NEAS is happy to share that the NEAS Quality Endorsed college AICE student Ting Ting Chen won the ELICOS award for NSW International Student of the Year!   

The outstanding and invaluable contribution to communities made by the State’s international students was recognised at the 2015 NSW International Student Awards at the Sydney Opera House, organised by StudyNSW within the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.

The Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres officiated at the awards ceremony and congratulated the winners of four International Student of the Year awards.

NEAS congratulates Ting Ting and AICE for their recognition and contribution to this outstanding achievement!

Greek sculptor Takis Panagoitis chose NEAS Endorsed centre AAC at Kogarah as his English language centre during his cultural exchange in Sydney.

In between practising his English and completing his EAP assignments, Takis has been on a lecture circuit and demonstrating his talents as a sculptor to audiences around Sydney including to the students and staff at AAC.

NEAS supports AAC's initiative in bringing kinesthetic learning opportunities into the ELICOS teaching environment!

NEAS has undergone some major changes in the way it undertakes its Stakeholder Driven Quality Assurance processes in the past two years.  Our use of anonymous surveys and focus groups has redirected the focus towards the ELT centre outputs as opposed to their inputs and our Customer Service protocol has created a new level of professionalism for members.

In a new development, NEAS is launching a co-support structure, which will allow members to develop relationships with their site QA assesor and their QA "desk" reviewer.  NEAS permanent staff will undertake all Quality Assurance functions for Quality Endorsed members and new applicants!  Our QA team includes (in order from left to right) Di Price, Marion Bagot, Margaret Kinvig, Lauren O'Hern and Ana Bratkovic.