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  • NZIEC 2018: Register for AFS pre-conference workshops

    The partnership will see AFS deliver breakout sessions throughout conference as well as two pre-conference workshops exploring the conference theme of Inspiring Global Citizens.

    AFS is a leading global organisation promoting international study, with education and volunteer programmes across 98 countries empowering people of all ages and backgrounds with intercultural knowledge, skills and understanding.

    Grant McPherson, ENZ Chief Executive, said the partnership reflects New Zealand’s vibrant international education ecosystem.

    “AFS has a well-established track record of fostering global citizens so we’re delighted to have AFS contribute its expertise to our conference discussions relating to global citizenship,” said Grant.

     “NZIEC delegates may be particularly interested in exploring practical ways in which they can implement global competence within their institutions at AFS’ two in-depth pre-conference workshops.”

    AFS New Zealand National Director, Doris Cuthell, is excited about showcasing the organisation’s expertise at NZIEC.

    “AFS is honored to be a programme partner at such an event as the NZIEC.

    “We invite NZIEC delegates to join our pre-conference workshops and conference sessions for an opportunity to explore the area of global competence, which is a crucial component for any quality international education programme.”

    In addition to its breakout and pre-conference sessions, delegates can connect with AFS at their stand in the Expo Hall. 

    Register now for AFS pre-conference workshops

    AFS is offering two interactive pre-conference workshops on Wednesday 8 August. Numbers are limited. Secure your place through the links below.

    Pre-conference workshop 1: Global competence in international education: What is it? Why does it matter? How can I foster it?

    This workshop explores the concept of global competence, why it is of growing importance and why your organisation should be engaging with it.

    You will have a chance to participate in experiential activities that enhance intercultural skills. We will discuss strategies for implementing these activities in different settings and identify ways to turn brief experiences into long-lasting learning for your audience.

    Find out more and register here 

    Pre-conference workshop 2: High-tech solutions for global competence programmes

    Research shows that merely coming into contact with cultural differences doesn’t develop global competence in students. However, students do develop these skills when taught within a developmental, experiential and holistic framework.

    This workshop offers three frameworks that can provide a foundation for your curriculum to build global competence in both inbound and outbound students.

    Find out more and register here

    Conference dates

    The 27th New Zealand International Education Conference and Expo will be held at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington on 9-10 August. Pre-conference workshops will be held on 8 August.

    Registration for pre-conference workshops is now open. Registration for conference will open in late May. Find out more at www.nziec.co.nz 

  • Agent training webinars for Malaysia and Thailand

    The webinars will provide updates on popular study options, student entry requirements, scholarships, visa processing, through to employment and career pathway opportunities in New Zealand.

    Speakers will include New Zealand institution representatives as well as ENZ and Immigration New Zealand staff.

    ENZ’s International Market Manager for Southeast Asia, John Mollo, says “We see these webinars as a way to provide the tools, training and intelligence that agents need to better promote New Zealand.”

    The Malaysia Agent webinar is scheduled for 21 May at 10am local time and agents can register here

    The Thailand Agent webinar is scheduled for 22 May at 10am local time and agents can register here

    Please note: Registration for these webinars is for education agents only. ENZ is running a separate series of webinars for New Zealand education institutions.

    Other country webinars are being planned and we will open registration shortly.

    Agent market

    Date and local time of webinar

    Indonesia

    Tuesday 18 June, 10am

    Japan

    Tuesday 16 July, 10am

    China

    Monday 1 July, 10am

    Philippines

    Tuesday 20 August, 10am

    Viet Nam

    Tuesday 10 September, 10am

  • NAFSA CEO to deliver opening plenary at NZIEC KI TUA 2024

    NZIEC KI TUA 2024 is set to welcome rich, global, and indigenous perspectives on international education with the announcement of its opening plenary and keynote speakers over two days of the conference. 

    NAFSA CEO and Executive Director of NAFSA Association of International Educations, Dr Fanta Aw, will deliver the opening plenary at NZIEC KI TUA 2024 inTe Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington from 6 – 8 August.

    NAFSA Association of International Educators (NAFSA) CEO and Executive Director, Dr Fanta Aw will deliver the opening plenary. Experienced leader in business, community development, governance and technology, Elle Archer (Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Maru – Hauraki Whānui katoa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūhoe) will deliver a keynote address on day two of the conference.  

    Dr Aw will speak about the role international education can play in a time of global challenge and the global dimensions of our international education sector. Since 1996, Dr Aw has been a dedicated member and leader at NAFSA, which is the largest association serving international educators worldwide.  

    From 2013 to 2016, she served as NAFSA’s President and Board Chair. Dr. Aw is a recognised and highly respected figure in the fields of international education and higher education administration. Originally from Mali, West Africa, Dr. Aw has resided in both East and West Africa, as well as the United States, fostering a broad and diverse cultural perspective. Her passion for global experiences has led her to explore nearly 60 countries. Dr. Aw is a frequent keynote speaker, sharing her expertise on various topics including international educational exchanges, diversity and inclusion in higher education, and U.S. immigration.  

    Keynote speaker Elle Archer’s address will draw on her experiences from a number of global initiatives across engagement, cultivating curiosity, intergenerational fairness, and learning futures. Her address will take the audience on a journey from our own backyard to global kaupapa and focus on activating our connection to the world. This also fits into a portfolio of mahi that she has been involved in: Futures Now - Activating Societal Shift, Embracing Kotahitanga. 

    Elle Archer will be a keynote speaker at NZIEC KI TUA 2024


    Archer is an experienced speaker, facilitator, innovator and strategist, empowering people to achieve outcomes for the betterment of purpose. She holds roles as Heamana Whakahaere Executive Chair, Chair, Managing Director, Board Trustee and Kaiarahi for a wide range of organisations nationally and globally. She has been involved in iwi, business, industry, government, and community development for 27 years, with a background in science, geospatial technology, education, infrastructure, economic development, and emergency management. She won the ‘High-Tech Inspiring individual for 2024’ award at the NZ Hi-Tech awards.

    Register now  

    Registrations are open for the 31st New Zealand International Education Conference KI TUA (NZIEC KI TUA), which is being held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington from 6 – 8 August 2024 at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year’s conference theme is NZIEC KI TUA – Te Ara ki te Ao* 

    You can register now at NZIEC KI TUA 2024. For an updated programme visit our website.  

    A spotlight on NZIEC KI TUA 2024 Partners 

    We are delighted to bring you the NZIEC KI TUA Experience Garden, which will give you the chance to engage and connect with a few of our conference partners in a number of exciting ways!

    • This year, we start both conference days with a Networking Breakfast; join TOEFL, at the International Education 101 session on our first day and Host Families on Thursday morning for an informative session with Celia Coombes from Immigration New Zealand. 
    • Immerse yourself in the world of ‘Flywire live illustrators’, who will breathe life into our core conference themes and explore how collaboration will shape the future of international education. 
    • Visit and connect with idpconnect and IELTS in their own partner lounge.  
    • Need to make a powerful first impression? Visit the Pearson Photo Booth for a professional LinkedIn profile photo taken by Wellington-based professional photographer Rebecca McMillan 
    • Edified is partnering with Kāpiti’s Otaraua Nurseries to help NZIEC KI TUA in our commitment to sustainability; for every delegate registration, we will plant a native tree, fostering a greener future for generations to come. 
    • Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey through the NZIEC KI TUA 2024 Experience Garden and unlock a world of activations and inspiration.   

    We hope to see you there!  

  • Call for speakers for NZIEC KI TUA 2023

    NZIEC KI TUA 2023 will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch from 16 to 18 August 2023 at Te Pae Convention Centre. A welcome function will occur on Wednesday evening followed by two days of conference sessions on Thursday and Friday. 

    2023 marks the 30th time our conference will be held, and this year’s theme is Te Ara Ki Tua – the pathway ahead. As we celebrate this milestone, our theme encourages us to consider how our sector can thrive in the future.  

    We’re calling for speakers to help us explore the following sub-themes:  

    1. Excellent Experiences – How can we foster excellent experiences for international students studying with Aotearoa New Zealand? 

    2. Marketing Smarts – What are the most effective ways to market to and recruit international students?  

    3. Growing Global – How can we grow our relationships with international partners?  

    4. Authentically Aotearoa – How can our international education offerings tap into what makes our country special?  

    5. Fresh Offerings – How can we develop fresh programmes, products, services and partnerships and take them to the world?  

    Please refer to the NZIEC KI TUA website here for detailed information on the theme and sub-themes, session formats, tips for your abstract and biography, and speaker terms and conditions.  

    You can submit your speaking proposal through the NZIEC KI TUA Speaker Portal.  Submissions close on 22 May 2023.  

    If you have any questions, please contact us at nziec@enz.govt.nz.  

    We hope you will consider joining us at NZIEC KI TUA to discuss the key opportunities and challenges facing our sector as we discuss Te Ara Ki Tua.  

    An in-person format and early bird registration  

    Subject to pandemic settings, this year’s conference will be an in-person format. Sector feedback revealed a strong desire to return in-person, in part to facilitate kanohi-ki-te-kanohi connections after so many years apart.   

    We are not intending to offer a hybrid option (in-person and virtual format) this year as this requires additional resources to deliver and a hybrid approach results in inferior experiences for both audiences. To support attendance, and in recognition of the impact of Covid-19, a discounted early bird registration rate will be available this year.

  • NZIEC KI TUA 2023 programme announced!

    The New Zealand International Education Conference 2023 brings together practitioners and leaders from across New Zealand’s international education sector to look to the future and explore strategies for growth.  

    Our keynote speakers include:  

    • Helen Souness: Pathway to the future 
    • Dr Hinemoa Elder: Māori stories for global learning and teaching  
    • Dr Stephen Holmes: Post-pandemic insights from international students and parents 
    • Yemi Penn: Igniting your rebellious curiosity 
    • Dr Paul Spoonley: International education in 30 years 
    • Bridget Williams: International education and the sustainable development goals 
    • Sharon Zollner: The national and global economic outlook for 2024 
    • Kaila Colbin: Future of education 

    The conference also includes a range of energising breakout sessions hosted by experts in the sector, centred on the themes of Marketing Smarts, Growing Global, Authentically Aotearoa and Fresh Offerings.  

    Breakouts include Excellent experiences – Spotlight on student experience insights hosted by Marie Clark and Ross Crosson, ChatGPT, now what? Pitfalls and opportunities of AI in student recruitment hosted by Audrey Voon, Ko wai koe? Building indigeneity into your internationalisation strategy hosted by Monique van Veen and The intersection of EdTech and traditional education hosted by an expert panel. 

    Check out the full programme here: https://www.nziec.co.nz/agenda  

    We look forward to seeing you at NZIEC KI TUA 2023, register today: https://www.nziec.co.nz/registration  

  • Ministers to address NZIEC 2018

    Chris Hipkins

    Chris Hipkins

    NZIEC 2018 marks Chris Hipkins’ first address to conference delegates as Minister of Education, after speaking to delegates last year in his capacity as Opposition Spokesperson. Minister Hipkins will be outlining his priorities for the international education portfolio on Friday morning.

    Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will be speaking for the first time at NZIEC and is scheduled to address delegates on Thursday morning.

     

    ENZ Chief Executive Grant McPherson welcomes the involvement of the Ministers in NZIEC.

    Ian Lees-Galloway

    Ian Lees-Galloway

    "The involvement of two of the most important Ministers for international education at NZIEC shows the importance of our annual hui for industry. We are delighted to welcome both Ministers to NZIEC 2018.”

    Held over two days, NZIEC 2018 focuses on the theme of Inspiring Global Citizens. It features a sell-out crowd of 600 delegates and the largest number of industry presenters yet.

    If you aren’t attending conference, you can follow developments on Twitter with the hashtag #nziec. We will also be reporting on conference news in the E-News following conference.

    NZIEC 2018 sold out

    Registration for NZIEC has closed. Due to venue capacities, we are unable to accept any more delegates.

    Email nziec@verve.co.nz if you would like to be added to the registration waitlist.

  • Reminder of new data collection requirements

    Private Training Establishments who do not receive SAC and/or Youth Guarantee funding from the Tertiary Education Commission, and are also signatories to the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students are reminded that they are required to submit new data on their international students from 31 March 2016.

    The August 2015 change to the Private Training Establishment (PTE) Registration Rules made it a condition of PTE registration to submit specific data to the Ministry of Education.

    Consultation with exempted PTEs

    A temporary exemption was granted to PTEs that provide English Language training only. For further information on the exemption please refer to the NZQA website.

    An independent facilitator, Pania Gray of Kororā Consulting, is consulting with exempted PTEs on their approach to the new data collection requirements. Pania is consulting with exempted PTEs who are members of English New Zealand, via this representative body. Exempted PTEs who are not members of English New Zealand, and who would like to discuss the issues with Pania, are invited to contact her at: pania@kororaconsulting.co.nz.

    Background about the data collection project

    The Ministry of Education, Education New Zealand and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) have been working on a project which will gather better information from Unfunded International Education Providers (UIPs) using an automated data collection system.

    The aim of the data collection project is to provide better market insights and analysis, and more targeted risk assessments, that will to help inform plans and activities relating to international education.

    Good data and in-market intelligence can influence government strategy and policy, and enable informed data-driven decisions to be made. These decisions can work to the benefit of international education providers, international students and the wider international education industry.

    More about the data and how to submit it

    The UIP Data Collection – SMS Specification document explains which providers are required to submit data and how the data must be submitted.

    Further information is available on the Services for Tertiary Organisations (STEO) website.

    If you have any questions, or need clarification on who the exemption applies to, please email UIP.Datacollection@education.govt.nz.

    The rule change took effect on 1 March 2016 and the new data must be submitted from 31 March 2016. If you require assistance with setting up the data return, please email UIP.Datacollection@education.govt.nz.

  • Miriama Kamo to headline NZIEC 2018

    Miriama will preside over the 27th New Zealand International Education Conference and Expo to be held at Te Papa in Wellington on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August.

    “The NZIEC conference is always a calendar highlight,” says Miriama.

    “It’s a conference that provides learning and networking opportunities – and a lot of fun. I’m so looking forward to seeing everyone again this year.

    “I really enjoy NZIEC conferences. With over 600 delegates, you’d think it could feel impersonal but somehow this crowd pulls off the personal with aplomb.

    “Always inspiring, always educative, always fun.”

    If you didn’t attend conference last year, you’ll likely recognise Miriama from her role presenting TVNZ 1’s flagship current affairs programme Sunday. She also co-presents current affairs programme Marae, is a regular 1NEWS newsreader and is the host on TVNZ 1’s new lifestyle programme, Kiwi Living.

    As a reporter for Sunday, Miriama won the prestigious Best Current Affairs Reporter gong at the Qantas Media Awards in 2005 for her investigation into alleged abuses at Porirua Hospital in the 1960s and 70s. She has also spent six years fronting TVNZ 2’s current affairs show 20/20.

    Miriama emceed the 2016 and 2017 conferences in Auckland, and we’re delighted to be able to welcome her to the ‘World’s Coolest Little Capital’ later this year as we explore the theme of Inspiring Global Citizens.

    Programme update

    With just over a hundred sleeps to go, we’re working hard behind the scenes to deliver a fantastic NZIEC for the industry.

    After being inundated with breakout presentation submissions, we’re in the final stages of confirming the conference programme and will be in touch with submitters over the coming weeks to advise them of the outcome of their submissions.

    With breakout streams focused on global citizenship, student experience and wellbeing, digital innovation, markets and products, sharing our stories and contribution to New Zealand, the programme will highlight the diversity and expertise of New Zealand’s vibrant international education industry.

    We’re also planning some changes to the conference format – stay tuned to e-news for updates on all our conference announcements.

    Registration to open late May 

    Registration for NZIEC 2018 will open in late May. We expect this year’s event to sell out, so be sure to be in quick to confirm your place at the international education event of the year.

    Find out more about NZIEC at www.nziec.co.nz

  • NZIEC and SIEBA partner for the school sector

    ENZ is pleased to welcome SIEBA as NZIEC’s programme partner, offering a range of sessions and workshops of value to school sector delegates.

    SIEBA is the association for international education in New Zealand schools and has more than 350 member schools across the country. It has become an influential agency both within New Zealand and internationally.

    NZIEC will be this year’s most important event for international education professionals in the school sector. The programme features a wide range of sessions specifically designed to add value for delegates from primary and secondary schools.

    Dr Stephen Holmes, one of the world’s foremost experts on school marketing and reputation, will lead two workshops on ‘Authentic Marketing’ and ‘Evidence Led Positioning and Planning’ and offers school delegates the opportunity of one-on-one sessions during NZIEC.

    Attendees will also gain valuable market insights from Japan, our Country of Honour, and can hear about the new school sector strategy for Vietnam and how to get involved.

    Back by popular demand is the SIEBA schools’ luncheon, an opportunity to gather with sector colleagues to hear inspirational speakers and to network.  

    You will be able to meet with the SIEBA team during the conference as they will have a stand in the EXPO.

    Have you registered yet?

    If you still haven’t registered, make sure you don’t miss out. Places are filling up fast. https://www.nziec.co.nz/registration

  • New student registration at Chinese embassy

    In order for a New Zealand qualification to be recognised in China, students previously requested a “Certificate for the Returned Overseas Students or Scholars” from either the education section of Chinese Embassy or Chinese Consulates in Auckland or Christchurch.

    However, from 1 July, students are required to register online with the education section of the Chinese Embassy when they arrive in New Zealand in order to receive their certificate when they complete their qualification. The registration system also allows students in New Zealand to share their contact details with the Embassy in case of an emergency. 

    The education section of the Chinese Embassy has asked Education New Zealand to inform institutions of this change in process, and encourage institutions to tell Chinese students to register online. Students should visit http://www.chinanz-education.org to register.

    Please contact Aaron Zhao (Secondary Secretary, Education Section of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in New Zealand) for more information: aaronzl@163.com

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