IEAA's Scholarships and Fellowships Network provides a platform for sharing ideas and developing the specialised skills of international education practitioners whose work involves sponsored students and fellowship recipients, and their sponsors.
While sponsored students experience many of the same challenges as other students across the student lifecycle, they often have unique requirements and obligations. Understanding the needs of these distinct student cohorts helps international education practitioners expand the opportunities and manage the expectations of funding organisations, and recipients alike. There are many organisations which provide funding for both in-bound and out-bound scholarships and fellowships, and they play an important role in the Australian international education community. Effective management of the relevant relationships is crucial. IEAA's Scholarships and Fellowships Network provides a platform for practitioners to identify, discuss and disseminate issues of concern, showcase best practice and innovative solutions, as well as developing the specialised skills of international education practitioners whose work involves scholarships and fellowships.
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Network Conveners represent professionals across each of the IEAA Networks and are responsible for setting the agenda for network focussed events, research and insights and identifying relevant topics and speakers for the Australian International Education Conference (AIEC).
Convener
Alison White is an IEAA Senior Fellow, Convener of the IEAA Scholarships and Fellowships Network, and a member of the AIEC Program Committee. She has 25 years of experience in higher education, focusing on international education and scholarships. Alison works for Tetra Tech International Development and is Program Director for the Meryl Williams Fellowship (MWF). The MWF is a leadership program for women agricultural scientists, researchers and practitioners across the Indo-Pacific funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Previous roles in Tetra Tech’s corporate team include Acting Director of Scholarships, overseeing Tetra Tech’s extensive portfolio of scholarship and fellowship programs across South-East Asia and the Pacific, and multiple engagements/secondments as a technical specialist. Alison’s experience in international education/scholarship management extends to multiple roles at The University of Adelaide, over a total period of 12 years. She also worked for the managing contractor of the Defence Cooperation Scholarship Program for eight years as Program Manager, and has undertaken multiple short-term engagements and consultancies.
Deputy Convener
Johan is the Senior Manager, Global Sponsorship and Mobility at The University of Queensland. This portfolio for instance includes sponsored students, Australia Awards, NCP and a range of international scholarships. Johan brings a wealth of knowledge having previously worked at The Australian National University in the international portfolio for over 10 years, for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish Department of Defence and as Director, Study Canberra for the ACT Government. Johan has studied at Lund University, University of Queensland, Harvard University, Griffith University and most recently at The Australian National University. He has received several industry accolades for his contribution to the international education sector and Johan is an IEAA Fellow.
Sanjog is Sponsored Programs Advisor at La Trobe University. He holds a Masters Degree in Professional Accounting and was President of the La Trobe University Nepalese Student Association.
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