Jenny is an experienced academic with over 15 years experience of designing, delivering and managing events management programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She currently has responsibility for leading on the development of CPD programmes for events practitioners. Jenny has a particular interest in the relationship between the events industry and Higher Education and is in the latter stages of completing a Professional Doctorate which seeks to examine how universities and industry can collaborate to enhance the student experience and increase graduate employability. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been on the Executive Board of the Association for Events Management Education since 2009.