Since 1972, Volker Gehmlich is Professor of Business Management at the Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He was course director of undergraduate and postgraduate double degree programmes. As a Bologna-Promoter he has initiated the restructuring of his institution in terms of modularising study-programmes, introducing ECTS and defining a framework of learning outcomes for bachelor and master students. He has been involved in EU-programmes since 1978, for example in the design of national and sectorial qualifications framework for LLL and HEA, development of the ECTS User´s Guide, ECVET workshops abroad and at home and accreditation of institutions and study-programmes in several countries. Before joining Cedefop he worked 5 years in the European Training Foundation in Turin. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration from Warwick University, UK and a Master's degree in Business Computing from City University, London. He studied Information technology in the University of Athens. | 
