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• Education New Zealand is running our first ever Prime Minister's Scholarship alumni survey – now live!

  Why are we running the survey?

  We want to be able to capture and communicate the stories of the 2,400 recipients of the Prime Ministers’ Scholarship to date.

  This will help us tell the story of the life-changing international student experiences abroad, and how they can influence professional life, engagement in social issues and ultimately benefits New Zealanders. We also aim to learn more about Prime Minister’s Scholarship alumni needs and to build a community of like-minded people. 

  What do we want to achieve?

  Our goal is to gather feedback from at least 1,000 of our alumni.

  What can you do?

  Feel free to share amongst your respective network where relevant. The key here is that we only want Prime Minister's scholarship alumni to respond.

  Here's a sample text you might use (you can also share ENZ’s social posts on LinkedIn or Twitter):

  ENZ is seeking is keen to connect with our Prime Minister's Scholarship alumni and invite former participants to complete our first-ever alumni survey.

  Your answers will help us learn more about our alumni and the contribution that the Prime Minister’s Scholarship has had on individuals, Iwi and communities. 

  What you need to know: 

  • The survey will take no longer than 20 minutes. 
  • Responses will be kept confidential.

  Completed entries will go into a draw for Festival for the Future tickets (held 30 July - 1st August), with a choice of attending their event in Wellington or virtually. The survey will close on 21 July.  
    
  If you have any questions or concerns about this initiative, please send an email to scholarship@enz.govt.nz. 

  Thanks so much for your support! 

• Alumni events in China build ties with NZ

  More than 100 past, current and future students, as well as representatives from China’s Ministry of Education and six other key government agencies, attended an event in Beijing on 8 July 2022, organised by Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao.  

  Two former international students played a major role in the success of this event.  

  Chinese author Ma Boyong gave a keynote speech. Ma Boyong was a student at Waikato University, and today he is a well-known novelist, columnist and blogger, whose work has been adapted into successful TV drama series. His achievements have been recognised with the People's Literature Prize, one of China's most prestigious honours.  He told guests how his New Zealand study inspired his creativity, his desire to be a writer, and led to love – he met his wife in New Zealand! 

  Reggie Li, who trained at the New Zealand School of Travel and Tourism and later worked extensively at top restaurants and hotels in New Zealand as a chef, is the New Zealand Embassy’s executive chef.  Reggie gave salmon cooking demonstrations to the assembled guests. The demo was interactive and put a spotlight on searing/cooking salmon with a blowtorch.  The salmon was then enjoyed by the guests.  New Zealand-imported Aoraki salmon is often served at embassy events as it has a strong reputation in China, promotes sustainability and is, of course, loved by Chinese. 

  In Guangzhou on 10 July 2022, a similar number of guests gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China, and the festival of Matariki, the Māori New Year.   

  Organised by ENZ with support from other government agencies (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Tourism New Zealand), the 2022 NZ Guangzhou Community Mid-Year Event brought together close to 100 agents, past, present and future students and New Zealand expats. The event included a screening of the award-winning film Whale Rider. 

  “Events like this help us maintain relationships with our alumni students, connect new students with alumni, and strengthen people’s connections with New Zealand,” says Miranda Herbert, ENZ’s Director based in China. 

  “It is also very rewarding to showcase the benefits of a New Zealand education and hear about its impact on the lives and careers of former students.” 

  Interested in other upcoming events with Greater China?  

  The 2022 New Zealand – China Early Childhood Education Symposium will be held on 23 September and New Zealand-based participants can register here to join virtually.  

  In October New Zealand will have a national pavilion at the China Education Expo 2022. For more information on these events, please refer to the ENZ Events Page. 

• Sports education opportunities opening up in India

  India’s Delhi University women’s football team training with the Asia Pacific Football Academy at Lincoln University is an early example of growing activities between India and New Zealand sports education providers.

  While the Delhi University project is helping building connections at institutional level, there are opportunities emerging across a range of sports education and related disciplines.  

  According to one recent industry report, sports spending in India is outpacing the country’s relatively high economic growth rates.

  India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has a focus – and a NZ$370 million annual budget – to develop sports in India.

  Every Indian school with more than 100 students is expected to employ a part-time physical education (PE) instructor. When this legislative requirement is fully implemented, millions of physical education instructors and teachers must be trained or up-skilled.

  The Indian government has also said it will setup sports institutes, with private sector support, in every district of the country. Private sector involvement in sports education is on the rise.India is also broadening the types of sports it plays.

  The first edition of the Elite Football League of India (EFLI) kicked off late last year - matches were beamed to 70 million homes across India.

  Based on the current trends in India, and interest from the Indian system, the following disciplines and areas could be explored for opportunities in India:

  • Sports management

  • Physical education in schools

  • High performance centres

  • Sport science and medicine.

  Education New Zealand’s New Delhi office helped Delhi and Lincoln universities and the Asia Pacific Football Academy get their partnership underway.
  For more information contact: Dr Shruti Jain, Project Coordinator, Education New Zealand, New Delhi.

   

• Update for industry on Assignments4U issue

  Although I was made aware of the issue late on Friday, I was still taken aback at the tone of the article and some of the implications made.
  
  The issues raised are of concern to all of us, and we are working on gaining better understanding of the scale of the problem. We do know that it is not, as the article may imply, a problem that is peculiar to Chinese students, nor to students from any other country.
  
  Education New Zealand’s (ENZ’s) main focus on this issue is to manage any risks to New Zealand's international reputation as a provider of world class education, and to local perceptions of the value of international education to New Zealand.
  
  We are following a clear plan to manage any impact this issue may have locally and, most importantly, in China. I’d like to let you know what’s underway now.
  
  Yesterday we responded to media enquiries through a statement, most of which has been reported in the various media items on the matter so far.
  
  ENZ has excellent relationships within the Chinese education sector and our Regional Director, Greater China, is in touch with Chinese officials to ensure there is no misunderstanding about the issue or the New Zealand Government’s response to the matter.
  
  I am aware of the efforts everyone our industry makes to maintain New Zealand’s reputation as a provider of high quality education, and you can be sure we are very much focussed on that as well.
  
  If you have any thoughts, comments or require any assistance, then please get in touch with me, or Senior Communications Advisor, Susie McShane.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Grant McPherson

• Changes to INZ’s panel physicians

  INZ is continuing to implement changes to its panel physician network as part the agreement with Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) to create a jointly managed offshore panel physician network. 

  Implementation of the network, which is occurring in a phased approach, is expected to be fully completed by November 2014.  Changes implemented in April and June 2013 resulted in alignment of panel physicians in over 100 countries.

  INZ is now making some changes to its panel in China, ahead of formal alignment with DIBP in this region in late 2014.  This will result in the addition and removal of some panel physicians, but will not result in a net decrease of INZ panel physician coverage in China.

  Changes will be effective as of 1 November 2013.

  • Panel physicians being removed from INZ’s list have been informed not to accept appointments after 31 October 2013.

  • Applicants who have had a medical and/or chest X-ray certificate completed by a panel physician being removed from INZ’s panel will still be able to submit these with their visa application if they have been completed prior to 1 November 2013.

  • The INZ panel physician list is on the INZ website . If applicants are unsure whether their medical certificates have been completed by a panel physician they should refer to the INZ website, or contact their nearest INZ office for further advice.

  Further information

  Additional information is published on INZ’s website  

• New resource on the Brand Lab

  "Peking University’s New Zealand Centre (which involves several of our universities and government agencies) runs this undergraduate course which students take to earn foreign language credits (and because of their interest in New Zealand, of course).  Enrolments have grown year-on-year, with 75 students now taking this class.

  In the past, I have delivered a more academic lecture on New Zealand’s education system, including on policies and reform.  And in the past, this has been met with glazed eyes.  So in a break with tradition I decided to make the session more interactive and incorporate some of the tools we now have at our disposal.  I gave an informal “why study in New Zealand” presentation, then moved on to showing the New Zealand Story and New Zealand Education Story.

  We then broke into small groups (just like we do in New Zealand classrooms and tutorials), and students worked on the task I had set:  to discuss and agree on “what three words best exemplify what is ‘special’ about New Zealand education.”

  And I was blown away by the responses.  Each group came up to write its words on the blackboard, and common themes included innovation, openness, diversity, inspiring, and opportunity.  Our messaging is clearly resonating.

  After then watching some of ENZ’s Gibson Group-produced Dragons in a Distant Land alumni episode (and remembering far too late that I have a cameo in it), I asked each group to explain its three words.  And again – I was blown away.  The willingness of these students to contribute their thoughts and to ask questions – in English, in public - with a second member from one group even volunteering additional thoughts – really impressed me.  The course coordinators were also very pleasantly surprised. 

  As products of New Zealand’s education system, volunteering our thoughts, asking questions and speaking in public come naturally to us.  This isn’t so in every education system.  

  Almost best of all, the course was that day being audited by a very senior Peking University Professor.  She stood up at the end and said, “I did my PhD in economics at the University of Chicago.  After today, I want my grandchild to go and study in NZ”.

  I always give the class my email address, and as of right now have received five enquiries from these students at China’s top-ranked university.  I have also had to courier additional blocks of Whittaker’s chocolate.  Each of the nine groups deserved a prize.

  A Chinese subtitled version of the New Zealand Education Story is now available on the Brand Lab, so I encourage you to use this when next in China or hosting Chinese visitors.”

• Immigration update: new eMedical system

  INZ says eMedical is an exciting initiative that will deliver important benefits, including:

  • Saving time and costs for INZ and its customers: eMedical provides a secure online channel for a visa applicant’s health information; in most cases this information will not need manual assessment by immigration officers.

  • Improved customer experience through eliminating paper medical certificates: this will help INZ reduce visa application processing times.

  Applicants and their representatives will continue to have access to their medical information through eMedical reporting mechanisms.  As happens now with paper medical certificates, an applicant will be able to provide their health information, as captured in eMedical, to their representative if they have one.

  The new eMedical system will also support a fully online visa application process.  eMedical will be phased in progressively from late 2014, and during 2015 it will be integrated with Immigration ONLINE, INZ’s new technology platform for visa applications and processing.

  More information can be found on the Immigration New Zealand website.

• Stephen Fleming flies New Zealand education flag in India

  Taking advantage of the former Black Caps captain’s massive profile in India, ENZ organised several awareness raising events fronted by Stephen Fleming to encourage Indian students to come to New Zealand.

  “Stephen has legendary status in India with the country’s love of cricket and Stephen’s own connections through the Indian Premier League where he is coach of the Chennai Super Kings. He is a very well-known and highly regarded personality and working with him to convey New Zealand’s education story has enabled us to reach a volume and quality of audience that might not have been as readily accessible otherwise,” said Ziena Jalil, ENZ Regional Director for South and South East Asia.

  “As a passionate advocate for quality education with a strong belief in the New Zealand education system, Stephen does a great job in exciting students, teachers and parents about what we have to offer.”

  Stephen was at all three Education New Zealand fairs in India in late August to interact with students and answer questions about studying in New Zealand. School and tertiary education institution visits in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi attracted more than a thousand potential students.

  We also secured a huge volume of quality media coverage as a result of Stephen’s promotional activities – one media briefing drew more than 50 journalists including several TV channels.

  An online campaign challenged students who were already thinking about study abroad options to take the next step and actively consider New Zealand as a study destination.

  Visitors who registered their interest in studying in New Zealand on the Education New Zealand campaign website were contacted by an education agent who provided them with more information about the courses, the criteria and support with the application process.

  By expressing interest, prospective students were automatically in to win an exclusive dinner date with Stephen Fleming. The lucky winners enjoyed a once in a lifetime experience with the cricketer who is regarded in India as one of the best captains the Black Caps have ever had.

  You can find photos of Stephen, the students and the fairs on our facebook page.

  While this campaign in India is over, New Zealand’s co-hosting the 2015 Cricket World Cup (CWC) also offers additional opportunities in India from an education perspective.

  If you are interested in learning more about the Stephen Fleming or CWC programmes for India should contact ENZ at: india@enz.govt.nz.

• Vocational education links with China boosted

  The arrangement agrees to more collaborative research projects, joint programmes (including the delivery of New Zealand qualifications in China), knowledge-sharing symposia and education development opportunities between New Zealand and Chinese institutions.

  The arrangement operationalises the Model Vocational Education Programme, which was agreed to as part of the Strategic Education Partnership arrangement signed in Beijing in April last year.

  The Programme has already involved two symposia, held in Qingdao and Tianjin, as well as the establishment of a virtual research centre at the Central Institute of Vocational and Technical Education in Beijing. Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) will host the third symposia in late October 2015.

  The arrangement seeks to facilitate collaboration between each country’s vocational institutions.

  “As China seeks to up-skill millions of its people, New Zealand can play a pivotal and mutually beneficial role in the education sector in China. The Vocational Education and Training Model Programme facilitates exchange between educational institutions in New Zealand and China to develop initiatives that are mutually beneficial for both countries,” said Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce when announcing the signing.

  “Both our countries recognise the significant contribution education makes to the economic health of our nations and the longer term benefits that flow from through the increased social and cultural understanding between our two cultures,” he said. 

  The Arrangement to Operationalise the Vocational Education and Training Model Programme in place between the Ministry of Education of New Zealand and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China was signed by Vice Minister of Education Dr Hao Ping and Secretary for Education Peter Hughes.

• A media education

  In late May I had the great pleasure of taking five journalists from South East Asia on a tour of New Zealand. The journalists – two from Thailand, two from Viet Nam and one from the Philippines – all have a special interest in education, and were part of a bigger group who were hosted by NZ Inc as part of a range of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the relationship between New Zealand and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

  While the other journalists went on a trade and tourism circuit, our group travelled on their own education-focused itinerary. Apart from meeting up with the others at a cocktail event held by the Prime Minister at Auckland Museum, we did our own thing.

  

  Above: The journalists were engaged right from the get go!

  Most regrettably, a blizzard interfered with our plans to visit Dunedin and Queenstown, but the hastily-arranged alternative schedule of Canterbury-based events made up, in some measure, for the missed opportunities further south.

  Once we got the basics – such as dressing appropriately for the cold – sorted, we were on a roll and the week raced by in the intense, humour-filled, lost-in-translation way they do with such visits, and with a good measure of sheep shearing, eye-dog marvelling, pie eating and hobbit-home wonderment thrown in.

  

  Above: They saw cakes being iced in Canterbury…and a robotic guitar in Wellington.

  From schools to English language centres, ITPs to universities the journalists were impressed by the range and quality of the programmes and facilities, intrigued by the Intermediate School concept, very interested in our homestay set ups and excited by the many opportunities to hear directly from students currently in New Zealand.

  

  Above: They met with a group of Thai health professionals undergoing executive development in Waikato...and rubbed shoulders with the Prime Minister in Auckland.

  For my part, it was a hugely informative trip – providing me with valuable insights into the three South East Asian countries via the journalists, as well as me to make connections with members of our industry and to become more familiar with what you have to offer. Many thanks to those who took part, and arranged tours and gathered students to talk to the journalists.

  As I bid farewell to them all at Auckland airport, Nirunsak, one of the Thai journalists who had been a bit of lone wolf during the week, but who I discovered was a music-loving, short story-writing romantic, said:  “I will carry New Zealand in my heart with a song.’ Magic.

  

  And yes, we went to Hobbiton!

  The follow up questions are coming through now and we look forward to the stories in their media that the visit will generate.