Gorka HERNANDEZ ORTIZ

Head of Education -Summer Programmes, King’s College London | United Kingdom

Gorka leads the development of short course education for the international education market. He provides expertise and leadership to Summer Programmes in matters related to education and pedagogy. He identifies and develops new ideas for educational programming within the international education market and is part of the senior leadership team overseeing the delivery of the King’s summer portfolio. Gorka also drives the business development strategy for King’s Summer Programmes generating new leads, expanding into new markets, building relationships and negotiating new partnerships.

Gorka has twenty years of international educational leadership and teaching experience in the higher and secondary education sectors.

Paper title

Third culture kids in focus: rethinking support in short-term international education

Session name

Poster discussion 1
Stream: Student experience and well-being

Key Dates

Registration

Early bird open: 25 September 2025
Early bird close: 20 November 2025
Standard open: 21 November 2025

Standard close: 22 February 2026
Late open: 23 February 2026

Abstract submission close: 24 June 2025
Abstract notifications: 14 July 2025

Full paper submission close: 25 August 2025
Full paper notifications: 13 October 2025

Revised full paper submission close: 24 November 2025
Revised full paper notifications: 19 December 2025

Submission open: 27 May 2025
Submission close: 24 June 2025
Notifications: Late September 2025