Dr Jenny Fleming is an Associate Professor and Head of Academic Partnerships in the School of Sport and Recreation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She has been extensively involved in sport education and WIL for over 30 years. She is on the Executive Council of the World Association for Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education (WACE) and the executive of the WACE International Research Committee. She chairs the WIL steering group at AUT. Her extensive research in WIL has examined and challenged current practices, proposed new theoretical frameworks and applied existing theory to understand and improve practice for students, universities and industry stakeholders, globally.