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  • Waikato and Cardiff Universities launch strategic partnership

    The two institutions have launched a strategic partnership that will open up new opportunities, and a new seed fund will offer $240,000 a year to their  researchers and professional services staff for collaborative projects.

    Speaking at the launch of the partnership, Education New Zealand’s Chief Executive Officer Grant McPherson said university partnerships are key building blocks to international engagement and connecting New Zealand to the world.

    “Sharing academic and research best practices while developing global citizens through the mobility of students and scholars is a proven method of delivering mutual benefits to all parties,” he said.

    “It is great to see two forward-looking universities ... seeking out tomorrow’s leaders to offer them a new future.”

    The initiative follows several years of successful cooperation between the universities in the areas of artificial intelligence, biochemistry and environmental law.

    That collaboration now extends to a wide range of disciplines from climate change, engineering, agritech and data science to management, psychology, education and nursing.

  • Indian and New Zealand academics talk sustainability

    The virtual New Zealand-India Sustainability Conclave 2021 featured conversations on equity, economic growth, environmental protection and the link between the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the international education sector.

    High Commissioners from both countries joined the two-day conclave along with Vice Chancellors, academics and senior leaders from prominent Indian and New Zealand universities.

    Education New Zealand used the conclave to launch Studying Sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand – a guide to the diverse programmes on offer through a Māori lens, with an introduction to the ideas of kaitiakitanga or guardianship, manaakitanga or respect and whanaungatanga or kinship.

    The New Zealand participants included the University of Auckland, Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, Lincoln University and the University of Otago. The Indian institutions included the TERI School of Advanced Studies, Shiv Nadar University, the School of Planning and Architecture and the National Institute of Fashion Technology.

  • ENZ calls for funding proposals for New Zealand-China research partnerships

    The New Zealand-China Tripartite Partnership Fund 2022 offers funding of up to NZD 20,000-30,000 for a partnership project, with the call for proposals open until 1 March 2022.

    The fund supports new or existing research partnerships between New Zealand and Chinese universities. There are usually three universities involved – two from China and one from New Zealand.

    The Tripartite Partnership Fund, administered by ENZ, has a pool of up to NZD 100,000 in 2022 for research partnerships in the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences and applied sciences. Designed to encourage strategic academic relationships, it supports the creation or development of the partnership rather than funding the research itself.

    With the global COVID-19 pandemic restricting international travel, the fund welcomes innovative ideas. Current investments include digital technology services, communications platforms, translation costs and journal access. 

    A New Zealand-China Tripartite Partnership Fund forum, held virtually in November 2021, aimed to encourage academics and institutions to think about reaching out to eligible Chinese universities to discuss the potential for collaboration. More than one hundred participants heard about the value of the partnerships the fund had supported in the 15 years since it was set up.

    Professor Gary Brierley, Chair of Physical Geography at the University of Auckland’s School of Environment, says the fund has helped his team of river scientists to achieve things in partnership that would not have been possible alone.

    They initially collaborated with colleagues from Qinghai and Tsinghua Universities to study the Sanjiangyuan area on the Tibetan Plateau, which contains the headwaters of the Yellow, Yangtze and Mekong rivers.

    “The emergence of lifelong friendships accompanied steps taken to integrate local knowledge and field science to protect environmental values of the Sanjiangyuan or Three Rivers Source Zone,” Professor Brierley says.

    “Our extended family built upon shared commitments and passion for the remarkable landscapes and ecosystems in this part of western China. Critically, it's been great fun – a wonderful, shared adventure.”

    Dr Jun Lu, Professor of Biomedical Science and Pharmacology at Auckland University of Technology’s Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, said the fund had helped set up his work on cancer immunotherapy with Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xinjiang University.

    He says the forum has proved “a great platform for PhD students to learn how to start collaboration and seek possible research projects, jointly pursued by researchers from both China and New Zealand.”

    Funding proposals are due by 1 March 2022. Download the New Zealand-China Tripartite Partnership Fund 2022 Guidance and  Call for Proposals and the Proposal Form.  Send your completed proposal as a PDF, and any questions, to china@enz.govt.nz.  

  • Building agricultural links with Japan through education

    “Stereotypes remain strong in Japan when it comes to farming - predominantly male, manual labour and rural. Through bespoke education programmes, we aim to increase awareness of agriculture as an attractive business for both men and women,” says Misa Kitaoka, ENZ’s Director of Education, Japan.  

    On 22 December 2021, Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao joined Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in hosting a luncheon for students and teachers from Osaka Nohgei High School.  This agricultural high school won the “New Zealand Embassy” prize in the National Agricultural High Schools Website Competition. The competition, organised by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Young Farmers and Women Division and Keio University, started in 2017.  

    The competition aims to support future generations of farmers, revitalise Japan’s agricultural sector and increase productivity through greater use of technology. The New Zealand Embassy supports the competition each year by offering a gift of kiwifruit from Zespri and hosting a luncheon at the Embassy for the winning school. 

    ENZ has facilitated opportunities for Japanese agricultural students and farmers to study in New Zealand on scholarships since 2014.  Following the signing of the partnership agreement between Education New Zealand and the Hokkaido Board of Education in 2020, ENZ and MPI representatives based in Tokyo called on the Hokkaido Board of Education in 2021 to discuss the Agricultural School Exchange Programme, which aims to provide future generations of Hokkaido and New Zealand farmers with professional development and international friendship opportunities.

    The programme, scheduled to get underway in 2023, will see Hokkaido students placed in New Zealand secondary schools with a focus on learning about the benefits of New Zealand’s pasture-based dairy farming and support for women in farming. 

    These programmes build on visits to Taranaki and Southland several years ago by Japanese female agricultural students, to study at secondary schools and experience homestays, in order to gain insights into the local farming industry and to learn about how women take leadership roles in the primary sector. The programme was supported by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in consultation with New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries and ENZ, and was administered by the Japan Agricultural Exchange Council.  

    Misa says ENZ and MPI are continuing to work together to encourage Japanese students and farmers to change their ways of thinking around farming.

  • Dubai Expo Global Kaitiakitanga winners

    The Global Kaitiakitanga Project was a partnership between New Zealand at Expo 2020 and Young Enterprise.  With a focus on sustainability, the project provided high-quality business mentoring and international collaboration for young New Zealand innovators.  In a seven-month programme from March to September 2021, five finalist businesses were supported to develop and scale their business proposals. Two entries were judged joint programme winners in a Dragons’ Den style pitch event in September 2021.   

    Four students representing the joint winners, Abalro Health and GreenKiwi Supplements joined guests as New Zealand’s Youth Ambassadors as part of their learning about doing business in the Middle East. The students were truly inspirational, and showcased the strengths of a New Zealand education, which encourages students to be critical thinkers, problem solvers and lifelong learners through independent projects and hands-on experience.

    From Bayfield High School in Dunedin, students Robert Donohoe, Abby Green and Alex Livingstone (above) harnessed the power of raw barberries to create a natural supplement to treat acne. Their company, Abalro Health, is the only New Zealand-based company using barberries. Research has shown that barberries reduce acne by 43% in just four weeks.

    Max Donaldson (above) of Kerikeri High School drew on his passion for olives to develop a first-to-market, New Zealand grown olive leaf supplement, which can support immune and cardiovascular health from what is normally an industry byproduct. GreenKiwi Supplements is a vertically integrated business developed by Max to pioneer traceable, New Zealand grown olive leaf for the global nutraceutical marketplace. 

  • Publishing Association NZ launch international education website

    Supported by funding from Education New Zealand Manpou ki te Ao (ENZ) under the Future Focus Programme (FFP), the new website profiles New Zealand education publishers for key export markets and customers. Earlier FFP research highlighted that being visible online was one of the key challenges facing New Zealand education publishers seeking to grow their exports.

    The website enables education publishers to showcase New Zealand’s pioneering work in Reading Recovery, Big Book shared reading, and resources for the revitalisation of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori language and culture. 

    It aims to support marketing efforts in the key markets of Australia, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It will also be used to support New Zealand’s presence at major education publishing events, such as Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2022 and beyond. 

    The website allows for a quick and easy search including by publisher, category, and publishing rights and demonstrates the quality of education products and services developed in New Zealand.  

    Alana Pellow, Business Development Manager at ENZ, says Catriona Ferguson, Association Director of PANZ and her team worked hard to bring this website to life, with the help of education publishers who provided great content. 

    “The outcome is a user-friendly, appealing and comprehensive website that will showcase the unique products and services of our education publishers to the world,” says Alana. 

  • Opportunities to participate in two major education events in Middle East

    Global Higher Education Exhibition Oman (GHEDEX Oman) will take place in Muscat from 27 to 29 March 2022, supported by the Omani Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Secondary and tertiary students, parents, young professionals and education professionals from across the Gulf Cooperation Council region will attend.

    Recent GHEDEX events have been held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but this year the event will have both face-to-face and virtual options. Alongside universities, GHEDEX 2022 is open to vocational training providers and EdTech companies.

    The International Conference & Exhibition for Education (ICEE) is scheduled to take place in Riyadh from 8 to11 May 2022, organised by the Saudi Ministry of Education. Five New Zealand universities participated alongside ENZ at the 2019 event, which was previously known as IECHE. This year, organisers have opened up participation to include English language schools, aviation training providers, vocational education institutions, and EdTech companies. 

    “This is the first time these events have taken place in person since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and we know building relationships face-to-face is important in the Gulf region,” says Amy Rutherford, ENZ’s Regional Director, Americas, Middle East and Europe.  

    “This is also the first time these events have invited other education sectors to participate as well as universities. There are significant opportunities for English language schools, aviation training providers, and vocational education institutions to attract students from Saudi Arabia, Oman and other GCC countries, as well as opportunities for EdTech companies in the region,” Amy said.

    ENZ will host a New Zealand pavilion and have on-the-ground representation at both events. If your organisation is interested in exploring opportunities in the region and would like to find out more about participation in these events – in-person, virtually, or represented by ENZ – please contact Bronwyn Shanks, ENZ’s Senior Advisor – Special Projects, Middle East and Europe, bronwyn.shanks@enz.govt.nz.

    NOTE: Recent changes to our border settings mean that New Zealanders attending these events will not need to book a space in Managed Isolation and Quarantine on their return to NZ.

  • Celebrating Women of the Future with India

    Women leaders from New Zealand and India shared inspiring stories at the event, discussing equity and the inclusion of women in society.   

    ENZ announced a range of initiatives to inspire young women and enable them to experience cross-cultural values and learning:   

    • Virtual India Immersion programme for New Zealand-based tertiary students, focussed on enhancing knowledge of Indian culture and business environment. Students interested in taking up this programme can apply here by 30 April. Find out more here.
    • 10 virtual micro-internships, in partnership with the University of Auckland, for female undergraduate students from India. Interested Indian students can apply here by Saturday, 16 April. 
    • A virtual exchange programme involving a cohort of 40 high school girl students from India and New Zealand offering the Global Competence Certificate. Details of the programme for Indian students are available here. Applications close on 22 April.  

    Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities opened the summit and encouraged all women to challenge stereotypes and break barriers.  The Minister mentioned that she herself had previously come to New Zealand as an international student.  

    Other speakers included women leaders in education from both countries, as well as Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik, the twin mountaineering sisters who are winners of New Zealand Prime Minister Sports scholarships and Sir Edmund Hillary Global Impact Visa Awardees, and Miss Malini, a well-known Indian digital influencer.

  • Tokyo Online School Forum

    Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BoE in 2017 to promote educational and cultural exchange between Tokyo and New Zealand. The result has been a series of continuously successful exchanges between the two countries, including this latest forum.

    For many students, this was their first time interacting with so many high school students from outside their own country, in a virtual forum.

    Japanese neuroscientist Kenichiro Mogi, a visiting professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, spoke about AI and the human brain, and the importance of eating well to maintain a healthy mindset. Following his lecture, students were given several topics to discuss in breakout sessions. They chose specific English words which they felt connected to the 17 SDGs, such as ‘humanity’, ‘compassion’, ‘education’, ‘resonance’ and ‘power’. 

    Students had a range of positive responses when asked what they had enjoyed most about the experience:  

      

    “The chance to connect with other students from across the world.” – Nandana  

      

    “I enjoyed listening and interacting with students from different countries. I also enjoyed learning about foods and ways to make food I’ve never seen before.” – Tammy 

      

    “Learning new things and what other people thought” – Eliza   

      

    “The speeches were very interesting, and the hosts were entertaining. I loved the information I learnt in this forum!” – Rio

      

    “It was great to see such a large New Zealand presence at the Tokyo Forum, which supports the ‘Creating Global Citizens’ pillar of the New Zealand International Education Strategy,” says Misa Kitaoka, ENZ’s Director of Education – Japan.

    “We look forward to bringing more opportunities to connect Japanese and New Zealand students through our shared commitment to progress towards UN SDGs.” 

    Other projects that ENZ and Tokyo BoE have been working on together include the development of an SDG lecture series, featured on their Tokyo English Channel.

    Get a flavour of the event by checking out the promotional flyer here (Japanese language).

  • New Zealand-German academic exchange programme

    Under a bilateral exchange arrangement with Germany, Education New Zealand supports early-career researchers from New Zealand to collaborate on research projects in Germany.

    Education New Zealand Manapou ki Ao (ENZ) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) signed a Programmes for Project-Related Personal Exchange (PPP) arrangement in November 2021. Under the arrangement, Education New Zealand contribute funding to support early-career academics from New Zealand universities and Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology to travel to Germany.

    The PPP programme aims to strengthen academic relations between New Zealand and German institutions and to promote cooperative and complementary research activities. It enables young academics involved in the project to further their careers and expand international research links.

    The programme covers all subject areas and is open to students who are close to completing their doctorate and to academics who completed a doctorate within the last five years from the date of application.

    Applications for the 2024 round are now closed.

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