In 2018 Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAS) was looking for an independent and critical expert in the field of research, to support their university in several accreditation procedures. Since then, I have been supervising trial-accreditations for several programs in the hospitality industry with BUAS. My role is that of a critical friend during the self-evaluation process (resulting in the self-reflection report), by supporting the program research manager during that procedure and by acting as chair of the trial-accreditation committee.
Running trial-accreditations enable programs and research groups to prepare well for the actual accreditation and it improves the chance of getting a positive and useful evaluation result.