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• Chinese students gather for Youth summit

  The summit was arranged by Global Engagement Institute and hosted at the University of Auckland Business School. The three-day summit was followed by a week of special topic days on leadership. 

  Fifteen New Zealand students from Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch joined the 34 Chinese students to learn about leadership opportunities in a global context, based on cultural understanding, respect, trust and diplomacy. 

  Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, the University of Auckland and Fonterra, amongst others, gave presentations providing insights and advice to guide the students in the future. Students also participated in a speech competition, with the top three Chinese students winning scholarships to study English at Languages International in Auckland.

  Greg Scott, ENZ General Manager, Industry Development said the summit was a great initiative to support future leaders from both New Zealand and China.

  “It provided a valuable platform for students from China and New Zealand to share their perspectives and culture.

  “From day one, these young people demonstrated what is required to be future global citizens.” 

  The students were joined by Lin Lin Zhai, a representative from the Qingdao Education Bureau, who announced that the 2018 summit would be held in Qingdao, providing Kiwi students the opportunity to travel to China.

  The summit is then expected to return to New Zealand in 2019.

  ENZ was the premier sponsor of the event, alongside additional sponsors including the Asia New Zealand Foundation and New Zealand China Council.

  

• Service strategy for international Chinese students

  With growing numbers of Chinese students studying abroad and at an earlier age, students and their parents are now looking for a wider range of customised services of support both during and after the study abroad experience.   

  Agents are now expected to advise students graduating from an overseas high school on choosing a major at university, as well as how to find a job after graduation. These types of services are called ‘after-study-abroad services’ in China.

  Adele Bryant, ENZ Regional Director – China and North Asia, welcomes JJL’s initiative. 

  “It responds to student demand for more personalised services and provides an opportunity for agents to add value to the student experience, as well as increase revenue from individual students.”

  “In addition, expectations for educational providers to provide similar services will rise.”

  As part of its strategy, JJL opened its first overseas branch office in Vancouver, Canada in July. JJL expects to open branches in other popular destinations for Chinese students in the future.

• Chinese and Kiwi students team up for tech innovation

  Twenty six secondary school students from Sichuan Province, China, and 15 students from Avonside Girls’ High School and Shirley Boys’ High School participated in the Canterbury Sichuan Innovation & Technology Youth Summit, held in the city’s Innovation Precinct earlier this month.

  Christchurch Educated partnered with the Ministry of Awesome to deliver the five-day programme that included workshops on teamwork and pitching, visits to central city innovation zones and talks from young, local entrepreneurs. 

  The students worked in teams to develop a tech solution for a problem they identified relating to food, language and culture, transport or city. Solutions included a ‘smart’ rubbish disposal system for dirty cities, an app that uses music to teach new languages, and augmented reality glasses that allow users to interact with people from another country and practise communicating before they visit. 

  On the final day, participants pitched their solution to a panel of experts from the tech industry who awarded prizes for the most innovative solution, best teamwork and best pitch. 

  One of the judges, Helen Shorthouse, Technology Sector Leader, ChristchurchNZ, said by working in teams the students had quickly developed cross-cultural understanding. 

  “It was really impressive the way they took common problems facing both New Zealand and China and developed innovative tech solutions that could be applied in both countries.”

  A number of young entrepreneurs from Christchurch start-ups including ShareaCamper, Smish, FluentIQ, EVNEX and the Christchurch City Council’s ‘Are you Alright?’ campaign shared their experiences and helped participants prepare for their pitches.

  The event comes out of the Canterbury-Sichuan relationship that has been in development since an MoU was signed with the Sichuan Provincial Government in 2013.

  Karen Haigh, ChristchurchNZ Market Project Manager, International Education, said this is the first time the event has been held in Christchurch but there are plans to continue it. 

  “We foresee the programme being run on an annual basis with Chinese partners, and also offered to other markets such as Korea and Viet Nam. 

  “We hope it will attract more students with an interest in IT to Christchurch, while showcasing the innovation and tech opportunities here.”

• NZIEC challenge speaker urges educators to embrace global citizenship

  Scarlett said global citizenship is thinking more widely than just the context of your immediate community, city or country and being a person who understands the rights and responsibilities as a true citizen of the world.

  Last year, Scarlett was funded by the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO to travel to Canada with other young people to write the International Youth White Paper on Global Citizenship and present it at the Third UNESCO Forum for Global Citizenship Education.

  The experience made her think through more complex global issues and work with young people coming from different places and perspectives.

  “I care so much about this because I believe it is the best way to make the world a better place,” Scarlett said.

  While it is not simple for people to become global citizens, as there is no quick fix to complex world problems, students often feel helpless and become disengaged.

  This is where educators can help by being the bridge between students and global citizenship, by teaching students to understand diversity and think critically, she said.

  “Your global citizenship can’t just live through young people, you need to put it into action in your own lives."

  Scarlett said not only do today’s educators need to actively engage young people from a variety of backgrounds and empower and upskill students to be prepared for the world’s complexity, educators also need to hold themselves accountable and take action on global citizenship now, to shape the future for the next generation. 

• Leading an International Education Quest! - Dr Jason Fox

  This was the challenge Dr Jason Fox, a modern day wizard-rogue, author and leadership adviser set NZIEC conference attendees.

  Using self-deprecating humour, and drawing on real life examples, Dr Fox challenged the audience to look at the patterns in their lives, to effect meaningful change.

  Many of us are time-poor, which Dr Fox said causes us to ‘leverage our default thinking’. That is to do what we have always done. The concern is that we use default thinking 98 percent of the time. This is “robbing us of our best thinking.”

  Defaults — established ways of doing things — are an important element of any enterprise. We need them — they save us a heap of time, and make us much more efficient.

  But lo! Dr Fox said most organisations have now become cursed with efficiency and default thinking.

  “We’re all so busy, and so what happens is… more of the same. We seek quick fixes and familiar solutions that tick the right boxes and save us time — but in doing so lead us closer down the path toward irrelevance.

  To stay relevant, we must know when (and how) to disrupt default thinking, so that we may pioneer new strategy (beyond the established path).”

  Conferences give us a rich opportunity to disrupt default thinking. He said new thinking is the most valuable thinking in a world that is undergoing profound social and technological disruption.

  Dr Fox said if you ask workers in an organisation what it is that motivates them best, the most common response was “a clear sense of progress.” This underlines the importance of celebrating small / early wins.

  In closing, Dr Fox talked about the things we do to put off meaningful thinking – procrastination, perfectionism, busyness, disorganisation, physiological sabotage, over-commitment and more.

  To conclude, Dr Fox challenged his audience, saying “we all make choices and our choices make us.”

   

• Students experience a New Zealand classroom in Thailand

  Approximately 600 fair visitors, including students and their parents, were given a glimpse into what life is like for New Zealand students.

  The fair was also attended by the New Zealand Ambassador to Thailand, His Excellency Ben King, who presided over the opening ceremony and welcomed all the participants.

  A popular exhibit was the New Zealand simulated classroom experience, which showcased New Zealand’s interactive and hands-on learning and teaching methods.

  ENZ Marketing and Strategic Relations Manager – Thailand Chortip Pramoolpol, said the simulated classroom experience drew a great response from fair participants and was fully booked for each of the four sessions on offer.

  “The simulated classroom experience targeted students aged 11 to 18 years old".

  “With Facebook Live in one of the classroom sessions, we were able to reach 43,282 people!"

  “The top five locations for people to engage with the Facebook Live stream were Bangkok, Auckland, Wellington, Metro Manila and Ho Chi Minh City.

  “We also launched a new registration and lead management system at the fair, which will enable us and education institutions to continue to engage with potential international students,” Chortip said.

• Mapping emerging trends in education

  ENZ General Manager – Student Marketing, Paul Irwin, said attendees really enjoyed tackling these big issues during the Crowdsource Café session. 

  “Our audience uncovered some really interesting themes and thoughts for us all to reflect on. Ideas included focusing less on competition and more on collaboration, for example the opportunity to build your own degree across New Zealand.

  “We also talked about how everyone is the student of the future.  There will be more opportunities for lifelong learning and there will be a greater need to upskill due to automation,” Paul said.

  ENZ Regional Director – South Asia, South East Asia and Middle East, John Laxon said participants also agreed that the learner of the future will prefer personalised, flexible learning.

  “The modes of delivery will change as we move towards students being able to learn anywhere, anytime. 

  “Another theme that came through was a move towards offering shorter programmes, targeting life-long learners.”

  John said there was great discussion about moving towards diversified, individualised learning programmes that are globally recognised.

  “It’s definitely an exciting time to be involved in international education,” he said.

• Thai study abroad expo a great opportunity

  For the past 15 years, the Thai International Educational Consultants Association (TIECA) has organised the annual fair. TIECA is Thailand’s peak body of educational consultants, with more than 70 members actively working in the education area.

  The 2017 expo will largely focus on the school sector, but will also include language schools, high schools and universities, with participants from educational institutions from around the world.

  Jaruwan Pongjaruwat, ENZ Programme Manager – Thailand, said last year’s fair was very impressive, with more than 900 visitors attending. 

  “Last year, 12 New Zealand providers joined the fair, and it would be great to have even more this year. It’s a great opportunity for providers to interact with Thai students and agents face-to-face.”

  At the fair, institutions have the chance to meet TIECA agent members during a networking event and discuss possibilities of collaborating together in future. There will also be education system seminars throughout the expo to raise awareness of institutions and increase student enrolment.

  New Zealand institutions interested in joining in the event must download and complete an application form from Booth Booking Form and submit to manager@tieca.com

• New enrolment guide for students

  Enrolment information has been the second-most requested content on SiNZ social media channels, so ENZ has created an enrolment guide to sit on the SiNZ website.

  The guide has two sections: how to apply to study at a primary, secondary or English language school, and how to apply to study at a tertiary institution.

  Lucia Alarcon, ENZ International Digital Project Manager, says the guide provides step by step information on the enrolment process for each of these levels of study.

  “We’ve included brief information about application procedures, including required documents, application fees, interviews and English language assessments. 

  “We make it clear that the information is a general guide only, with procedures varying between institutions.”

  The enrolment guide is part of ENZ’s new 5 Steps to Studying in New Zealand process, which breaks up the study abroad journey to help students understand how to get started.

  The 5 Steps encourage students to check out the practical content we’ve added to SiNZ in recent months. Along with the enrolment guide, the new content includes our Cost of Living and Explore NZ pages.

• New Zealand is world-leading in preparing students for the future

  The first report, The Worldwide Educating for the Future Index, was released by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and ranked New Zealand first out of 35 economies for instilling future skills.

  The report looked at how well each country was preparing students in a time of rapid change, where there is a greater need for students to know how to learn, rather than reiterate knowledge.

  New Zealand’s ranking was attributed to university-industry collaboration, a future-skills focused curriculum framework and the high quality of our teacher education.

  The second report, The World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Report 2017, ranked New Zealand seventh out of 130 countries for preparing people for the future of work.

  The report states that how nations develop their human capital can be a more important determinant of their long-term success than virtually any other factor.

  The report is a tool to assess progress within countries and point to opportunities for cross-country learning and exchange.

  “Both of these reports are fantastic international endorsements for New Zealand’s education system,” said ENZ’s General Manager, Stakeholders and Communications, John Goulter.