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NEAS' Board and Advisory Council meet at NEAS' AGM

This year's Annual General Meeting on October 22 was marked by a watershed event whereby the NEAS Board and NEAS Advisory Council collaborated and shared views of mutual interest and concern for the benefit of NEAS Quality Endorsed centres and their stakeholders.  

"By combining passionate industry representatives and cross industry experts, NEAS has found the formula for responding to change and market challenges," stated NEAS CEO Mark Raven.

Attendance at the AGM was substantially higher than usual, marking sectoral interest in the direction of Australia's leading Quality Assurance agency in English Language Teaching.  The NEAS Board is Chaired by Denise Taylor, while the NEAS Advisory Council is Convened by Christine Bundesen AM​.

NEAS' CEO Mark Raven presents at AIEC on QALEN and Care of Minors

This year's AIEC conference in Adelaide provided the English language teaching sector an opportunity to reflect on what has been an exciting and dynamic chapter in our industry's history.

With such massive growth being experienced by many providers, it was also a time to pause and think of the risks that unrestrained growth can have on our most vulnerable stakeholders, our young language learners who are under 18 years of age.

In his presentation, Mark Raven focused on best practice and the protection of minors in a presentation to over 80 attendees, using examples from other QALEN members, precipitating a launch of a new set of Quality Principles supporting young people in late 2015!

Call for papers for Sydney Papers in TESOL

Perspectives from University English Language Centres in Australia

The 11th volume of University of Sydney Papers in TESOL in 2016 is a special issue in collaboration with The University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching.  This exciting issue will cover a broad range of topics within the research discipline of TESOL related to university English Language Centres in Australia. Papers may include meta-analyses, action research, and other empirical research, and cover topics relevant to students, teachers, pedagogy, and practice within these centres.  Full details are available here: http://www.ueca.edu.au/sydney-papers-2015.php

Please feel free to pass this information to any teachers or staff at University English Language Centres who may be interested in publishing recent research they have completed.

Ext. Deadline 15th November ALTO - Deloitte Industry Survey 2015

NEAS has been informed by ALTO of an extension to deadline of the ALTO Industry survey.  Please get on board with this initiative as it positions Australia and our statistics in a truly global context; hence the more useful the data will be. 

The ALTO Pulse is anonymous and confidential. The two surveys are for Language Schools and Agents.

... more ELT Centres achieve NEAS Quality Endorsement!

Melbourne City Institute of Education has achieved its NEAS Quality Endorsement under the Explore English banner. Congratulations to Susan Delahunty and team!

Bouquets to Adam Kilburn and Tony Stock from Access Language Centre, for achieving NEAS Quality Endorsement in October!