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Around the world in five
Canada
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced further details of changes to the Post-Graduation Work Permit, including the eligible fields of study for college students.
Korea
The government of South Korea has launched new immigration initiatives, including longer post-study work periods for international students, expanded opportunities for permanent residency, a new youth mobility visa, and a new visa stream for graduates from the world’s top-ranking universities.
United Kingdom
Opportunity, growth, and partnership: a blueprint for change from the UK’s universities calls for a rethinking of funding and strategies for the UK tertiary sector. The report recommends the establishment of a coordinated global strategy for UK universities, and the creation of a “Compact” between universities and government to ensure sustainable and stable levels of international student recruitment
United Kingdom and Australia
Overall satisfaction grew for the first time in two years – largely driven by significant improvement at UK and Australian institutions, according to results from Edified’s most recent annual student enquiry experience tracker. The shoppers ranked Australian and New Zealand universities as the best for sending the “most relevant and persuasive responses”, sharing content that interested them half of the time compared to one in every six communications from European universities.
United States
International students in the US will no longer be able to study abroad for longer than five months as part of what stakeholders believe could be an "unintended consequence" of a new policy change.
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Country insights at your fingertips
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ’s) just launched New Zealand International Education – Country Key Information Dashboard provides a rich resource of insights for sector representatives, education agents and consultants looking for key data about international education in New Zealand in relation to a specific country.
Each country snapshot features insights such as international student enrolment data, including broad field and level of study that students are enrolled in, international student visa data, student experience survey findings, as well as overall goods and services exports between that country and New Zealand.
This beta version of the dashboard is drawn from a range of sources, including valuation data from Statistics New Zealand, visa data from Immigration New Zealand, enrolment data from the Ministry of Education, and ENZ’s international student experience data.
ENZ’s Director Insights, Marie Clark, said that the release of the country dashboard is part of ENZ’s concerted effort to provide the sector with a wider range of useable and accessible intelligence to guide their marketing and promotional efforts.
“For providers visiting a potential market or education agents looking to grow student numbers in New Zealand, the dashboard offers an instant snapshot of all the key sources of information for that country and New Zealand.
“This is a beta version, and as we receive the sector’s feedback, we intend to add more information to it over time,” Marie said.
You can view the beta dashboard on ENZ’s Tableau Public site here.
We welcome your feedback on the dashboard at insights@enz.govt.nz.
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Around the world in five
Global
Decline in interest in ‘Big Four’ study destinations
Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – declined by 14% in the year ending January 2025.
Australia
The 2025 student: A data-driven analysis of Gen Z and learning abroad
The landscape of higher education has undergone profound shifts over the past five years. The characteristics, expectations, and financial realities of students in 2018 differ significantly from those of today’s university cohort.
United Kingdom
Report projects need for greater diversification in international student recruitment this year
A new analysis from British Council projects softening student numbers from China and India this year. The report argues that educators will need to extend recruiting efforts across a larger number of markets.
China
Chinese universities “hungry” for international partnerships
Chinese universities are keener than ever to create and upgrade international partnerships, a new white paper has said.
India
Could Indian branch campuses bail out struggling Western universities?
India’s opening up to overseas outposts has injected new life into a form of transnational education.
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Student voice 2014
Twenty six current and former international students came together from all around New Zealand to share their personal education experience about their time studying here.
The first afternoon was all about fun and getting to know each other - a Matariki-themed scavenger hunt around Te Papa followed by a burger-making masterclass on a classic Kiwi BBQ and rounded off with a delicious pavlova decorating competition.
The second day focused on workshops where students shared their New Zealand education stories. We wanted to find out what went well, and not so well, and where improvements could be made to increase satisfaction of international students experiences while in New Zealand.
The workshops provided a platform for participants to provide advice to other international students, to hear their take on common statements and beliefs that are associated with education in New Zealand, and to network with international students from across the country.
“I got to meet new people from all parts of the world and make new friends. I also felt the ENZ values our opinions and reviews by giving us importance. I would like to thank ENZ for giving us this platform,” said one student after Student Voice.
This year we involved our 160k Facebook followers in Student Voice with followers getting amongst the event by interacting with the students and making comments. You can find photos and comments on our Facebook page or search Facebook for #NZstudentvoice2014.
“It was a great experience. And I learned a lot from other students’ experience. And now I understand that I wasn’t the only one to experience difficulties initially in New Zealand.”
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Rosehill College and Te Hihi primary school partnership thrives
Just ten minutes down the road, Te Hihi School is a full primary school in rural Karaka with around 200 students and 17 staff. Rosehill College has a well-established international student programme and Te Hihi is just starting out.
“In the past we have had the odd Korean student come to our school, but with Anne’s help we have developed an international student business plan, I’ve been to an ENZ fair in Guangzhou and we’ve hosted a study group from Taiwan,” says Kevin Bush, principal at Te Hihi School.
Anne Henwood is the Director of International Students at Rosehill College and she takes Te Hihi’s marketing material with her whenever she goes overseas.
“Our relationship with Te Hihi school is a real pleasure – and it makes good sense,” says Anne.
“As well as offering families a pathway for their child from primary to secondary education, our relationship shows we have strong connection with the local community and a serious commitment to our children.”
With a pathway through to Rosehill College, a Te Hihi School student can stay within the area and possibly with the same homestay family for the full course of their schooling in New Zealand.
Kevin has also noticed the benefit of having international students in the school on his Kiwi students.
“In August we had a year 8 short term study group come from Taiwan for five weeks – our children had their eyes opened as they got to know children from another culture. Asia is an area that they don’t get a lot of exposure to but going forward as a country, Asia is going to be important to them as adults,” says Kevin.
“The children that come to New Zealand on their own show remarkable resilience. The friendships that they make while they are here, especially if they stay on for secondary school, are likely to last a lifetime – providing valuable global connections for our children.”
In June, Anne hosted a visit by an agent from Guangzhou who spent the morning at Rosehill and the afternoon at Te Hihi.
“The agent really enjoyed her visit and it was great to show her both schools in one day, to demonstrate the strength of our working relationship and what we have to offer as a package,” says Anne.
“Back in her office in China she will have a much better understanding of our education system and everything we have to offer when she is talking to parents about sending their child to New Zealand.”
Marketing as a team is a long term proposition that will only bear fruit over time. As principal of a small rural school, Kevin is realistic about their capacity for international students.
“I’m planning for around six international students to come to Te Hihi over the next couple of years which seems like a low target but I am excited by the diversity even a small number of students will bring to our school,” says Kevin.
Anne agrees saying: “International students bring culture and diversity, as well as a willingness to learn, to be part of the whole English environment.”
“Some Rosehill students may never get the opportunity to travel so the experience they get at school with other cultures becomes very important.”
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Bollywood star Sidharth Malhotra in conversation with Indian international students in Auckland
The star took time out of his very busy schedule to chat to Indian international students in Auckland.
Students from AUT University, Massey University, Media Design School, Unitec, and the University of Auckland came into school on a Sunday to ask the star their most burning questions.
Sidharth’s debut film Student of the Year was about university students, so he relished the opportunity to be back on campus at the University of Auckland’s Business School.
The students were keen to learn how they, too, could go on to become big successes. He advised them to never lose sight of their career goals.
“Always write down your target and keep your focus on it. Be confident, and always say yes to opportunities,” he said.
The students were particularly inspired by Sidharth as he is not from a Bollywood family and got his foot in the film industry door by working behind the scenes.
He stressed the importance of working while studying as, for him, this was a key way to build up professional networks as well as learning new skills.
As a former professional rugby player for the Delhi Hurricanes, Sidharth was very interested to hear from three New Zealand India Sports Scholarships students who were in the crowd.
Scholarship recipients Surabhi Date and Ketaki Khare have been leading women’s rugby in India for the past five years. Surabhi, a sport and exercise science student at AUT University was the youngest captain in the Asian women’s rugby circuit at just 19 years old and played in the first Indian sevens team. While Ketaki a sports coaching student at Unitec was a founding member of India’s first female rugby squad and the first Indian woman to win an international rugby scholarship.
Sidharth and the rugby players shared their desire to push rugby as a sport in India, particularly among women, and see more high quality rugby grounds be developed in the country.
Kritika Bhasin, a sport management student at Unitec, asked Sidharth about the sports he plays in his spare time, apart from rugby (tennis, swimming and basketball for those who are interested!).
The interaction ended with a raucous applause as Sidharth revealed he would be supporting the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup. The next day he met with the Prime Minister John Key who gave him an All Blacks jersey.
The event has been picked up extensively in the Indian media and Sidharth has posted about it to his 2.4 million Twitter followers.
A big thanks to the institutions who pulled out all the stops to make this event happen at very short notice.
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New Zealand’s education story screening in Colombia
ENZ Senior Communications Advisor, Rose O’Connor, had the pleasure of spending a week with a television crew from Colombia recently, during which New Zealand turned on the very best of its crisp and sparkly autumn weather, and Christchurch treated the group to an impressive display of flame-coloured trees.
L-R: Cameraman, Jimmy Torres Bravo; Producer, Viviana Arjona Parra; Presenter/Director, Alavaro Velez Isaza; Kiwi UC student Hapi Tohiariki; and Colombian UC student Daniel Trocez enjoyed the spectacle of the Crusaders’ victory over the Reds
The warm Aotearoa welcome was matched by the warmth and generosity of the stars of the show – Natascha Diaz, a PhD student at Auckland University of Technology; and Daniel Trochez, a B. Comm. student at the University of Canterbury. Natascha and Daniel invited us in to their lives and shared their stories with us, and the participating institutions opened their doors and allowed the crew to capture footage of the campuses that will enable a rich story to be told.
From a backyard Kiwi barbecue to a Friday night rugby game; ice creams on the beach to pies in AUT’s Hikuwai Plaza; interviews with the students, their friends, homestay families and university lecturers – we were able to build a strong picture of Natascha and Daniel’s lives in New Zealand. Their stories will be told to a potential audience of 10 – 12 million in Colombia, via a popular programme called ‘Contador de Historias’ (The Storyteller). The programme is also broadcast extensively across the Americas.
Alvaro being greeted with a hongi by tour guide Gaz, before heading down to Piha beach.
The visit was the first time in New Zealand for all members of the TV crew, and the first time out of Colombia for the young woman from our PR agency, Viviana. They all declared their love for New Zealand and vowed to return.
The presenter/director of the show, Alavaro Velez Isaza, expressed in a recent email:
“This was an invaluable experience that surely will be reflected in the chronicles we will see in our program Contador de Historias that our Latin American audience will appreciate, through your eyes that were ours throughout the tour.”
The crew declared a preference for New Zealand’s style of coffee making!
Visits such as this are the result of collaboration between ENZ, education providers and the students themselves. While we’re in the thick of famil-season, with both agents and media touring the country, ENZ would like to thank all those involved in their organisation and hosting. The success of such visits relies heavily on our ability to provide meaningful, relevant and high-impact programmes, and it is the support that we receive from our industry partners that helps us achieve this.
We’ll share the link once the programme once available, but in the meantime you can follow this link to view the teaser.
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Pathway visa announced
This is great news for our industry and one of the priority actions identified in the international education industry strategic roadmap developed in 2014.
The pathway student visa will allow international students to undertake up to three consecutive programmes of study with selected education providers on a single visa that is valid for up to five years. A pathway programme can be offered by a single provider, or by a group of providers. For example, a student could obtain a pathway visa to study for three consecutive years at a school, or obtain a visa to undertake a year of study at an English language institution, progress to a year-long foundation programme, and follow that with a three-year degree programme.
Over 500 primary, secondary and tertiary institutions have been invited to participate in the 18 month pilot on the basis that they have a student visa application approval rate of 90 percent or higher for the 2014/15 financial year. A list of participating New Zealand education providers is available on the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) website.
The 18 month pilot period started on 7 December and will enable INZ to evaluate pilot outcomes, such as student transition rates from the first to the second programme of study and how well the arrangements between education providers are working.
Find out more about the key conditions and features of the pathway visa on the Immigration New Zealand website here.
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International students dig deep
The student volunteers were a mix of high school (Shirley Boys High School, St Bedes College and Riccarton High School) and university students (Ara Institute of Canterbury, Lincoln University and University of Canterbury), said Izzie Guo, Student Experience Coordinator, Canterbury International Education Leadership Accord and Christchurch Educated.
“There was also a great mix of cultures, with students coming from China, India, Japan, Russia, Thailand, Botswana and Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Philippines, Malaysia and New Zealand,” she said.
The students took around two hours to plant 500 native plants, including rushes and sedges.
“The international students learned about native bush, while several locals stopped by to talk to the internationals and learn about the reasons they were in Christchurch, and how they were enjoying studying and living in New Zealand,” Izzie said.
The event was followed by a Kiwi-style BBQ thanks to the Christchurch City Council park ranger involved, Robbie Hewson. It finished with a soccer game, where team China and Japan competed with team Russia and New Zealand.
“After the BBQ, some of the students walked around the Sister City gardens at the quarry – they were very excited to see that the garden was built to signify the relationships between their countries and Christchurch.
”I had a wonderful time!” said Omar Sheta, from Egypt who is studying at Riccarton High School. “I met lovely people from different parts of the world, we volunteered together as one, chatted and played soccer together.
"It was definitely a fun and meaningful experience for all,” said Sigred Yamit, a Filipino who is studying at the University of Canterbury.
“Not only were we able to contribute a bit to the local gardens and community, but we also made new friends. Everyone had a great time and tons of selfies were taken at the end of the day."
This event was supported Christchurch Educated International Student Association and Ara’s student events team.
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Gather agent performance insights and minimise fraud risk
Taking these additional steps will also help providers gather valuable insights about agent performance, INZ says in the November issue of its India student newsletter.
Agent performance data for the Indian student market currently includes approval rates for agents recruiting Indian students. This data is available on INZ’s website here.
However, if education providers ask for and receive an agent’s waiver or permission, they can request from INZ an agent’s complete performance data that covers the following points:
- agent performance data based on total student visa application volumes
- data that is market specific, about global performance, or covers any date range
- information that includes, where possible/relevant, reasons for declined decisions
- INZ will also disclose any instances of fraud or misrepresentation by the agent regarding any applications they have represented.
Complete performance data could help providers to make more informed decisions about agents they work with, INZ says.
Naming an agent on all offers of place also has its advantages. It allows INZ to accurately record the agent involved in each application, requires agents to declare themselves on student visa application forms and allows each provider to monitor and record the agent they have issued an offer of place to.
