About me
Jaap Marsman is an international educator, currently working at the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong as the Adviser on Safeguarding and Child Protection. He specialises in safeguarding, wellbeing and student support services. He values a strengths-based, contextual approach to help all learners thrive.
Jaap has been working in education for over twenty years, first within the national system in the Netherlands and then shifting into international education abroad and currently works in Hong Kong. His research interests are in international education, with a particular focus on child protection and safeguarding. These interests extend to the related aspects of mental health, wellbeing, mobility, multilingualism, and student support.
He earned a Bachelor of Education in 2003, a Postgraduate in School Leadership in 2008, and a Master of Education in 2012. Jaap most recently earned a Master of Science in Psychology through the University of Glasgow in 2024.
