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Jenny Fernandes

Director of Recruitment and International Relations
University of Glasgow
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Bio

Jenny is the Director of Recruitment and International Relations at the University of Glasgow. 

Previously, She was Director of External Relations at the University of Aberdeen, with responsibility for marketing and brand development, student recruitment (domestic and international) and conversion, communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement and events, until March 2023.  She has 20 years of experience in the field of international education and student recruitment.  An alumna of the University of Aberdeen and she had previously worked as Head of its International Office. She has also worked at the University of Glasgow and Queen Margaret University.

Between 2006 and 2010 she acted as Vice Chair and subsequently Chair of the Scottish Universities International Group, and between 2018 and 2021 sat on the Executive Board of BUILA (British Universities International Liaison Association).  She was a University Governor, as an elected member of the University of Aberdeen's Court (2017-2020).  She was a member of the CASE (The Council for Advancement and Support for Education) UK & Ireland Cabinet (2021-2023) and is now a member of the CEAC Planning Committee. 

She studied in the United States and has worked as a teacher in Japan.