Who we are

Katherine Benson

Head of the York-Maastricht Partnership, University of York

Katherine Benson became Head of the York-Maastricht Partnership in 2020, after joining the University of York as a Global Partnerships Manager in 2017.

Her role at YMP builds on her experience of working to expand York’s global engagement through developing new research, teaching, and capacity building partnerships.

Before joining the University of York, Katherine worked at the International Strategy Office at the University of Oxford and has a background in research and teaching at several UK universities and with NGOs in the UK and Middle East. Katherine has a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Reading and MA from the University of York.

Rosa Becker

Local YMP Coordinator, Maastricht University

Rosa joined Maastricht University (UM) in June 2020 as Senior Policy Advisor Internationalisation at the Department of Academic Affairs. At UM, she is the local coordinator for the York-Maastricht Partnership. Her previous work includes research posts at the University of London, Universities UK, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and Nuffic.

Rosa holds a PhD in Comparative Higher Education from the Institute of Education University of London (now part of UCL) and a Masters in Educational Sciences from the University of Groningen.