Florian Rampelt is Director of Education at Kiron Open Higher Education in Germany. After graduating in political science and education sciences, he was a research assistant in teacher education at the University of Passau. At Kiron, he works with a dedicated team on Kiron's curriculum & tutorial development, quality assurance in digital learning environments, academic partnerships and successful transfers of Kiron students to higher education institutions. He also leads and coordinates several projects with governmental and non-governmental sponsors. As a researcher he contributes to research and policy work on access to higher education, the social dimension of education, lifelong learning, the recognition of prior learning and digital solutions in higher education with a focus on higher education for refugees and the European Higher Education Area. Florian also is involved in the evaluation and accreditation of study programs in the European Higher Education Area.