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Alexander Mikroyannidis appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by A3ES

Monday 9 Jun 2025

Dr Alexander Mikroyannidis, Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University, UK, has been appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by the Agency for the Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal’s national authority for quality assurance in higher education.  The mission of the A3ES is to improve the quality of...

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