Bert Vanderkendelare

Biografía

Bert Vandenkendelaere is the Chairperson of the European Students’ Union for the academic year 2010/2011. He graduated as Master of Laws at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and did a part of his studies at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. Bert has been active in student politics since 2004, on the local level at the Kortrijk campus of the Leuven University and later on in the Leuven Student Council and VVS, the National Union of Students in Flanders. He was a member of the Executive Committee of ESU last year, where he was responsible for the coordination of the Student Union Development Committee, membership issues and capacity building within the student movement. He has contributed to various higher education conferences, including the OECD Conference on Higher Education at a Time of Crisis in July, 2009.