Biography
My Work at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Computer Science and Information Technology
- Deputy Head of IT, Digitalisation and Sustainability Master Degree programme since 2022
- Deputy Head of International IT Management Bachelor Degree programme since 2021
- Lecturer of Academic and Digital Business English since 2018
- Buddy Programme Coordinator since 2021
- Elected President of the Staff Council (2021 - 2022)
- Member of the University-wide Staff Council (2021 - 2022)
Other work and work experience
- President of the Board of the Foundation for Excellence in Dentistry and the Slow Dentistry Global Network project, since 2018 (in a volunteer capacity)
- Key Account Manager at the FREI'S Schulen Authorised Cambridge English Exam Centre 2018 - 2021
- Cambridge Speaking Examiner in Luzern for all Cambridge Exams since 2018
- Owner & Manager of a Guesthouse / B&B in Algarve, Portugal, 2017 - 2018
- Owner & Director, The Language Professionals, Luzern (1998 - 2017)
- Owner & Director, Small World Sprachaufenthalte, Luzern (2008 - 2013)
- English Lecturer at Pädagogische Hochschule, Schwyz (2011 - 2014)
- Mangement Consultant at White Clinic, Lisbon (2014 - 2016)
- Cambridge Speaking Examiner and Team Leader (Cambridge Examinations Bern), 1997 - 2009
- English Language Teacher at Eurocentres, London, 1991 - 1995
Qualifications
- Masters in English Language Testing, University of Lancaster 2019 - 2021
- Licenciate in TESOL Trinity College of London (LTCL), 1989
- Post Graduate Diploma in TESOL, Sheffield Hallam University, 1989
- BSc Economics and Social Policy, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1994
- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), London, 1987
