Patrick Pheasant Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency Conference 2019

Patrick Pheasant

NEAS Australia is a global leader in quality assurance for the English language teaching (ELT) sector. NEAS endorses English language centres in universities, colleges, high schools, independent ELICOS providers and online. As Chief Executive Officer, Dr Patrick Pheasant brings enthusiasm and a healthy pragmatism to audiences he engages with. He has 20 years’ experience in applying drama, TESOL and teacher training methodologies across ELICOS, high school, vocational education, higher education and corporate sectors in Japan, the Netherlands, the United States and Australia. Dr Pheasant has held senior management positions in international education for 20 years and has extensive experience in change management, including a graduate management qualification from the Australian Graduate School of Management. His recent PhD research at the University of Sydney is in using process drama in TESOL. Dr Pheasant is a past Vice-President of the University English Centres of Australia (UECA) and past Convenor of the NEAS Advisory Council.