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• A Europe market update

  New video showcases a day in the life of a Follow the Kiwi scholar from Italy

  ENZ’s new promotional video for the Italy market features Gaia Leidi, the Italian recipient of the 2018 Follow the Kiwi Scholarship, who is studying at Kerikeri High School.

  Sixteen-year-old Gaia is from Busto Arsizio, a small town near Milan. In the video, Gaia talks about how Kiwi schools’ practical approach to creative subjects such as art, design and performing art technologies was the reason she chose a New Zealand school. She talks about her “challenging” maths and science classes in New Zealand – an important aspect for parents used to the rigorous Italian system – and highlights the friendly and supportive relationship she has with her teachers and her “amazing” host family in New Zealand. 

  You can watch Gaia’s ‘A Day in the Life’ video on this link.

  Gaia’s rich New Zealand education experience made her a great choice to feature in ENZ’s ‘A Day in the Life’ video for the Italy market.

  ENZ Market Development Manager – Europe, Olga Elli said Gaia’s video provided another valuable resource to encourage more students from Italy (and elsewhere in Europe) to look at what New Zealand has to offer.

  “We will also use it as part of our promotion efforts for the next Follow the Kiwi scholarship campaign, to be launched in September this year,” Olga said.

  ENZ’s focus on the high schools sector in Italy over the last two years, working closely with education agents and the Italian Association of Language Consultants and Agents (IALCA), has helped to raise awareness of New Zealand as an education destination, leading to an increase in the number of Italian students in New Zealand high schools to around 370 in 2018.

  2019 Agent Promotion Fund awards funds to eight education agencies in Europe

  ENZ awarded a total of €16,000 to eight education agencies in France, Germany and Italy in the 2019 Agent Promotion Fund round.

  The fund supports creative and innovative projects that promote New Zealand as a world-leading study destination. Applications needed to align with ENZ’s strategic objectives in each of the three markets: from growing university numbers and building research and governmental links in France and Germany; to strengthening promotion of New Zealand’s regions; to focusing on the high schools sector across all three countries.

  The fund was a great way for ENZ to tap into the expertise, networks and local knowledge of education agents in each of these markets in Europe, Olga said.

  “Education agents play a key role in student recruitment in Europe. The winning proposals – four from Germany, and two each from France and Italy – cover a wide range of promotional activities, including social media and digital campaigns, scholarships, and student recruitment fairs and roadshows.”

  Awards of €3,500 each went to:

  • Study Nelson, Germany (New Zealand-based)
  • WEP, Italy

  Awards of €1,500 each went to:

  • Astudy, Italy
  • Bildungsberatung Global, Germany
  • ISPA, France
  • NZEE, Germany
  • Overseas Connect, France
  • Travel Works, Germany

• Chinese and Kiwi students come together for Youth Summit

  This was the third summit of its kind and included student delegates from around New Zealand and the cities of Qingdao, Wuhan, Baoding, Chengdu and Zhuhai in China.

  The summit had student delegates taking part in workshops and working on projects about global citizenship, social responsibility and leadership while in residence at St Andrew’s College in Christchurch. The Chinese delegation then visited Queenstown and Dunedin while hosted by Taieri College, showcasing our southern cities over four days.

  Student delegates experienced a formal official opening ceremony, and the signing of the first education memorandum of understanding between Christchurch Educated and the Qingdao Municipal Education Bureau. Two VIP delegations from Qingdao also attended the opening ceremony and visited education providers in Christchurch.

  Summit founder and president of the Institute of Global Engagement New Zealand, Jan Fitz-Gerald, said she was delighted to bring the summit to Christchurch for its second time in New Zealand.

  “The summit’s goal is to empower the next generation of global citizens and leaders to work and live within a culturally diverse environment. This year, we featured some insightful sessions on cultural diversity, preparing to face the issues of the future as global citizens and leaders, and understanding China,” Jan said.

  For Hayley O’Connell of Taieri College, the youth summit was a life-changing experience. 

  “The bond and connections that I have formed with people from around [China] have been amazing, and there were so many life-long messages that I was able to take away from this summit. Anyone who is interested in helping to lead the global changes of the future – this summit is for you,” Hayley said.

  The summit was sponsored by ENZ, the Institute of Global Engagement New Zealand, Christchurch Educated and the New Zealand China Council, with support from St Andrew’s College and Taieri College.

  The 2020 summit to be held in China is expected to attract a large delegation with 2019 delegates already signing up.

• Keynote speakers pose challenges

  Unconscious bias, new models of collaboration and poetry readings in fish and chip shops are just some of the subjects examined by NZIEC’s three dynamic keynote speakers.

  Guy Ryan

  Imagine if every New Zealander unleashed their potential to change the world.

  That’s the bold vision of Guy Ryan, founder and CEO of the charity Inspiring Stories.

  Guy called on the audience to reimagine education by:

  • Discovering new models of learning and collaboration.
  • Creating powerful experiences and building degrees and qualifications around them.
  • Harnessing technology and having content delivered by world-class people here and overseas.
  • Fostering connectivity and partnerships, and thinking more about global opportunities.

  New Zealand is capable of meeting challenges, says Guy, because we are “the tiny nation that can”.

  Dr Lisa Coleman

  Dr Coleman is Senior Vice President for Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation and Chief Diversity Officer of New York University.

  She challenged the audience’s thinking with questions such as: 

  • How are Millennials and Generation Z students asking us to think differently about inclusion, diversity and belonging?
  • How might unconscious bias manifest itself the same or differently in individuals and organisations? (Take a test to determine your individual unconscious bias at Project Implicit)
  • When trying to change an organisation on an issue such as diversity, people at the top and the bottom are often supportive but messages may get lost in the middle. How do we engage the “messy middle”?
  • How we do ensure both partners in global partnerships are on an equal footing, rather than having one leading the other?

   

  Professor Chris Gallavin

  Soon to embark on a poetry tour of the nation’s fish and chip shops, Professor Chris Gallavin is both a poet and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.

  He told the audience that education should not be about passing on information, but about “learning how to do things with the stuff we know”.

  Professor Gallavin called for a more collaborative future, with education providers engaging with industry, politics and broader society to help solve the world’s problems.

  “The revolution is coming, whether we like it or not, and it will be driven by young people,” he says.

  “Universities need to change our view of how we see ourselves in the world, from bastions of knowledge to centres of collaboration.”

• A brand NEW day

  

  A brand NEW day is here – the launch of New Zealand Education’s new brand platform, ‘I AM NEW’.

  ‘I AM NEW’ is a philosophy shared between those who promote a New Zealand education, and those who choose to study here. We invite potential students to 'Think New' and experience this unique approach to education, so they can say ‘I AM NEW’, too.

  You’ll find everything you need to help share the New Zealand education brand story ‘I AM NEW’ and build your own story on the NEW Brand Lab. Access and download a wide range of NEW marketing resources from images to videos, templates and more.

  We look forward to seeing you on the Brand Lab.

• University of Auckland launches new Aulin College in China

  Aulin College is a joint institute with China’s Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. It took on its first cohort of approximately 270 Chinese students in September, and will deliver courses at bachelor’s and master’s level in biotechnology, chemistry, computer science and technology – big data and ecology.

  Students of Aulin College will be taught in part by University of Auckland academic staff on NEFU’s campus, then transfer to Auckland in July 2022.

  Education New Zealand Director for Greater China, Miranda Herbert, says the launch of Aulin College is another significant milestone in the educational relationship between New Zealand and China.

  “Transnational education is a key strategy in the internationalisation of New Zealand education,” she says. “New Zealand places great importance on its education relationship with China, and I’m delighted to see our institutions continue to strengthen their connections.”

  This is the second joint institute between Chinese and New Zealand providers. The first was between the University of Waikato and Zhejiang University City College in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in eastern China, at undergraduate level in finance, computer graphic design and design media. The institute was launched in 2017, building on 15 years of collaboration through a joint programme in finance.

  The Chinese Ministry of Education’s website lists 20 active joint programmes between Chinese and New Zealand providers at bachelor’s level and above. These include Massey University and Hebei University of Technology’s programme in the ‘Internet of Things’; Dalian Ocean University and Otago Polytechnic’s programme in Mechanic Engineering and Automation; Jilin Animation Institute and New Zealand Media Design School’s programme in Animation and Yunnan Agricultural University and Lincoln University’s programme in Agricultural and Forestry Economic Management.

  Education New Zealand’s team in China published a market intelligence report on transnational education in August, which you can find on IntelliLab.

  For further information on the China market, feel free to get in touch with the ENZ China team:

  Miranda Herbert – ENZ Director Greater China

  Miranda.herbert@enz.govt.nz

• Update from Immigration New Zealand

  Planning for the next student visa application peak

  Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is now entering the next peak of student visa applications. 

  INZ say they are in a good space to process the predicted volume of student visa applications. As part of planning, they have validated their predicted numbers of applications with the sector.  

  "Thanks to the sector peak bodies who circulated the survey on our behalf, we received 99 responses and now have information on the numbers of offers of place already issued to potential students. This has helped us match our resources to the predicted volume for the peak,” INZ National Manager Education and Tourism Jeannie Melville says.

  “The queue of student applications from earlier this year has been cleared in Mumbai. Applications are now being allocated to an Immigration Officer for assessment within ten working days.”

  Getting applications in early

  INZ strongly recommends potential students continue to submit their applications as early as possible – at least eight weeks ahead of a person’s intended travel date.

  However, applications can be submitted up to four months ahead of intended travel.

  First time visa application checklist

  There is now a checklist available to help people submitting a student visa application for the first time. It provides guidance on what they need to do to ensure they are submitting a decision-ready application, which should reduce the likelihood of it missing information.

• Towards a low-carbon future – together

  The week-long programme was organised and funded to a large extent by DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service), with the overall objective of deepening existing academic links and encouraging the development of new ones, under the theme of transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

  Led by ENZ Chief Executive Grant McPherson, delegates from New Zealand’s Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) met with German academics, researchers, government officials and students in Bonn, Cologne, Aachen, Hamburg and Berlin.

  As an outcome of the trip, DAAD and the Kiwi delegates are working on an action plan that includes opportunities for cooperation between New Zealand researchers and their German counterparts, particularly on sustainability issues in line with the visit’s theme; a potential government-level arrangement to facilitate academic exchange; and possible funding for post-graduate student mobility.

  It was the first time that ENZ had brought such a senior research delegation to Germany.

  “Germany is one of New Zealand’s key education partners in Europe, with nearly 3000 German students travelling to New Zealand in 2018,” McPherson says. “However, alongside student recruitment, we’re renewing our focus on encouraging academic mobility between our two nations.”

  “This delegation was all about showcasing the excellence of New Zealand’s research institutions. Our academics produce world-class work, and teaming up with partners like Germany will only create more opportunity for researchers to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.”

• New Zealand tops English-speaking countries in Educating for the Future ranking again

  New Zealand retained its ranking from 2018, with an overall score of 79.9, close behind Sweden (84.3) and Finland (84.8), which topped the rankings.

  New Zealand achieved a top score in the index’s socio-economic environment category, which measures how education systems expose their students to global values such as gender equality, civic freedom, and diversity and tolerance.

  The index’s socio-economic environment category compares freedom of religion and the press, gender equality, attitudes toward immigrants, and protecting the environment.

  “High-income economies have the most open societies and are therefore conducive to learning future-oriented skills,” the EIU 2019 report said.

  New Zealand also ranked among the top five countries in the education policy environment category, which tracked economies focusing on critical thinking, digital skills and soft skills as part of the secondary school curriculum.

  “It’s a fantastic result for New Zealand to have retained our top global ranking in the English-speaking world as well as the Asia-Pacific region,” ENZ Chief Executive Grant McPherson said.

  “It’s great to see New Zealand do so well in the index’s socio-economic environment category that measures exposure to global values such as diversity and tolerance.

  “Future skills are vital to advancing these global values.”  

  The index assesses the effectiveness of education systems in preparing students for the demands of work and life in a rapidly changing landscape.

  It focuses on young people aged 15-24 in 50 economies, and measures three pillars of education systems – policy approaches, teaching conditions and broader gauges of societal freedom and openness – as a means of readying young people to meet the challenges of work and society in future.

  Read the full report at this link.

  The top 10 country rankings (2019 Educating for the Future Index) were: 

  Rank	Economy	Score
  1	Finland	84.8
  2	Sweden	84.3
  3	New Zealand	79.9
  4	Singapore	79.7
  5	Netherlands	79.2
  6	Canada	79.1
  7	Switzerland	78.5
  8	Australia	77.8
  9	Germany	74.9
  10	Japan	74.2

• Preferred name and inaugural CE for the IST released by Establishment Board

  These conversations provide providers and their stakeholders updates on the progress being made by the Unit and an opportunity to ask questions. These latest conversations will have a focus on the name and brand including the Board’s preferred name for the new national Institute. To support the conversation, a video has been shared that captures the essence of the journey to date. It outlines a vision for the Institute, along with presenting the preferred name.

  Once the Regional Kōrero have been completed, the public online consultation will open, allowing everyone to provide feedback on the preferred name being suggested.

  The online consultation is open from 14 February until 8 March. Once complete, the IST Establishment Board will consider public feedback on their preferred name and finalise their recommendation to the Minister.

  You can watch the video here and the online consultation will be available on the IST Establishment Unit’s website.   

  Stephen Town has also been named as the inaugural Chief Executive of the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Stephen is currently in his final year leading Auckland Council and will formally take up his role on 6 July 2020.

  You can find out more about Stephen’s appointment on the IST Establishment Unit’s website.

• New Zealand and Viet Nam commit to strategic education partnership

  A refreshed Strategic Engagement Plan on Education was signed this week between Education New Zealand (ENZ) and Viet Nam’s Ministry of Education and Training.

  The signing – ahead of a virtual leaders’ meeting between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Viet Nam Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc – marks the elevation of the two countries’ relationship to a ‘strategic partnership’ and heralds a deeper level of education cooperation.

  The renewed Strategic Engagement Plan 2020-2023 will feature initiatives across education sectors in New Zealand and Viet Nam, including joint programmes in the tertiary sector, innovative education models in blended and online delivery, continued collaboration to improve institution-to-institution partnerships for English language training, and alumni engagement.

  Among the refreshed plan’s proposed initiatives are innovative education models in blended and online delivery, which will be particularly relevant to how New Zealand and Viet Nam build on their education relationship in a post COVID-19 environment. 

  New Zealand will continue its commitment to support Viet Nam’s efforts in achieving its 21st century education objectives to produce well-trained, work-ready graduates with the skills necessary to compete in a rapidly changing global market.

  ENZ Chief Executive, Grant McPherson, said the Strategic Engagement Plan’s renewal provides an important opportunity to leverage and build on the longstanding education partnership between New Zealand and Viet Nam.

  “We value the vibrancy and richness that Vietnamese students bring to New Zealand campuses and communities, and we’ve been thrilled to see the growing number of students from Viet Nam choosing to study in New Zealand in recent years.

  “While COVID-19 has presented us with challenges, we are looking forward to welcoming Vietnamese students into New Zealand when it is safe for to do so, including through initiatives such as the New Zealand Schools Scholarships and the New Zealand Scholarships programme for postgraduate students.”

  The New Zealand Ambassador to Viet Nam, Wendy Matthews, said it was fitting to see the re-commitment to the Strategic Engagement Plan in 2020, which marks the 45^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Viet Nam.

  “The New Zealand-Viet Nam relationship has gone from strength to strength in recent years and education has been an integral part of this growth. I am delighted to see New Zealand institutions embarking on new ventures with education partners in Viet Nam – together they are developing innovative and student centric approaches. As we celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations in 2020, I’m confident today’s signing will serve as an effective platform to further advance education cooperation between Viet Nam and New Zealand and deliver successful education outcomes for our students.”