Annual Report 2015 Speech Pathology Australia

2015 The Year That Was

2015 saw Speech Pathology Australia move home, launch a landmark project about the future of the speech pathology profession, and grow its membership to record levels. In short, another year of high achievement.

Membership In 2015, the Association saw its membership reach record levels. At the end of the year overall membership stood at 6929, up 6.57 per cent on 2014; and 18.8 per cent from the 5833 in 2013. Along with an increase in overall membership, practising membership continues to grow, reaching 6021 in 2015, up from 5567 in 2014. A slight decline in student membership occurred, down 28 from 694 in 2014. Reference should be made to the table below that charts the rise in the Association’s membership over the last five years.

Association Membership Profile as at the end of the membership year

membership

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

Alumnus Associate

16

11

8 2 1 2 1

5 2

5 2

2 0 1 2 1

2 0 2 1 1

Associate Student Fellow - Alumnus

-

- -

2 1 2

Fellow - Non Practising Fellow - Postgraduate

1

-

-

Fellow - Practising

23 15 92 65

26 15 95 70

24 15 72 63

23 15 80 48

20 16 83 44

Life Member Non-Practising

Postgraduate student

Practising Re-entry

6021 5567 4972 4388 4124

25

18

19

19

19

Student

666 694 654 574 436 6929 6502 5833 5159 4750

Totals

Increase over previous year 427 669 674 409 % increase over previous year 6.57 11.47 13.06 8.61 % increase Practising Members 8.16 11.97 13.31 6.40

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2015 ANNUAL REPORT Speech Pathology Australia