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  • 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  

  • Japan promotes study abroad

    The programme also aims to substantially alleviate the financial burden on students studying abroad by combining public- and private-sector scholarship programmes.

    The number of Japanese students studying abroad has been on a downward trend, with a total of 58,060 in 2010 after peaking in 2004 at 82,945. The Japanese Education Ministry’s analysis has found that students are increasingly reluctant to study abroad for reasons such as overseas study experience not necessarily being an advantage when searching for a job; having to repeat the same year after returning to Japan; and the high cost.

    Based on these findings, the Ministry has come up with a vision of creating a "global human resource development community," in which the government, companies and universities join hands to promote studying abroad among students. The Ministry has already set aside 15.3 billion yen (NZ$195 million) for a study-abroad scholarship programme for 32,500 university students and 3,600 high school students - three times the figure for the current fiscal year. 

    Participating companies will be asked to select students and offer them seminars before and after they study abroad, in which company employees discuss topics like "why studying abroad is necessary" and "how to make use of your study-abroad experiences in society." The companies are then expected to implement internships and hold company information sessions to effectively link returnees to employment. The government will also encourage participating companies to share information on students with study-abroad experiences in an effort to give them advantages in receiving informal job offers.

    In a separate move, the Ministry has also decided that the teaching of English should start from the third grade at elementary school level, rather than the fifth grade under the current system.  It plans to introduce the new system by 2020, with the aim of better preparing students for an international environment in the future.  Third and fourth graders will study English once or twice a week, while fifth and sixth graders will do so three times a week.  While English is not currently designated an official subject, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will upgrade it to an official course for fifth and six graders.

    Source: Mainichi Newspaper 21 October 2013

  • Student Voice 2013 a ‘great opportunity’

    Twenty five current and former international students gathered to share their education experiences and to network with other international students.

    Activities kicked off with a scavenger hunt where the teams were given a list of clues and tasks to complete at different locations around the city. The scavenger hunt included a creative photo competition to create content for our social media channels. Photos from the scavenger hunt can be found on our Facebook page.

    During day two of Student Voice, workshops were held to learn more about the pathways students took to study in New Zealand, their education experiences, and their views on what can be done to improve the student experience.

    Participants also fed back on the new, New Zealand Education Story brand, creating their own execution of the brand posters.

    ENZ selected three current international students and one alumnus from the Student Voice group to make up the panel members for the Student Voice 2013 session at the New Zealand International Education Conference. The panel members will share their education pathway experiences and the findings from Student Voice 2013. 

    We are very excited to have such outstanding representatives of New Zealand education joining us.  

  • Education story

    What are the experiences of New Zealand education you wish others could immediately see and understand?

    To help share the story of what makes New Zealand unique, Education New Zealand has developed the New Zealand Education Brand Story.

    Launched tonight at the New Zealand International Education Conference 2013 in Christchurch by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce, the New Zealand Education Brand Story is a suite of resources you can use to share the distinctive benefits of New Zealand education in an emotionally engaging and inspiring way.

    The central messages – all focused around the concept of ‘new’ and being open to the new – are articulated in a captivating two-minute video and associated marketing resources including photographs, logos, branded templates and presentations that you can use when marketing your institution, business, region or the country as a whole.

    The idea behind developing these marketing resources is that by first building awareness of New Zealand education internationally – who we are, what we stand for and what we offer as a country – it will pave the way for you to introduce your school, university, business or institution and its distinctive strengths in more detail.

    You can access these resources through a new marketing toolkit – The Brand Lab.

     Register online now, at no cost, to have access to these resources which include:

    • A photo library – including hundreds of images specific to education in New Zealand

    • The New Zealand Education Brand Story video – helping you tell the New Zealand Education Brand Story in an expressive and engaging way

    • Web banners, online ads and social media posts – content you can readily use on the many digital platforms available across the world

    • Event signage, brochures and publications – branded resources and content to boost your marketing efforts

    • Branded templates – put your information in to our branded templates, clearly identifying them as part of the wider ‘ThinkNew’ brand family

    We encourage you to sign up to our International Education Newsletter to receive updates about new materials as they are added to The Brand Lab over time. 

  • ENZ welcomes new Business Development Manager

    He will work with private training establishments in Auckland and throughout New Zealand.

    Henry, who most recently worked for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise in brand management and international marketing roles, will be based in Auckland. 

    A graduate of Otago University in New Zealand, Henry studied Tourism Marketing and spent a number of years working offshore in business roles based in Japan, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Since returning to New Zealand in 2003, Henry has delivered marketing strategies and campaigns for brands in New Zealand including Air New Zealand Holidays and Westpac New Zealand.

    “I’m delighted to welcome Henry to the team,” says General Manager Business Development Clive Jones.

    “His passion and purpose lies in helping New Zealand organisations win on the world stage, and I’m confident this enthusiasm and energy will make a real difference to one of the most important sectors in New Zealand’s international education industry.”

    Henry begins his role on 18 November. 

  • Cultivating Intercultural Capability

    Intercultural capability was identified by the sector as a need to support growth in international education, and the University of Otago, with the support of Education New Zealand (ENZ) and Otago Polytechnic, invited experienced practitioner Taruni Falconer of Intercultural Dynamics Pty to develop and deliver a programme.

    The programme comprised two workshops – one for graduating international students looking to improve their understanding of New Zealand culture with a view to enhancing their social lives and job prospects in New Zealand; and the other was for teachers and staff involved in international education at the tertiary and school level in Dunedin.

    The workshops were well-received and considered to be of real value. Participants in the teachers’ workshop said they found the session “practical, down to earth and highly relevant” and appreciated how simply the ideas could be implemented. The workshop highlighted the importance of cultural self-awareness, with one participant commenting, “We focus so much on analysing and understanding the culture of our students, but often in isolation to the impact our own culture brings to the interaction.”

    Taruni explains her methodology – called Cultural Detective approach – in this way; “When it comes to cultural competence, there are some big gaps between knowing about, knowing how to, and actually developing and applying the skills to manage ourselves in real situations. One of the consistent comments I hear from clients is that, through the workshops and coaching, they develop ‘muscle memory’ to respond to real situations in their work and in life. So, it’s about translating knowledge into behaviour and acquiring the habits that make us good at it. We benefit and so do our organisations and the people we serve.”

    ENZ was pleased to co-fund this workshop as an initial pilot and is considering running further workshops of this nature as part of its professional development seminar programme.

    If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Adele Bryant at adele.bryant@enz.govt.nz or on 04 830 0810.

  • Site reading

    And that each website and digital resources helps our international education industry reach hundreds of thousands of international students and parents, education agents, education providers and exporters and people involved in education each year.  Monthly visitors to Education New Zealand’s (ENZ’s) websites studyinnewzealand.com and educationnz.govt.nz, total 184,036 and 5,826 respectively. In the three weeks that it has been live The Brand Lab has attracted 2,656 visits, and growing.

    Across government, international education now features in a number of ways. We’ll take a look at each of these in turn, and then provide a couple of examples of how you can use these resources to help make connections, enhance your marketing and, ultimately, grow your business.

    Studyinnewzealand.com The site studyinnewzealand.com replaces newzealandeducated.com and is designed as a place for international students and parents to find information about the unique benefits of studying in New Zealand. Its ultimate purpose is to drive quality traffic to the websites of New Zealand institutions and those of education agents.   Visitors to this website can read about what it’s like to learn, live and work in New Zealand, and get practical information on getting started i.e. getting in touch with an institution or contacting an education agent.   

    The New Zealand Education Story video is a feature of this site.

    Educationnz.govt.nz ENZ’s industry website is educationnz.govt.nz  and its purpose is to provide you with information, news, research and an event calendar to support your knowledge of trends and opportunities, and upcoming marketing events and activities.

    The Brand Lab The Brand Lab is a sub-domain of educationnz.govt.nz and is a veritable treasure trove of easily-accessed tools and resources – including The New Zealand Education Story – you can use to enhance the marketing of your institution, programme, product or service.

    New Zealand.com New Zealand education also features prominently – alongside Tourism New Zealand, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, Immigration New Zealand – on the homepage of newzealand.com, a site managed by Tourism New Zealand.

    The purpose of this site is to provide a gateway through which anyone who is interested in finding out more about New Zealand – as a tourist destination, as a place to do business, as a place to live and work and, most significantly for you, a place to study – can find the information they need.  The newzealand.com website also has a link to The New Zealand Story.

    The New Zealand Story – a film tells the world about the best New Zealand has to offer – can be viewed and downloaded through this site. Education features strongly in The New Zealand Story, particularly in its third chapter ‘Open Minds’.

    newzealand.com is delivering hundreds of new visitors daily to studyinnewzealand.com.

    The New Zealand Story also has an asset library that provides tools and resources to assist New Zealand exporters in telling a clear and consistent message about New Zealand to their international audiences.

    Summary In summary, the site and film that tells the story of New Zealand as a whole are newzealand.com and The New Zealand Story.

    The sister site and film to these – those that tell the story of New Zealand education as a whole – are studyinnewzealand.com and The New Zealand Education Story. These sites, along with the tools and resources provided in The Brand Lab, are designed to help you – our international education industry – tell a clear and consistent story of the unique benefits of New Zealand education to your audience. This paves the way for you to follow with the distinctive attributes of your particular education offering. 

    Providing you with information and news on marketing activities and events, research, trends and opportunities for professional development is ENZ’s corporate website educationnz.govt.nz

    ENZ welcomes ideas and feedback on our digital platforms. Please contact Kathryn McCarrison (General Manager Marketing & Channel Development) at Kathryn.McCarrison@enz.govt.nz

  • Merry Christmas from ENZ

    2013 had its usual mix of challenges and successes, but as an industry we’ve still got plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Trends such as the projected growth in international education worldwide, the rapidly increasing demand for international education among the growing middle class in Asia and the relatively untapped opportunities for New Zealand education programmes to be delivered offshore (not to mention the possibilities for significant growth in student recruitment) all bode well for a brighter future.

    The launch of the New Zealand Education Story and its associated customisable marketing assets allow us all to tell a shared story as one. This, combined with the new website studyinnewzealand.com, will boost our marketing efforts enormously, helping to drive more inquiries through to your institutions.

    I trust the products and services that Education New Zealand (ENZ) developed and delivered in 2013 to support your growth are useful and making a difference. There are more industry support products and services to come in 2014, and these will be delivered alongside the most important collaborative project we’ve initiated this year: the Strategic Roadmaps programme.

    The New Zealand International Education Conference held in November was one of the highlights for me this year. As well as enjoying the chance to meet and talk with many of you, I also got a real sense of the collaboration that’s going on in our industry.

    Thank you for your continued interest in hearing about the news and opportunities that we bring to you through our e-newsletter. We are committed to improving our communications in 2014, and this will include a review of International Education News, to ensure it continues to provide information and news that adds value to your work.

    But for now, have a great summer holiday break.

    Grant McPherson Chief Executive, Education New Zealand

  • Qualifications Framework update

    In November the NZQF Qualification Listing and Operational Rules were amended to enable quality-assured qualifications at levels 1-6 that meet particular needs of an overseas country. The change allows qualification developers to apply to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) to list a qualification at levels 1-6 that are tailored to specific offshore needs for vocational education and training at certificate and diploma levels.
     
    In most cases New Zealand qualifications at levels 1-6 are well suited to overseas labour markets. However, in some exceptional circumstances, these qualifications lack the required content (most likely regulatory) for a particular country and a separate qualification may be developed for listing on the NZQF.
     
    Listing a qualification on the NZQF makes its quality-assured status transparent. Qualifications for specific overseas requirements must undergo the same rigorous quality assurance as all other qualifications.
     
    For more information about the recent amendments to the rules and offshore programme delivery see the NZQA website: www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers-partners/offshore-use-of-qualifications-and-programmes/.

  • Student visas & Sri Lanka

    Currently these applications are processed in the INZ Bangkok Area Office. From 27 January 2014 the INZ Mumbai Area Office will process all student visa applications lodged in Sri Lanka.

    Visa applications will continue to be submitted to the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. However, once applications are processed in India there will no longer be an option to pay by credit card. All visa application fees must be paid in $USD Bank Drafts made out to “Immigration New Zealand”.

    The VAC service fee remains unchanged and can be paid in cash, bank draft or bank transfer.

    Applications from Sri Lanka lodged before 27 January 2014 will continue to be processed at the INZ Bangkok Area Office and can be paid for by credit card. 

    For further information, please refer to updates on the INZ website here. 

    General inquiries from Sri Lanka can be directed to: Mumbaifeedback@mbie.govt.nz or NewDelhifeedback@mbie.govt.nz. 

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