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From the CE: Telling the story of international education
Kia ora koutou,
I’m pleased to return with another update and much has changed in recent months. The Delta variant has severely impacted several regions across the country, emphasising the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Despite the challenges we face today, I believe the international education sector will remain a vital part of the future of Aotearoa New Zealand. We have many positive stories to tell.
Many of us are aware of the broad social, cultural, and economic benefits of international education. However, research shows there is limited public awareness of these benefits. We need more New Zealanders to speak up publicly in support of international education.
To help us carry this crucial message to all New Zealanders, I am very proud to release Communicating the benefits of international education – a toolkit. This new resource from Education New Zealand is designed to help you find and tell your own stories, in your communities, about the valuable contributions you and your international students are making.
You’ll find the toolkit on the ENZ Brand Lab. There is a story framework with eight content themes to help you develop your ideas, and advice on how to tell a clear, consistent story and to promote it on multiple communication channels.
At ENZ we are expanding our own efforts to explain what international education is, how much it matters to our students, our country and our global relationships, and where it is going under the Recovery Plan and the New Zealand International Education Strategy. We have partnered with the award-winning online magazine The Spinoff to publish a series of feature stories. You can read the first feature on the vital role of international education in keeping Aotearoa connected.
If recent months have shown us anything, it’s that we are not out of the woods yet. The world has a way to go before we’re ready to welcome each other with wide-open borders, and we are still fighting to retain and rebuild our sector.
I know that many of you are dealing with the loss of revenue, capability, capacity and global market share, as well as with the impact on your personal lives.
But your hard work is making a real difference, not only to your students and their distant families but also to the reputation of Aotearoa New Zealand as a place that cares about people, regardless of their origins or beliefs.
He rā ki tua – better times are coming.
Grant McPherson
Chief Executive, Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao
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Around the world in five
NEW ZEALAND
Allianz Partners launches mental wellbeing app – a proactive approach for international students
AUSTRALIA
Experts weigh in on Australia’s 10-year strategy at AIEC
UNITED KINGDOM
Number of EU students at UK universities halves after Brexit, non-EU students increase
GLOBAL
Pandemic ‘postpones rather than prevents’ international study
GLOBAL
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Big audience for ECE symposium streamed live from China
The New Zealand-China Early Childhood Education Symposium streamed live from Qingdao in Shandong Province in September, attracting an audience of around 24,000 viewers on a Chinese language streaming service, 170 at the venue and dozens more online from Norway, Mexico and Turkey.
The audience for the symposium, organised by Education New Zealand, has grown 20-fold since the first event in 2020, proving the appeal of events streamed in several languages.
The theme of this year’s symposium was the best practice for developing high-quality early childhood education (ECE) teachers.
Data from 2020 show there were over 48 million children enrolled in Chinese kindergartens and a shortage of nearly 300,000 full-time ECE teachers.
Delegates heard from New Zealand experts at the Ministry of Education, the University of Auckland, the Open Polytechnic, AUT, Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand and Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology.
Toi Ohomai presenter Dr Rosemary Richards spoke from New Zealand on how to interact with children on visual art. She welcomes chances like these to share her work with a large and diverse audience.
“In this increasingly globalised world of education, it is important for educators to find ways to have meaningful connections that extend our intercultural and professional understandings,” Dr Richards says.
“The online symposium and live streaming also allowed for connections with wider communities and audiences that are not possible in traditional formats. Perhaps our future holds more potential for a combination of both.”
ENZ worked with the China Ministry of Education and the China Centre for International People-to-People Exchange to organise the symposium.
Local organisers included the Qingdao Municipal Education Bureau, the China National Society of Early Childhood Education, the Qingdao Preschool Education College and the Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education under Shanghai Normal University.
New Zealand and China collaborate on early childhood education under the mechanism of the Joint Working Group on Education and Training, last held in February 2021.
Want to know more about the symposium or upcoming ENZ initiatives in China? Contact China@enz.govt.nz
The University of Auckland’s Dr Marek Tesar and Dr Kiri Gould gave a keynote presentation on the pathway to becoming an ECE teacher. Audience members could scan the QR code on the screen to connect on WeChat.
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Māori and indigenous American academics join forces
Over 150 experts have been exchanging ideas at a series of virtual sessions over the last month, hosted by Education New Zealand, Māori university scholarship body Te Kāhui Amokura and the National Science Foundation in the United States.
The MULTIPLIER Planning and Virtual Information Exchange Sessions covered indigenous language research, indigenous data sovereignty, and climate change and its impacts on indigenous communities. Participants included Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Māori scholars.
ENZ’s Director of Engagement for North America, DuBois Jennings, says it was a privilege to co-host the meeting of so many powerful academic figures on such important questions.
“We’re incredibly excited to explore ways in which we can support research on these critical issues and foster collaboration between the indigenous communities and nations who participated,” Mr Jennings says.
“Following these events, we hope to build relationships among researchers in our two countries while exploring a bilateral government-to-government agreement to support this crucial research.”
The National Science Foundation’s Keith Chanon, a Program Director in the Office of International Science and Engineering, says they are excited by the amount of interest from the two indigenous research communities in working together.
“There is clearly much to be learned from the experience and traditional knowledge that resides in both countries,” he says.
The National Science Foundation supports basic research and education in all scientific and engineering disciplines, and 25 percent of all federally-funded academic fundamental research at US colleges and universities. The planning and exchange sessions were held under the Foundation’s MULTIPLIER programme, which draws international expertise into its research missions.
Te Kāhui Amokura – part of Universities New Zealand Te Pōkai Tara – promotes outcomes for Māori university students and staff and Māori scholarship.
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Border exception: 1,000 more international students
A further border class exception for 1,000 international students has been approved by the New Zealand Government.
For details please click on this link: Border class exception for 1,000 international students – Ministry of Education
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International students get behind Super Saturday vaccine drive
A group of students showed their concern and social responsibility by telling their stories to The New Zealand Herald ahead of the Super Saturday vaccination drive on 16 October 2021.
Education New Zealand Chief Executive Grant McPherson said it was great to see international students getting involved in the vaccination effort.
“New Zealand reaching its 90% vaccination target will aid in our recovery and bring us one step closer to welcoming more international students to Aotearoa,” he says.
“These are people who bring an array of benefits to community wellbeing, our global relationships, a productive workforce, a strong education system and enabling trade and diplomacy.”
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New insights on East Asian and Indian markets for New Zealand educators
Education New Zealand is bringing together education agents, academics, administrators, government officials and other experts for seven twice-weekly sessions starting on 18 November 2021.
ENZ’s Regional Director Asia, Ben Burrowes, says the East Asia and India Market Insights Series will explore ways of staying connected in the region, analyse competitors and market trends, and offer fresh perspectives on New Zealand’s offerings.
“Our expert government, institution, agent and industry partners have up-to-the-minute insights to share on learner demand, market sentiment and the competitor landscape,” he says.
“The range of perspectives on offer will be invaluable in helping our people to shape their strategies and continue to build a sustainable international education sector.”
The series of seven webinars runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Thursday 18 November to Thursday 9 December 2021 between:
4 pm – 4:45 pm NZDT
8:30 am – 9:15 am IST
10 am – 10:45 am ICT
11 am – 11:45 am SGT
12 pm – 12:45 pm JST/KST
Each webinar features two presenters and is 45 minutes long including a live Q&A segment. Register now for free access to any webinar.
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Indigenous women leaders see international education as key to the future
They were speaking at a new webinar in the Kōrerorero: Conversations that Matter series – organised by Education New Zealand’s North America and Latin America teams in partnership with The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The webinar attracted almost 800 academics, international education professionals, government officials and businesspeople, with 275 joining live and the rest registered to view it later. The event drew on the Chronicle’s large subscription base to reach an audience of high-ranking academics in the Americas and attracted an all-star panel of indigenous women leaders in education and business.
Dr Alina Namuncura Rodenkirchen of Chile’s Universidad Católica de Temuco explained the challenges faced by Mapuche women, whose accessibility issues are amplified by rural living and lead to exclusion.
“Education is the key to face all these obstacles. International education can show opportunities, can give us a bigger picture, can empower us,” she said.
“At the same time, we can look back. When we are far away, we can cherish our people and feel what is missing, feel where we want to go back, to support and to collaborate.”
Indigenous entrepreneur and consultant Rachel Petero shared her experiences as a Māori wāhine connecting with the Mapuche.
“Think of entrepreneurship (as a way) to own your own self-determination, your sovereignty. We need to decolonise entrepreneurship and how we do that is (by) connecting,” she said.
“International education is even more important now than ever before because it gives us hope. … It takes us out of this global pandemic mindset that we are stuck in and gives us hope to develop ourselves and move forward.”
Carrie L. Billy, President and CEO of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, said indigenous people had a special perspective on international education.
“The cultural and societal responsibilities of women are the centre of our collective ability to maintain balance and harmony and wellbeing within the community. When that's out of balance, everything else follows,” she said.
Associate Professor Ella Henry, Senior Lecturer in International Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Auckland University of Technology, said international education could help to turn the tide for disadvantaged communities.
“International education is very important, particularly for addressing some of the discrimination and disadvantage that indigenous communities and indigenous women face. Indigenous education is an important vehicle. What is also strengthened by that process is our indigenous identity,” she said.
Dr Henry, of Ngātikahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāti Kuri and Te Rārawa, addressed non-indigenous educators interested in supporting indigenous international education, asking them to “learn to walk with us, alongside us, as allies.”
Watch the full webinar episode – Kōrerorero: International Education and Developing Indigenous Women’s Leadership.
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Education New Zealand’s webinar partner for the event – has an audience of 10 million higher education employees and 1,600 organisational subscribers to its web content and publications.
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Around the world in five
Australia
Scott Morrison prepares to let in over 200,000 students and skilled workers
Japan
Travel ban lifted but students could be a long time coming
United States
68% increase in new first-time international enrolments across the United States
Global
Agent views of Australia/New Zealand drop as United Kingdom, Canada and United States benefit
United Arab Emirates
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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.
