204. O. KALMAN — C. HUNDERMARK- N. JAPHIASVILI — B. KOZMA — J. SAAD show what kinds of challenges we identify in HEIs, and what kinds of professional approaches we are committed to. For me it is important that this professional identity can be shaped by all of us — the international student groups, the external partner HEIs and experts, and by us as university teachers.” “Most definitely,” I say. “Most definitely.” Turning to Nata, I enquire, “Anything else to add before we go?” “Before MARIHE, I never paid attention to what was written/used first; learning or teaching or why it was necessary for anything. Understanding and recognising that the students are the centre of the knowledge production institutions was one of the biggest takeaways from the program, which I gratefully experienced and felt during studies at ELTE. In the classes, I felt like an equal colleague to the teachers and that we were working on the same project together when sometimes teachers were bringing the critical friends’ eye to give proper and relevant feedback. Online classes were absolutely different from the previous experience — active, interactive, engaging, and full of discussions and debate. I would say that “learning by doing” is the precise phrase I would use to describe my perspective on these courses, both in Programme Design, Delivery and Assessment and in Innovation in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, and now even here too. So I just want to say thank you to you all for such a wonderful opportunity, it really has been an amazing journey.” THe DEPARTURE: FINAL THOUGHTS As we each stood to don our coats, preparing to walk through the now blustery and decidedly cooler weather, I looked around at this group of professionals before me. How rich the world of educational science is, I remarked to myself for the millionth of time. There would have been so much more to discuss, as each question generates several new ones, but time has passed, and we soon needed to leave. The past three hours had been enlightening and memorable, not only for what we have learned, but also for the strong bonds that we have formed in the process. After paying the bill, we proceeded to go our separate ways, back to the business of preparing the next lesson, responding to a flood of emails, creating opportunities for brighter futures for those with whom we have the privilege of working, Taking just a few hours to reflect is so crucial to programme and personal development, and this to be done regularly. Though, as I think about this, I do consider that Schén (1995) was certainly right when he said that “although we sometimes think before acting, it is also true that in much of the spontaneous behaviour of skilful practice, we reveal a kind of knowing which does not stem from a prior intellectual operation.” As an African proverb goes, ‘if you dont know where you're going ,