Dr. Jurg Bronnimann was Director of Higher Education at Batchelor Institute in Australia. until 2020, and is now a private consultant for HE. He earned his doctorate in German (2002) from Massey University, NZ. Before entering the academic life Dr. Bronnimann was an Air Traffic Controller in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Bronnimann has been working in the tertiary education sector (Universities and Polytechnics) over the last 20 25 years. As well as having been He was a lecturer in German literature, language and culture he was and the Programme Director for the Bachelor of Arts at Unitec in New Zealand, where he was responsible for the development of Majors in German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and English as an additional language. Before moving to Bahrain to take up the post as Manager Curriculum Development, at Bahrain Polytechnic, Dr. Bronnimann was the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Unitec, New Zealand. Over the past 10 20 years Dr Bronnimann has been involved in numerous programme development projects from Certificate to Masters Level. He acted as a member of Academic Boards, Ethics Committees, Academic Standards Committees and he was a member of the Steering Committee for Unitec’s University Status Application. In his current role At Batchelor Institute Dr. Bronnimann is was responsible for all programmes and staff in HE. development, cultural training, online technologies development, resources production and literacy and numeracy education. At Bahrain Polytechnic, Dr Bronnimann co-ordinated the development of all programmes and qualifications, advising on all aspects of purchase of programmes, developing curriculum related policies, developing mechanisms for ensuring quality and integrity of the curriculum as well as providing action plans for continual improvement and development of the curriculum. |