Dr Michael Glampedakis has served as a Professor at the formet Technological Educational Institute of Athens now University of West Attica, Greece from 1979 until 2016.
He has also lectured at the University of Crete for three years, the University of Athens for two years and the Hellenic National Retraining Centre for Secondary Education Teachers for three years.
He studied at the University of Athens, Greece, where he got his Bachelor in Mathematics, followed by a Post Graduate Certificate at the Bolton College of Education, UK, in Management and Administration of Technical and Vocational Education (with a specialization in Laboratory Development), funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and UNESCO. He received his PhD on the "Contribution of Higher Technological Education in Economic Development" using Mathematical Models, from the University of Crete, Greece.
He is one of the 250 certified Trainers for CVET Trainers by the Hellenic National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security concerning Adults' Education and Distance Learning Education. His lecturing activities in Vocational Education and Training for adults exceed 6.000 hours of teaching for the Hellenic Ministry of Presidency (National Center of Public Administration) and other National, Public and Private Organizations.
He has been member of the board of the Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works, the National School of Pedagogical and Technological Education and Head of the Mathematics Faculty at the former Technological Educational Institute of Athens now University of West Attica.
He has served for 4 years as the Head of the Technical Assistance Unit of the Hellenic Ministry of Education, where he was responsible for the Implementation of the 3rd and 4th Educational Projects funded by the World Bank for the creation of the Higher Technical and Vocational Education Centres (KATE) in Greece which are now Universities and Technological Educational Institutes (establishment, preparation of Analytical Curricula, Special Furniture and Equipment Studies, Equipment and Special Furniture Supplies).
He is an expert in the field of Laboratory Planning, Design and Development with more than 40 years of real experience. He has undertaken more than 60 studies for Ministries, Public Organisations and Private Companies in Greece and abroad. Among other, he has been the Consultant of Laboratory Planning, Design and Development for: the Medical School of the University of Patras (Greece), the Chemistry Department of the University of Ioannina (Greece), the University of Crete in Rethymno (Greece), the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Cyprus, the Cyprus University of Technology, the Hellenic Food Authority in Athens and in Thessaloniki (Greece), the Hellenic National Standardization Organization, the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division (for the necessary actions to be taken for the Safe Operation of the Laboratories), RGCC Group Medical Enterprise (Switzerland).
Based on his study, the Hellenic Ministry of Education received a funding of 5 billion drachmas (approx. 15 million euros at the time, 1999) from the European Union for the renovation and furnishing of Physics, Chemistry and Biology Laboratories in 1.109 secondary-education schools across Greece.
He is the author of more than 50 books and the translator of one more from English to Greek. He has also published and/or presented 16 papers at international conferences, newspapers and scientific journals.
He was member of the Greek Committee at the European Union's Committee for the Higher Education in Europe as Bologna Expert and Consultant for the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and Europe's Higher Education Quality Assurance from June, 2004 until December, 2014 (from the beginning till the termination of the committee). He was also member of the Greek Experts' Committee for the Modernization of Higher Education in Greece (Hellenic Ministry of Education).
He was the coordinator of the Hellenic Twinning Proposal AZ/14/ENP/OT/31 "Support to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan for further adherence of the higher education system to the European Higher Education Area" The consortium consisted of the Greek Ministry of Education, the Hellenic National School of Administration and Local Government, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Technological Educational Institutes of Athens, Piraeus and Crete.
He was the Professor in Charge and Responsible for the implementation of the following agreements between the University of West Attica and the below Universities and Organizations:
- Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Greece
- Hellenic Olympic Academy, Greece
- Birzeit University, West Band, State of Palestine
- Kazakh Russian International University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
- An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Band, State of Palestine
- Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
- Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology, China
- Ningbo Polytechnic, China
- YIWU Industrial and Commercial College, China
- Zhejiang Institute of Communications, China
- Zhejiang Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China
- Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China
- Zhejiang Wanli University, China
- Zhejiang International Studies University, China
- China Academy Art, China
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