Internationalising Higher Education

Nina Lemmens studied art history and worked as a freelance journalist for ten years during her time at university. After finishing her PhD, she worked as personal assistant for a MP in the German Parliament for one year. Nina joined the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 1997 and since then held numerous positions, amongst others Director of the DAAD London office (2000 to 2006) and Director for the Asia-Pacific Department in the Bonn head office (2006 to 2009). In July 2009, she took over the Directorship of the Department for Internationalisation and Communication in DAAD in Bonn.