Our Networks

The global context

English Australia meets and consults regularly with other language associations worldwide via a forum called the Global Alliance of Education & Language Associations (GAELA). 

English Australia’s Executive Director is the immediate past Convenor of GAELA (2007 to 2011).

 (GAELA members in attendance in September 2014)

English Australia meets and consults regularly with agent associations worldwide via a forum called the Federation of Education & Language Consultant Associations (FELCA).

English Australia is a member of the Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO), a forum joining leading language travel agents, schools, and national associations as one global community.

English Australia’s Executive Director was elected to the Board of ALTO in 2011 for a one year term.

English Australia is an associate member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. 

English Australia is a partner of and cooperates with the European Association of Quality Agencies, which groups together quality agencies from the pan-European area and focuses on raising the standards of the student travel industry.

The local context – peak bodies

- International Education Association of Australia (IEAA)

- Universities Australia (UA)

- TAFE Directors Australia (TDA)

- Australian Council for Private Education & Training (ACPET)

- Council of Private Higher Education (COPHE)

- Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA)

- Australian Government Schools International (AGSI)

English Australia has a formal affiliation with the Council of International Students Australia (CISA), the national peak student representative body for international students studying in Australia. 

English Australia has a formal affiliation with the Australian Internships Industry Association (AIIA), a body that unites industry partners and key governing bodies within Australia in the common goal of striving for best policies and practices for domestic and international internship programs.

The local context – federal government

English Australia's Executive Director is a member of the Coordinating Council for International Education, established in 2015 by the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Education & Training.

Coordinating Council for International Education (L to R): Bill Spurr AO, Belinda Robinson, the Hon Phil Honeywood, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP (Chair)​, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Sue Blundell, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Malcolm White, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP (also on the CCIE: the Hon Andrew Robb MP, Kate Carnell AO)

English Australia engages with the following government departments at a range of formal and informal levels:

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training works with the education sector, other government agencies and ministries to ensure Australia is recognised as a regional and world leader in education and a partner of choice for international collaboration. The department provides leadership and coordination across government, delivering programs and policies, to support mobility and the global exchange of knowledge.

Austrade, the body responsible for the international marketing and promotion of Australian education and training.

The Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP). 

English Australia’s Executive Director is a member of the Education Visa Consultative Committe (EVCC).

The local context – regulatory bodies

English Australia engages with the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) at a range of formal and informal levels, including quarterly meetings that focus on ELICOS specific issues and include TEQSA representatives.

English Australia engages with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) at a range of formal and informal levels, including quarterly meetings that focus on ELICOS specific issues and include ASQA representatives. English Australia was delighted to sign the MoU with TEQSA. 

The local context – states/territories

NSW: Study NSW 

- English Australia Board member, Ian Aird, is a member of the Study NSW Advisory Board.

Victoria: Study Melbourne

- English Australia Board member, Ann Wright, is a member of the Victorian International Education Ministerial Advisory Roundtable.

Queensland: Study Queensland

Western Australia: Study Perth

- English Australia Board member, John Paxton, is a member of the Study Perth Board.

South Australia: Education Adelaide

The local context – other

English Australia engages with NEAS at a range of formal and informal levels. NEAS provides quality endorsement to English language centres.

The local context – advisory boards/groups

English Australia is represented on a number of Advisory Boards/Groups, including:

- Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne Advisory Board

- IELTS Australia Advisory Group

- ETS TOEFL Advisory Group

- Cambridge English Language Assessment Advisory Group

- IDP Client Advisory Group