Asta Daunoriene
Asta Daunoriene is the head of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Kaunas University of Technology, Associated Professor of Quality and Change Management, senior researcher at Kaunas University of Technology School of Economics and Business. Asta completed her PhD degree in Social sciences (Economics) and earned a diploma in Pedagogy in 2021. Asta is experienced in planning, designing, development, delivery, and improvement in teaching and learning activities at all levels of education. She has advanced knowledge of curriculum development and mentoring as well as scientific research activities and projects. At Kaunas University of Technology Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Asta brings hands-on experience initiating, coordinating, and promoting faculty development activities based on institutional and individual needs. In seven years, she has launched more than twenty new training programmes and organised various strategic sessions. She has facilitated more than 60 trainings and constantly is involved in multiple consultations on curriculum development for Lithuanian and international education institutions. Asta has been involved in the expert activities at the EUA, Ministry of Education, evidencing her skills to the strategy development for teachers’ professional development and study quality improvement. Currently, Asta is responsible for new learning pathways development activities at the European Universities initiative ECIU. She also leads Erasmus+ projects and has extensive experience in COST and Interreg projects. She has been acting as an author/co-author and published more than 50 scientific publications. She was awarded three times Lithuanian Academy of Sciences scholarship for PhD student’s excellence and Academician Albinas Rimka (Economics) Prize for a monograph. Asta has been a visiting professor in different Universities. She has comprehensive experience in quality management systems consulting.