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• Events in Latin America a great success

  A mixture of education fairs and agent seminars were held in five cities across Brazil, Chile and Colombia and proved to be hugely popular. Three times as many students and families attended the ENZ fairs in Bogota and Santiago as attended the 2014 fairs, with a queue of eager students waiting their turn to enter the Education New Zealand fair in Bogota.  

  The students themselves expressed surprise at the level of interest from their peers in studying in New Zealand and, though some may have felt a little regret that their study destination “discovery” was not theirs alone, it affirmed that their interest was well-founded.

  As well, more New Zealand institutions – representing all sectors of the industry – than ever took part in the series of events, showing a real desire for greater engagement with prospective students in this region.  

  But it wasn’t only about the numbers.

  Feedback from the institutions that participated was very positive, and included comments such as:

  “ENZ operates very well in South America. The staff seem to be very switched on and they have a lot of market experience. I have been involved in many ENZ events in various countries and I am very happy with South America.”

  “The marketing of the event was clearly done very well because there were a lot of interested students and family members. Well done to Ana, Sam and Javiera for organising such a good event”

  “Awareness of New Zealand as study destination was very good”

  If you would like to know more about events in Latin America then please drop us a line events@enz.govt.nz

• Korea alumni association reinvigorated

  The Association has been energised by the arrival of new members, including recent graduates, and has plans for championing the New Zealand education story with prospective students in Korea and with industry.

  Prime Minister Key met 13 alumni of New Zealand education institutions – both Koreans and New Zealanders now based in Korea – who briefed him on the Association’s future direction and activities, and shared their study experiences in New Zealand. The alumni present at the event hold a wide range of positions including fashion designer, music company executive, children’s book illustrator, attorney, CEO of a technology company, a former professor of design and officers in the Korean military.

  “A New Zealand education provides many Korean students with a platform from which to launch successful careers in business, academia, and a range of other industries in Korea and New Zealand,” said Lisa Futschek, Education New Zealand’s Regional Director for Americas, Japan, and Korea.

  “New Zealand education has strong links with industry and business, meaning New Zealand-educated graduates are work-ready, innovative and flexible. The diversity of the local Korean-Kiwi community in Korea shows the range of choices that can open up with a New Zealand education.”

  The Association will organise various activities catering to shared interests and goals of other Korean-Kiwi community such as job opportunities, charitable activities, and a grand networking event in October 2015.

  To find out more and join (or recommend a friend that they join!): https://www.facebook.com/NZAAkorea

• NZ education shines in China

  Running alongside the fairs were the ENZ-hosted agent seminars in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 34 institutions participated in the seminar in Beijing, alongside 112 consultants, and 46 institutions participating in the Shanghai and Guangzhou seminars, with 60 consultants participating in Shanghai, and 116 in Guangzhou.

  A true NZ Inc effort, Immigration New Zealand also attended the fairs and seminars. New Zealand students holding Prime Minister’s Scholarships to Asia and currently studying in China also helped out – and feedback from industry participants highlighted the usefulness of their Chinese-language skills and the value of their more recent experience of the New Zealand education system.  The added bonus also being that these students are walking examples of the “outcomes” of New Zealand’s education system.

  High-level support for New Zealand institutions in China was demonstrated by the attendance of the New Zealand Ambassador to China, John McKinnon, at the agent seminar and fair in Beijing, and the attendance at the seminars in Shanghai and Guangzhou of the Consul-General in Shanghai, Guergana Guermanoff and the Consul-General in Guangzhou, Rebecca Needham. This underlined the cross-NZ Inc recognition of and support for the key role education plays in the bilateral relationship.

  International Market Manager - China, Amy Rutherford said, “I was delighted that so many New Zealand education institutions representing early, secondary, higher and vocational education participated in CIEET 2015 and the agent seminars. These events build on the previous work of industry and Education New Zealand to demonstrate the high value of a New Zealand education for Chinese students – work which is paying off, with New Zealand recently included in the Top 5 preferred overseas study destinations for China’s wealthy, as surveyed by the Hurun Report.”

• ENZ makes new friends with Kea

  Kea helps New Zealanders living offshore to connect with home and with one another, and to share and use their global experience, knowledge and opportunities.  It has recently broadened its network to include “friends of New Zealand”.

  ENZ sees Kea as another way to link international students and New Zealand educated alumni around the world – and for them to stay in touch with New Zealand and the wider international Kiwi community long after they have returned to their country.

  “The partnership will help to grow our network of alumni – our champions of New Zealand’s Education Story – and will provide a way for all current and former students to stay connected to New Zealand,” according to ENZ’s General Manager Marketing and Channel Development Hannah Lee-Darboe.

  “Our alumni are really important for their authentic, word-of-mouth recommendations about studying in New Zealand and how important international education is for cultivating long-term global connections,” according to Hannah.

  ENZ will help Kea find people to add to Kea’s network and communicate and engage with this audience via Kea.

  “This partnership makes so much sense, Kea’s Chief Executive Craig Donaldson said.  “Kea’s global network enables students to stay connected to New Zealand after they leave, while it provides an easy way of interacting with alumni and current international students.”

  Kea and ENZ are also partnering to develop an international education version of Kea’s World Class New Zealanders (WCNZ) network in South East Asia.  WCNZ is made up of high profile industry leaders and includes the likes of Mark D’Arcy, Director of Creative Solutions at Facebook, and London-based jewellery and accessories designer Amanda Allen, whose work appears in Harpers and Vogue.

  Kea and ENZ are currently seeking nominations of high profile New Zealand educated international alumni residing in South East Asia to be a part of this very prestigious network. Please send through nominations (name, what and when they studied, brief resume) to Hannah.lee-darboe@enz.govt.nz by May 15 2015.

• Christchurch - Sichuan partnership deepens

  The visiting group consisted of representatives from provincial government, business, tourism, education and the arts. The event was formally opened by the Vice-Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People’s Congress, Mr Li Xiangzhi and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Hon Louise Upston.

  In her address, the Minister noted: “the two regions also have a passionate interest in education, which is my particular area of focus.  We both value the contribution international education makes to enrich the diversity of our respective communities.  We also know that as the world becomes ever more inter-connected, learning about people from other cultures and environments is critical.”

  Education was a particular focus of the visit, building on agreements developed since 2013 between the Sichuan Education Department and Christchurch Educated.

  During “Splendid Sichuan” the parties signed an implementation plan for 2015-16, confirming plans for future inbound exchange activity. Sichuan Education Department presented Christchurch Educated with 15 full scholarships for Christchurch students to study in Sichuan. 

  During a Tertiary Education Forum leaders from both regions discussed plans for developing closer partnerships. 

  Sichuan and Christchurch share common experiences in recovering from major earthquakes and some of the future education opportunities will be focussed on this. Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel led a Christchurch delegation to China last month and in her visit to Sichuan emphasised the developing close relationship between the regions, evidenced by the progress made in developing education alliances. 

• Attention budding marketers

  The first competition will be open to SSEA students from selected institutions who are currently pursuing an undergraduate programme in business, marketing and/or related disciplines. Students entering must submit a marketing strategy designed to promote New Zealand as an education destination in their own country for a 12 month period. The strategy must outline how the programme will form part of a longer three-year strategy, an indicative budget and return on investment.

  ENZ will look for creative, critical and innovative strategies which demonstrate new thinking and fresh ideas in line with ENZ’s ‘Think New’ brand values. The five winning entries (across India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) will win an all-expenses paid four-week internship trip to New Zealand. The second and third placed entries in each country will also receive a prize.

  The second competition is targeted at secondary school students in South East Asia. Students will be invited to submit a 700-word essay clearly demonstrating their take on the theme of Think New: Think New Zealand. Winning students will win a prize and have their essay published in a prominent publication in their home country. This competition aims to help students research and learn about what it would be like to live and learn in New Zealand.

  Both competitions will be concluded by 30 June.

• WeChat – THE Chinese social media

  WeChat has become a default social networking tool for Chinese users.

  WeChat is China’s version of WhatsApp or Viber but with many additional social networking features. Released in January 2011 it is the largest standalone messaging app with more than 500 million monthly active users of which 15% are based outside of China.

  WeChat provides text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, sharing of photographs and videos, and location sharing. It is well integrated with other social networking services. Photographs can be enhanced with filters and captions, and an automated translation service is available.

  To understand the scale of WeChat’s growth, the following statistics are interesting:

  25% of users check WeChat more than 30 times a day Subscribers spent US$15.3B on mobile data using WeChat last year 86.2% of WeChat users are aged 18 to 36 WeChat users consume more content on WeChat than any other app.

  When it comes to marketing, WeChat has a number of advantages;

  Relationship building - WeChat acts like a customer relationship management (CRM) tool due its one to one communication, allowing a personal conversation between brands and followers.

  Customer Feedback - Customers also use WeChat for collecting information, opinions and comments about products. It is a great platform to gauge consumer satisfaction and to collect followers’ feedback.

  Education New Zealand’s WeChat platform was launched last August and has more than 2,500 followers. It is designed to enhance the awareness and understanding of New Zealand education among Chinese students and parents.

  Alexandra Grace, Education Counsellor of the New Zealand Embassy Beijing said, “Through the New Zealand’s official Weibo and WeChat, we hope to engage more stakeholders in China about New Zealand’s quality education, encourage exchanges and interactions, promote and enhance cooperation in early, secondary, higher education, and vocational education between the two countries.”

  If you are on WeChat, follow Education New Zealand and let us know how this new marketing tool is helping to grow awareness for your business.

• Accelerate Your Growth at NZIEC

  We’re pleased to outline some highlights of this year’s conference programme prior to registrations opening soon.  

  Visit www.nziec.co.nz for more information and to register!

  Conference theme

  NZIEC 2015 brings together practitioners and leaders from across New Zealand’s fifth largest export industry to explore strategies for growth. The Conference provides an opportunity to discuss, strategise and connect with expert speakers and delegates.

  The government’s Leadership Statement for International Education outlines ambitious onshore and offshore goals for the international education industry to achieve by 2025. With less than a decade to go until 2025, NZIEC 2015 focuses on how you can Accelerate Your Growth.

  To achieve success as an industry, we need to understand key changes in international markets, pursue innovation, invest in capability and communicate a strong brand. Through a range of presentations, workshops, discussions and case studies, NZIEC 2015 will provide a platform to learn what organisations around the world are doing to execute these strategies, and what we can do to improve ours.  

  Pre-conference workshops

  Thursday 21 August features pre-conference workshops – for the school sector in the morning and for all sectors in the afternoon.

  School sector pre-conference workshop

  A pre-conference workshop for the school sector kicks off at 9am on Thursday morning. Connect with school representatives from across the country while learning about market trends, our key competitors and opportunities to collaborate through SIEBA.

  All sectors marketing and market intelligence workshops

  The afternoon pre-conference workshops are open to all sectors. Thursday afternoon features a marketing workshop on honing your point of difference followed by a choice of market intelligence sessions spanning the world.

  In the marketing workshop, gain inspiration from the Icebreaker experience to help you understand how to stand out from the crowd.

  Then, choose from nine future-focused market intelligence sessions featuring cherry blossoms, hashtags and samba! Learn about opportunities spanning the globe – from the Americas to Asia to the Middle East and Europe.  

  Networking drinks and conference dinner

  Join in the celebrations on Thursday evening with networking drinks and conference dinner starting from 6pm.  

  Friday highlights

  The Conference on Friday kicks off at 8.30am and features keynote addresses that will inspire, challenge and provide insight.

  In between our fantastic international keynote speakers, you can choose from 12 breakouts on topics ranging from customers and markets, strategy, marketing, operations and innovation.

  Breakouts include several sessions featuring the latest data and intelligence, a panel discussion around offshore delivery, a session seeking your input on the International Education Senior Officials Group work programme, and a Lightning Innovation session featuring six industry innovators.

  Stay tuned for more detail, and save the date now!

• ENZ asks Saudi students: WhyNewZealand?

  The 18-member trade delegation included Chief Executives of six education organisations, and the visit provided great opportunities to promote New Zealand’s education system and to profile education companies doing business in the region. The Middle East is New Zealand’s largest export market for the delivery of education products and services, and the sixth largest recruitment market for students. 

  The #WhyNewZealand campaign targets entries via www.whynz.com and has the primary aim of raising awareness of New Zealand as a study destination. This is Education New Zealand’s first social media campaign in the Middle East and a competition is being run in conjunction with it whereby Saudi students have a chance to win one of eight English language scholarships on offer by promoting New Zealand on Twitter and Facebook. In the 12 days since its launch #WhyNewZealand has already attracted over 9,000 Twitter followers.

  As well as participating in events associated with the Prime Minister’s visit, the university and ITP delegation members attended the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education (IECHE) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and the Global Higher Education Exhibition (GHEDEX) in Muscat, Oman.  The IECHE event week in Riyadh provided an opportunity to launch ENZ’s new Arabic language Study in New Zealand website, as well as Twitter and Facebook pages.  A broad mix of Saudi education stakeholders heard from University of Canterbury alumnus, Saleh Alkhozaim, about his experience of studying in New Zealand, and an agent networking event was held to broaden the champions promoting New Zealand as a study destination.

  The Middle East region continues to show positive signals for growth, with high levels of engagement via social media; increased investment across Middle Eastern countries in education infrastructure, programmes, and technical and vocational education.  If you are interested in discussing the business prospects for your organisation in the Middle East region, send an email to middleeast@enz.govt.nz.

• INZ “Apply on Behalf” almost here…

  The new service will allow overseas-based education agents to submit visa applications online on behalf of their clients.

  Education agents based in New Zealand, as well as education providers, will be able to help students complete and submit an online application, but they are prohibited by law from providing immigration advice.

  …and eVisas coming soon

  Later this year, eVisas – passport-free and label-less visas – will be available to students from visa-waiver countries (these are countries whose citizens do not need a visa to travel to New Zealand).

  Also later in 2015, education providers will be able to view their students’ visa status through Immigration New Zealand’s VisaView service.

  We will have more detail on all this in upcoming eNews.