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• New Zealand is world-leading in preparing students for the future

  The first report, The Worldwide Educating for the Future Index, was released by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and ranked New Zealand first out of 35 economies for instilling future skills.

  The report looked at how well each country was preparing students in a time of rapid change, where there is a greater need for students to know how to learn, rather than reiterate knowledge.

  New Zealand’s ranking was attributed to university-industry collaboration, a future-skills focused curriculum framework and the high quality of our teacher education.

  The second report, The World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Report 2017, ranked New Zealand seventh out of 130 countries for preparing people for the future of work.

  The report states that how nations develop their human capital can be a more important determinant of their long-term success than virtually any other factor.

  The report is a tool to assess progress within countries and point to opportunities for cross-country learning and exchange.

  “Both of these reports are fantastic international endorsements for New Zealand’s education system,” said ENZ’s General Manager, Stakeholders and Communications, John Goulter.

• SIT students journey to Japan

  The students are Bachelor of Information Technology or Master of Information Technology students at SIT. Thanks to the scholarship, they are participating in an eight-week Cybersecurity and Internet of Things Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Programme at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST).

  Accompanying the students is Dr John Ayoade, the academic leader of the Master of Information Technology programme at SIT. Having previously worked at Tokyo’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Dr Ayoade took the group to visit NICT to attend presentations and hands-on workshops by its cybersecurity experts and researchers.

  “The PMSA programme will help the students to build connections, networks and friendships, and develop a deeper understanding of the Japanese language and culture,” said Dr Ayoade.

  “They’ll also gain an international perspective that will stand them in good stead for their future careers, and in the short-term, contribute to ideas for their postgraduate and master’s projects at SIT.”

  Staying in Kichijoji, a vibrant suburb in Tokyo, the students have also had some down time to explore Shinjuku, Akihabara, Shibuya, Harajuku and SkyTree and visit the local shops, cafes and restaurants.

  Having just concluded their first week, they are excited and looking forward to learning from the talented professors at NAIST.

• A new home for international students

  After extensive refurbishment, the Ellen Melville Centre and redesigned Freyberg Place in the heart of the city have re-opened to the public in September 2017.

  The combined facility offers an open air public space for relaxing and enjoying the sunshine, as well as an indoor community centre with an exciting new range of programmes and activities – many of them free of charge.

  The Auckland Agency Group (AAG), a cross-agency collaboration of central and local government agencies set up to improve international student wellbeing in Auckland, welcomes the new space and format. 

  Hayley Shields, ENZ’s Director of Student Experience and Chair of AAG, said the location of the new community centre makes it an ideal spot for international students to meet locals and other students.

  “An estimated 20,000 international students reside in the CBD and want to be part of the local community.

  “The centre will be a great place where international students can converge, meet and make new friends and feel part of the community.”

  Formerly known as Pioneer Women’s and Ellen Melville Hall, the new Ellen Melville Centre has five diverse spaces that can be booked for meetings, private functions, exhibitions, films, concerts and performances.

  Individuals, and arts, cultural and community groups interested in providing programmes at the centre are encouraged to make contact on this link.

• Taste of New Zealand in the heart of Seville

  The European Association for International Education (EAIE) 2017 Conference and Exhibition in Seville attracted 6000 delegates from 95 countries, and is Europe’s largest annual event for the international education sector.

  Seven New Zealand universities and four ITPs represented the sector this year.

  ENZ’s Regional Director, Americas and Europe, Lisa Futschek, said EAIE was a valuable platform for New Zealand education providers to meet longstanding and new European and other partners.

  “It was great to have many conference visitors comment that the New Zealand pavilion – yet again – was the most spectacular and creative stand.

  “Our strong ongoing involvement in EAIE 2017 emphasised New Zealand’s importance as a global player in the international education sector.

  “The interest in establishing academic collaborations with New Zealand, and our numerous engagements with international business partners demonstrate a huge growth potential for the Europe market.”

  “As well as networking opportunities, the conference provided insights into key market developments in Europe and future trends in education.”

  ENZ organised a special Kiwi networking function that offered about 100 guests a taste of New Zealand in the heart of Seville, Lisa said.

  Among the evening’s highlights was a musical performance by Tamar, a New Zealand-born musician with Maori (Ngāi Tahu), Polynesian and European roots, who lives in Spain.

  “She performed a personal, jazz-style interpretation of a collection of Māori songs composed by Māori artists from various iwi around New Zealand, which was beautiful.”

  The 30th annual EAIE 2018 conference will take place 11–14 September 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, with a theme of ‘facing outward’.

• ENZ hosts first agent-led fairs in Viet Nam

  The fairs, held in in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, attracted more than 500 prospective students and parents and featured 35 New Zealand providers.

  Tam Le, ENZ’s Marketing & Strategic Relations Manager for Viet Nam, said the new agent-led fairs were part of ENZ’s wider efforts to work in close collaboration with one of our top education agents in Viet Nam during key recruitment seasons.

   “Agent-led events such as these play a key role in raising the awareness of New Zealand education in during September/October, one of Viet Nam’s key recruitment seasons for international education.

   “We are very happy with the quality of students who visited the fairs as well as their genuine enquiries about New Zealand and its education system.”

   The fairs were a great opportunity for New Zealand education providers to showcase their internationally-recognised qualifications and to highlight the strong education links between Viet Nam and New Zealand, said Tam.

   “It’s fantastic to see New Zealand emerging as a popular education destination for international students from Viet Nam.

   “There has been a 62 percent increase in the number of Vietnamese students choosing to study in New Zealand in the first eight months of 2017, compared to the same period last year.”

  A growing number of students are also choosing to study at New Zealand’s universities, with an 88 percent increase in the number of Vietnamese students in the first eight months of this year compared to 2016.

• Queenstown Resort College wins big at ITENZ Awards

  QRC won the ‘Inaugural Supreme Award’ at the Independent Tertiary Education New Zealand (ITENZ) Awards.

  QRC also won ‘Provider of the Year’, and Chief Executive Charlie Phillips was recognised with the ITENZ Leadership Award for his contribution to education and the Queenstown community.

  The judges’ panel cited the college’s outstanding graduate outcomes and strong links to industry as key factors in its success.

  The awards were presented at the World TVET 2017 Conference in Queenstown in mid-September.

  The awards come off the back of another big win at the Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s New Zealand Tourism Awards, in which QRC took out the Industry Enabler Award for its ‘stand out’ Queenstown Ambassador Programme.

  “It is fantastic for Queenstown Resort College to be recognised at a national level by both the tourism and education industries,” Charlie said.

  “This will help further establish Queenstown as a serious study destination.”

  In the past year, QRC has introduced a Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management, opened its Tai Tokerau Resort College in Paihia, and purchased a culinary school, now QRC Culinary.

• AUT Whānau Council meet up in Berlin

  The group came together on 8-10 September to celebrate their strong New Zealand connection and shared AUT experience.

  The international alumni came from Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, The Netherlands, Argentina, the US and Germany.

  Olga Elli, ENZ's Education Marketing Manager - Europe, said the meeting was a wonderful way of uniting AUT whānau – friends and international students who share a strong New Zealand connection.

   “The alumni shared some happy memories of being students at AUT and relived their passion for Māori culture and traditions, which they had experienced at AUT’s unique Noho Marae, with a programme (about Maori culture and traditions) specifically designed for international students.”

  Among the highlights of the alumni meet were a special evening of cultural celebration and exchange with the New Zealand Ambassador to Germany, His Excellency Rodney Harris and his wife Catherine, which included an energising kapa haka performance.

   “We had the alumni, the Ambassador, and AUT staff all join in to perform the haka. It was really exciting!”

  Jason King, AUT’s Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development, said it was great to have the Ambassador and his wife join the group as whānau to celebrate the occasion.

  “It really resonated with the AUT European Whānau Council’s motto of ‘whānau4life’.

  “Our alumni enjoyed meeting the Ambassador, who was not only impressed with the group’s outstanding kapa haka performance and Poi dance but also with their strong New Zealand connection, which makes every student an ambassador for New Zealand’s high-quality education and diverse culture.”

• Help shape Auckland’s future

  Henry Matthews, International Education Manager at Study Auckland, which is part of Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED), said it was an exciting time for Auckland.

   Auckland is experiencing record numbers of international and domestic visitors choosing it as a destination to study, play, work and invest.

  “When the Auckland Visitor Plan 2021 was first released in 2011, the 10-year aspiration was to grow the annual value of the visitor economy from $5.3 billion in 2011 to over $8 billion by 2021.

  “If current trends continue, we will achieve this target much sooner than expected, given visitor spending is already reaching $7.8 billion a year.”

  At the same time there has been a great deal of change in the international education sector since the original Auckland Visitor Plan was developed, Henry said.

  “With this in mind, the timing is right to work closely with the international education industry to develop a fresh strategic framework for the key components of Auckland’s visitor economy: international education, tourism, major events and business events.

  “We have planned further engagement with partners across Auckland’s destination economy and to develop this growth strategy.

  “The survey is a key step to start this process, so we welcome the international education sector’s ideas and perspectives regarding opportunities to create long-term, sustainable growth.”

  Have your say by taking part in ATEED’s online survey on this link by close of business Friday, 13 October.

• Around the world in five

  US
  English language learning sector squeezed by market conditions
  Difficult trading conditions over the last 12 months have taken their toll on intensive English language learning programmes in the US, leading to programme closures and an EnglishUSA membership decrease of 7.8 percent.
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  GLOBAL
  OECD charts a slowing of international mobility growth
  Growth in outbound mobility has slowed notably since 2010, according to a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on global education trends. The report highlights factors that will continue to shape global mobility trends through 2025.
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  CHINA
  Overseas experience trumps language learning for Chinese students
  Experiencing an overseas culture is the main reason for Chinese students to attend summer school programmes in the UK, according to education agents who took part in research from the British Council and English UK, placing this above improving foreign language ability. Read more

  INDIA
  Pearson brings virtual international education to India
  UK learning company Pearson has launched a virtual international education curriculum for classes up to standard 12 in India, in partnership with International Connections Academy (iNaCA).
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  UK
  How can universities help international students feel at home?
  How universities in the UK are making international students feel welcome in the wake of Brexit and harsher visa rules.
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• From Whangaparaoa to Colombia

  As a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Latin America (PMSLA), Eve Bain, 23, is undertaking a two-semester exchange in Colombia to complete her Bachelor of Arts degree.

  After finishing her LLB (Hons) at Victoria University of Wellington, Eve headed to Medellín, Colombia in January to study Political Science at Universidad EAFIT.

  “I really wanted to immerse myself in a completely different culture and become fluent in Spanish,” she said.

  “EAFIT is an extremely modern and impressive university and a lovely place to study. It’s been fascinating to study political science during the peace process in Colombia, and to talk to Colombians about their perspectives on the process too.”

  Eve says some of the biggest differences in education between the two countries are the structure of classes at the university.

  “Here there are no lectures. It’s more like college, with classes of 25 to 30 students. There are a lot of group projects and small quizzes, whereas at university in New Zealand you have two or three big independent assignments.”

  Eve recently obtained the EAFIT Language Centre’s ‘scholarship to share culture and language,’ which will enable her to take Spanish-language classes while teaching English to children each week, using New Zealand culture and history as a platform.

  “People often don’t know a lot about New Zealand but they know Lord of the Rings was filmed there and that our country is beautiful.

  “I plan to bake Anzac cookies with them, and teach them some Kiwi slang, rugby and kapa haka!”

  Eve describes the Colombian culture as vibrant and rich, and says the people are some of the friendliest she has met.

  “It’s also been great to connect with Kiwis here through the scholarship – I even had dinner with New Zealand’s Ambassador to Chile and New Zealand’s Trade Commissioner for South America last month.”

  

  Eve in San Agustin, where she “had the trip of a lifetime” doing a 6-day horse trek through the rain forest (despite no previous horse riding experience).

  Eve is about to start her second semester of study before returning to New Zealand in December. She said so far she’s had nothing but positive experiences.

  “I am really proud of my progress so far – I have improved my Spanish so much now that I am fairly fluent, and I have learned a lot about the history and culture of Colombia, and the region more generally.”

  “I am also gaining skills that will be valuable for New Zealand in the future, particularly for my future goals of diplomacy and international dispute settlement.”

  “My experience here would not have been possible without the PMSLA.”