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MALAYSIA
Job competition spurs demand for graduate degrees
The Malaysian economy is in transition, resulting in an uneven employment demand across business sectors and increasing job competition among new university graduates. Recent graduates in the country are, in turn, opting to pursue postgraduate studies in greater numbers.
UK
Teaching Excellence Framework rankings attract international students
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rankings in the UK are driving a “noticeable increase” in international students’ interest in Gold rated institutions, particularly for students from India.
JAPAN
Universities in Japan and Cuba cement ties
Japan's Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and the University of Havana in Cuba have signed a five-year agreement which will provide greater exchange opportunities for students and professors, as well as helping to “deepen bilateral cooperation in the teaching of Japanese and Spanish”.
CANADA
Canada tops student perceptions in IDP research
Canada has gained in favourable perceptions as a study destination this year, according to international student research by IDP Education. While Canada topped four of the five indicators in the survey, New Zealand was joint first with Canada on the perception of visa requirements.
IRELAND
Ireland launches new fund for international university partnerships
Ireland has introduced a new €500,000 fund to support activities between Irish higher education providers and institutions abroad. The programme aims to stimulate new collaborations in joint programmes, curricula development, student exchange programmes, and joint research activity.
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Letter from the CE: We are keen to engage with new government
We learned today that Chris Hipkins will be the new Minister of Education, with responsibility for tertiary education and skills including international education. In addition, the appointments of Kelvin Davis, Tracey Martin and Jenny Salesa as Associate Ministers of Education were announced.
Our immediate priority at Education New Zealand is to ensure we are well positioned to advise our new Minister, and to ensure a smooth transition of administration.
We are well advanced in this work. We are finalising a Briefing to the Incoming Minister (BIM) and working with other government agencies on other advice to safeguard New Zealand’s reputation as a high quality and desirable place to study.
In particular, we are keen to engage with incoming Ministers on the long-term picture for international education and the broader benefits it delivers to New Zealand, in particular on delivering an education to be proud of and driving sustainable growth especially in the regions.
2017 has already been a year of significant adjustment for the industry, particularly in the India market. There has also been considerable work around provider quality, student wellbeing and shifting the dial in student attraction from volume to higher value, particularly at university level.
We will have a busy few months ahead. New Zealand must work hard to be a place that welcomes high quality international students and offers them a world-class education and a great experience.
Grant McPherson
Chief Executive, Education New Zealand
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Around the world in five
UK
UUKi launches outward student mobility campaign
Currently just 6.6 percent of UK students are mobile during their studies. As part of a national strategy, Universities UK International (UUKi) is looking to double this figure to 13 percent by 2020.
GLOBAL
New report maps student expectations for language study
A survey of nearly 5,000 current and former language students found very high levels of student satisfaction and expectations – largely well met through language study abroad.
AUSTRALIA
Welfare of international students a top priority
As tertiary educators welcome new students starting this semester, the focus will be on helping them navigate through the challenges of studying in a foreign land. Legal support for tenancy and employment is one focus.
IRELAND
€2.5m centre for US students in Ireland
A €2.5m international residential centre is being developed to house the increasing number of US students opting for study abroad programmes in Ireland. The centre is scheduled for completion in 2019, and will include an education hub, a library, study rooms and video conference facilities.
MALAYSIA
Education policies need to start thinking about robots taking jobs away
With the rapid rise of automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, economists are calling for a greater emphasis on critical thinking in Malaysia’s education policies.
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ENZ publishes event calendar 2018
ENZ is offering a range of events in 20 countries in 2018. Events include commercial fairs, New Zealand-only fairs and agent seminars. They can be found on the events calendar.
A number of events are open for registration now including China events and South America events (including Mexico), which will be held in March 2018. Viet Nam event dates will be confirmed by 6 November, with registration opening that day.
Sam Heeney, ENZ’s International Event Manager, notes some key changes to the events for 2018.
“For the first time, Mexico, ENZ’s new explore market, has been included in the South America roadshow, with an agent seminar and networking event,” said Sam.
“This will be a great opportunity to bring together agents and institutions to form new relationships.”
Sam said another event to look out for is ANZA 2018 which will be held in Auckland. This follows the two previous conferences which were held in Australia.
“ANZA 2018 will be a great opportunity to showcase New Zealand to many agents over the three-day event.
“We will have a New Zealand pavilion and will present at a number of the seminars.”
Visit the events page for full details.
Please note which sectors have been highlighted for each event – these have been identified as focus sectors by our in-market teams.
Prices for these events remain unchanged (all exclude GST):
- $2500 for commercial fairs
- $1500 for NZ-only fairs
- $250 for agent seminars
As always, do not book travel until you have registered and received confirmation from the events team.
Registration for events in second half of 2018 will open in mid-February.
Please contact events@enz.govt.nz with any questions.
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Calling all China research specialists
Since its inception in 2005, the Tripartite Fund supports the development of strategic research relationships between New Zealand and China.
Universities are invited to submit proposals for the latest round, with up to $30,000 available per application to support quality, high-level research and collaboration. The fund seeks to initiate new tripartite partnerships and facilitate the development of existing partnerships between a New Zealand university and two Chinese “Two Brother” partner universities.
Eligible Tripartite Fund subjects now include the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences and applied sciences. These are now in addition to the original categories of agriculture, food safety, conservation, forestry, advanced materials engineering and environmental science.
The Tripartite Fund has enabled many high-achieving New Zealand academics to develop relationships with Chinese research partners.
Shihezi University, Peking University and Massey University signed the first Tripartite Agreement in China in 2005. Professor Hugh Blair of Massey University was awarded a prestigious China Friendship Award in 2016 for his research and collaboration on animal science with Chinese universities and institutions. The initial relationship has expanded to now include the Chinese Academy of Science, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science and the Hebei Agricultural University.
“My working relationship with China has grown out of the Tripartite Fund and helped make longstanding partnerships possible,” said Professor Blair.
The deadline for applications is 2 March 2018, with a project start date of 1 May 2018, and end date of 30 April 2019.
Please download and complete an application form and submit it to china@enz.govt.nz
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Christchurch takes education to China
Karen Haigh, ChristchurchNZ Market Project Manager, said the event series was possible due to the highly collaborative way that Canterbury education providers work together.
“Collaborating offshore enables us to present the pathway opportunities for students, and highlight the lifestyle opportunities that make the study experience in Canterbury unique,” she said.
The collaboration continued within ChristchurchNZ, the new city promotion agency that brings together economic development, tourism, major events and international education. For the first time since coming together, the ChristchurchNZ International Education and Tourism teams decided to work together offshore, promoting Christchurch tourism alongside study opportunities.
ChristchurchNZ’s tourism goal for 2025 is to prioritise stronger relationships with export education to better leverage the reciprocal benefits, and increase value for both sectors.
Alistair Crozier, New Zealand Consul-General in Chengdu, said the collaboration between the tourism and education sectors was a no-brainer.
“The inclusion of a tourism element shows that education promotion can be more effective with cross-sectoral synergies, and that raising visitor profile is a key part of student attraction.”
The delegation took part in the ‘Experience Christchurch: New Zealand Education Expo’ in Chengdu, which was part of the New Zealand Consulate’s first ever ‘New Zealand month’ in Sichuan. The event was supported by the Sichuan provincial government education department, which Christchurch Educated has had a growing relationship with since signing a memorandum of understanding in 2014.
Christchurch delegates with invite agents at the ‘New Agent seminar’ at the New Zealand Consulate in Guangzhou.
More than 250 Chinese junior high school students and parents attended, along with the University of Canterbury, Ara Institute of Canterbury and a number of schools.
Karen said the event included interactive introductions to New Zealand and the New Zealand education system, as well as a workshop on ‘Maximising opportunities through international study’ and demonstrations of New Zealand classes.
“The focus was on getting the students to really experience New Zealand education through lots of interaction and participation,” she said.
Alistair said the event, which finished with a fair-style session where students could meet providers and find out more about their institutions, was an excellent showcase of New Zealand education.
“The format, delivery and experience was highly innovative and engaging. The interactive activities, including the classroom sessions, gave students great exposure to New Zealand culture and learning.”
The delegation also held a ‘new agent’ seminar and speed-dating event in Guangzhou, as well as Canterbury Agent Awards luncheons and dinners for the region’s priority agents in Chengdu, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
These events were supported by ENZ representatives Adele Bryant and Felix Ye, and Consulate-General representatives Alistair Crozier, Michael Zhang, Megan Birnie and Rachael Maidment.
Christchurch delegates with invited agents at the ‘New Agent seminar’ at the New Zealand Consulate in Guangzhou.
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Celebrating 60-year friendship with Malaysia
The celebration, which involved ENZ, Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise as well as the High Commission, was held over five days at the Pavilion Shopping Mall in Kuala Lumpur.
The aim of the event was to bring New Zealand’s rich and varied culture, art, tourism, education, and food and beverage to Malaysia in a creative and engaging way.
ENZ had a prominent spot at the event, attracting a number of visitors. ENZ delivered four presentations and held three Skype sessions with Malaysian undergraduate students currently studying at University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington. A PhD researcher from the University of Canterbury also spoke online to prospective Malaysian students and parents in attendance.
Margaret Low, ENZ Education Advisor based in Kuala Lumpur, said it was fantastic to be part of DANZ to celebrate bilateral relations with Malaysia as well as promote New Zealand’s education offering to local students.
“The event provided us with an amazing platform to share the New Zealand education story to a huge audience,” said Margaret.
“Our current Malaysian students also provided outstanding testimonials about their experiences in New Zealand and spoke glowingly about their unique study experience.”
Visitors at the event enjoyed a virtual reality experience featuring beautiful New Zealand landscapes and the New Zealand education system as well as samples of top New Zealand food and beverage products.
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Korean celebrities promote New Zealand education
The episode was broadcast in October and highlighted New Zealand’s future-focused education system.
Jae Hee and In-kwon Kim are famous in Korea and China, having appeared in a number of Korean television shows. In September they visited Christchurch with their kids and a film crew to shoot Change the Class, a Korean TV programme that follows them as they visit schools in other countries to experience education and lifestyle abroad.
Jae Hee was accompanied by his seven-year-old son Raon, while In-kwon Kim was joined by his two daughters Jayoung, 11, and Minkyung, nine.
ChristchurchNZ International Education Programme Manager, Bree Loverich, said ChristchurchNZ hosted the families and crew while they attended Halswell Primary School to shoot eight episodes of the show.
“The actors and their families got to experience first-hand the difference between Korea and New Zealand culture,” said Bree.
“This was a great opportunity to showcase Christchurch’s education system, as well as the wonderful lifestyle our city offers to visitors and residents.”
TVN, the broadcaster for the series, is famous all over Asia and has 28 million viewers, with the potential to translate the show into Chinese, Filipino, Malaysian, and Russian to name a few.
“This is huge exposure for New Zealand in the Korea market – the interest this will generate about Christchurch and the wider region is invaluable,” said Bree.
“Although the show’s purpose is not specifically to promote our international education sector, it is a fantastic bonus for us. The Korean and Chinese markets are important for international education, as well as to our visitor market in general.
“Some of the communications about the show focus on how New Zealand is first in the world for future-focused education, with Halswell being an example of a modern learning primary school.”
China is Canterbury’s largest international student market, and Korea its fourth. Both countries also contribute strongly to the region’s visitor economy, with more than 46,550 Chinese and 19,660 South Korean visitors for the y ear ending July 2017.
“The support and advice of [ENZ Regional Director China and North Asia] Adele Bryant and [ENZ Business Development Manager] Richard Kyle was absolutely key to the successful hosting of a large film crew on a primary schools campus,” said Bree.
The series consists of eight one-hour episodes. Click here for a clip of the students during a maths lesson.
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Victoria offering New Zealand’s first bicultural MOOC
Developed as a series, New Zealand Landscape as Culture will explore how people express their culture through perspectives on the landscapes they live in. The course will incorporate mātauranga Māori and te reo Māori, and introduce ideas from both Māori and Pākehā cultures, exploring the geology, popular culture, politics, art and literature of landscape.
Steven Warburton, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Digital Futures) and director of VictoriaX, the university’s MOOC platform, said the new series shows the variety of courses that the university is able to share with students online.
“Our MOOC programme is an important addition to the broad range of Victoria courses offered, as it gives domestic and international learners a high quality educational experience with our world-class academics,” he said.
“This MOOC showcases Victoria’s role in enriching national culture, and is the latest in an exciting line-up of VictoriaX courses to be delivered.”
The New Zealand Landscape as Culture series will begin with the four-week course, Islands (Ngā Motu), starting November 10, 2017.
Victoria launched its debut MOOC in April this year, Antarctica: From Geology to Human History, which attracted more than 5000 enrolments.
Victoria is the only New Zealand university to offer courses through the edX platform, founded by prestigious US universities Harvard and MIT in 2012.
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New Zealand Tertiary College India celebrates graduates
The ceremony was held in Mumbai on Sunday, 5 November, with NZTC Chief Executive Selena Fox travelling from New Zealand to share in the festivities with graduates and their families.
“This seventh NZTC India graduation is an extraordinary achievement for a New Zealand early childhood education college,” she said.
“NZTC is committed to continuing to offer flexible, accessible, high quality early childhood curriculums and support to teachers of young children in India, and we are incredibly honoured to do so.”
The college celebrated the expansion of its postgraduate offerings by honouring Helen Sharrock, the first graduate of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management). A number of special commendation awards were also presented to graduates who excelled in their studies, with the most outstanding student for the Certificate in Early Childhood Education (Level 5) awarded jointly to NZTC’s own staff member Sushma Nair and Sheeba Roshinkumar.
Graduate speaker Karuna Mangharam shared her study journey with fellow graduates, pursuing a Bachelor of Education (ECE) to support her directing of a pre-primary school that she and her sister started in 2010.
“I found the NZTC degree to be most suitable for me because it was an international college with a local presence. I couldn’t have gone ahead course after course if I didn’t have the support from the NZTC support team,” said Mangharam.
2017 was a big year for NZTC. It celebrated its 35-year anniversary, and expanded its programme offerings beyond early childhood teacher education to health and wellbeing programmes.
