biography

Sanne van Herpen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research primarily engages with the perspectives of higher education students, particularly focusing on how to create environments where young adults can learn effectively and feel comfortable. She has a specific interest in the challenging transitions that first-year students face when entering higher education. With over a decade of experience as an educational scientist, her methodological expertise includes questionnaire research, interview studies, and quasi-experimental intervention research. In 2019, she completed her doctoral thesis titled 'A Head Start to Higher Education', which examined how students can prepare academically for a successful transition to university. Since 2020, she has collaborated on various research projects, including 'Online Academic Education during the COVID-19 Crisis', 'Self-Selection Gate for Higher Education Students', and the 'Wellbeing & Connection' research consortium at Inholland University of Applied Sciences. Currently, she is involved in the large national research initiative 'Accessible Higher Education Gate' and works on the 'Tune - Evaluation of Bridging Programmes' at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In her teaching role, she coordinates master courses and supervises internships and dissertations in the Bachelor's and Master's programmes at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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