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Around the world in five
India
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta off to India to promote education, trade, tourism
New Zealand Foreign Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta is currently in India promoting New Zealand’s education, trade, and tourism interests.
The United Kingdom
From celebration to despair over international students
As demand soars for international education in England, reports of changes to post study work rights for international students is causing concern for the education sector.
International
Industry leaders share their 2023 international education predictions
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao Chief Executive Grant McPherson shared his 2023 goals and predictions for key international education trends alongside other leaders in the sector.
Nepal seeking to become international education hub
Nepal is vying to become a hub for international education, according to the Minister of education Shishir Khanal.
New Zealand
Chinese students rush to return to New Zealand campuses after distance study crackdown
China has reversed its temporary rule allowing foreign universities to deliver online courses to students within China, thousands of students are expected to arrive in New Zealand quickly for semester one of the year.
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Around the world in five
Asia
South Korea outlines plans to host 300,000 international students - StudyTravel Network
The South Korean Government announced the Study Korean 300k Project in August, which aims to have 300,000 international students at South Korean universities by 2027 as part of its goals to secure more high-skilled workers and boost global competitiveness. A fast-track scheme to permanent residency in South Korea for international students with advanced degrees in key fields will also be established.
North America
The international education sector in Canada has expressed concerns about potential reforms, with the Housing Minister suggesting that a cap on international students should be considered while the Immigration Minister has referred to concerns about integrity in the system. This comes amid an emerging housing crisis that has been described as complex and multifaceted, and with Canada projecting to host 900,000 study permit holders by the end of 2023.
South America
Chile launches higher ed mental health plan
The University of Chile, in collaboration with multiple government entities including Chile’s Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public health, have launched a comprehensive plan to help domestic and international students take care of their mental health. The plan aims to address an “alarming rise” of students impacted by mental health problems in the return to in-person education after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Europe
German chancellor appeals to international graduates
The German Government’s Skilled Immigration Act will create new opportunities to enter Germany, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying that international graduates of Germany’s higher education system will help to successfully develop the country’s economy. Scholz said it was inspiring to see how many students from around the world come to Germany and wish to work there afterwards.
Africa
2022 US visas 'broke records' in India, Ghana and Nigeria
The US state department reported that it is issuing more student visas to applicants from African countries than anytime in the past six years, with more visas for students from Nigeria and Ghana being issued last year than any year in the past two decades. This comes after an estimated 92,051 African students were denied US visas between 2018-2022.
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Privacy Policy and Social Media Transparency Statement
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ENZ Digital Privacy Policy
We are committed to complying with the Privacy Act 2020 (New Zealand), and any other applicable privacy laws and regulations, when collecting, using or dealing with any of your personal information.
Like many organisations we collect information about our users for the purposes of:
- Providing you with services that we offer.
- Improving our digital platforms, marketing material and strategies, and to provide you with a better experience when you use our digital platforms and when we provide you our services.
- Giving you a personalised user experience.
- Conducting research and other statistical and data analysis associated with our functions
We collect information about you when you communicate with us, register an ENZ account, visit or use this site or any other online platform, service, application, website or messaging service that we subscribe to or use (each being a digital platform).
What personal information do we collect about you?
If you register an ENZ account we may collect personal information about you including your name, email address, date of birth, gender, nationality, country of residence, qualifications, your intended study plans and preferences, what education agent you are working with (if any) and information relating to your visa applications or enrolment status.
Where you have provided us with your express consent, we may collect information relating to your visa applications directly from Immigration New Zealand.
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While you use our services, we may collect any of the following further information from you:- Your name, email address, residential address, telephone number, gender, date of birth and password.
- Your bank account number and other financial information.
- Information about your education, work experience, skills and qualifications.
- Information on your business such as your company name and number, company size, business type and professional profile.
- Information that you provide to us when we communicate via writing, email or phone.
- Details of your browser, domain name and IP address, and the details of any website you linked from to our website.
- Information obtained from third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- Other additional information required from time to time.
Unfortunately, if you choose not to provide information when we ask for it, you may not be able to use our website or the services we offer.
Enrolment Opportunities:
We may also collect aggregated information generated by our systems, which tracks traffic to, and within, our Website or Platform, but does not relate to you personally. We are providing a service to the school/education provider that you submit an application to through the Platform and so we are collecting and processing application information solely on such third party’s behalf. Additionally we may be provided information about you by Education New Zealand through the My StudyNZ website API.Other:
We may also collect information relevant to our Digital Platforms, our marketing strategies and our services, including information on:- IP addresses
- Search terms
- Pages accessed and links clicked
- Dates and times of visits
- The immediate previous site visited
- Operating systems (eg Windows, Mac)
- Web browsers
- Internet activity, whether on this website or any other
Where we use this information for statistical purposes, all users are anonymous and not personally identifiable from the information.
How do we use your personal information?
Personal information collected through any Digital Platform or the ‘Join Us’ , 'Subscribe', 'Contact Us' and any other form on this website, or from Immigration New Zealand will be collected by Education New Zealand and will be used to provide you with any service that you have requested, for our legitimate interests, or in accordance with your consent, including for the purposes of:
- For research, surveys, and other statistical or analytical purposes in connection with our functions.
- Meeting any of our legal or other regulatory obligations.
- Providing your personal information to Education New Zealand’s agents, education providers and institutions.
- Facilitating communications between Education New Zealand, you and/or its agents, education providers and institutions.
- Education New Zealand’s communications, and marketing and promotional information and materials about Education New Zealand, its programmes and activities, and its agents, education providers and institutions.
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive, then sent back to the server by your browser each time you access certain sections of our Digital Platforms.
Like many organisations, Education New Zealand uses cookies to store and track information about you when you are on our Digital Platforms so that we can provide personalised services that better match your needs and interests. We also use cookies, including Google Analytics for the Advertising Features Remarketing with Google Analytics and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting and DoubleClick cookies, to collect information on how you use the website.
Third parties including Google Analytics use this information to perform statistical analysis of user behaviour and demographics. We may use this analysis to understand the key characteristics of visitors to any Digital Platform on an anonymous and aggregate level which assists us to improve and personalise your experience with Education New Zealand. We also use the information provided by third parties including the Google Analytics Remarketing service to better target our online advertising including based on your previous visits to any Digital Platform, and to present you with relevant advertising on third party websites. Education New Zealand may disclose the information collected by cookies, in an aggregate (not personal) form only, to Google and third parties including advertisers or potential advertisers.
If you do not want information to be collected by cookies there is a simple procedure in web browsers which allows you to manually disable the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. Additionally, you can modify your privacy settings to choose how your personal information is managed by Google. For more information please see here.
Education New Zealand uses a number of Digital Platforms that are operated by third party platform providers to interact with you, including social media platforms (for example Facebook). You can also register an ENZ account using sign-in services provided by third parties, including certain third party social networking platforms. When you visit a Digital Platform that is operated by a third party, or log-in using a third party’s sign-in services, the platform provider may also collect your information (this is outside Education New Zealand’s control). Collection and use of this information will be governed by the terms and conditions of that platform, including its privacy policy. Please refer to the relevant third party platform provider websites for more information. ENZ does not endorse the use of any third party platform nor does it take any responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party platform provider.
Other than as stated above, information will not be shared with third parties outside of Education New Zealand (or its affiliates and related parties) except where required by law. We may also disclose your personal information if and to the extent we are required to do so by law or at the request of a government agency that has authority to compel us to disclose your personal information.
Munchkin cookie
We embed a Munchkin Javascript snippet on our site. When visitors come to a site, we place a cookie in the visitor's web browser (if there wasn't already one) and send messages to our servers about that visitor's web activity. It is a first party cookie and is only visible for us.
Munchkin automatically gathers the following information:
- Page Visits
- Link Clicks
- IP Address
- Referrer
- Our cookie ID
If you prefer that we do not place this cookie on your web browser you may opt out by clicking the Do Not Track (DNT) feature in your browser. This prevents tracking for your particular browser and device.
Who will we share your personal information with and why
We may share information that we collect about you in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in these terms, and we may share information about you with:
- Education New Zealand's agents, education providers and institutions if you have completed any forms or submitted any enquiries connected to that third party and consented to such disclosure.
- Our service providers that we have engaged to provide a service to us in relation to our functions, this website or any service that we have agreed to provide you. For example, we may share information about you with a service provider that we have engaged to provide technology services or customer support services.
- Any other organisation or person that you have authorised us to disclose your information to.
- Immigration New Zealand.
Information we share with our agents, education providers and institutions will be processed, stored and secured by the relevant organisation in accordance with their own privacy policy. These agents, education providers and institutions are located either within the EU (agents) or New Zealand (education providers or institutions). Before you consent to us disclosing your personal information to our agents, education providers or institutions we recommend that you review their privacy policies and agree to the terms on which they will process your personal information.
Any personal information that we disclose to our third party service providers to enable them to perform a service for us will be processed in accordance with our obligations under the Privacy Act 2020 and the principles of the GDPR. Where any personal information is to be transferred outside of the EU or New Zealand for the purpose of processing, we will ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to ensure the third party service provider protects the data to the same standard as required under the GDPR (e.g. the information will be transferred to a country with adequate privacy laws, to an organisation who is certified under the US/EU Privacy Shield, or we will enter into standard contractual clauses (as approved by the European Commission) with those service providers.
We may disclose information about you if, and to the extent that, we are required to do so by law, or at the request of a government agency that has authority to compel us to disclose information about you.
Retention of personal information
We only keep your personal information for as long as required to provide you with the services you have requested, for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, and for any legal purposes for which we are required to keep the information (i.e. audit purposes).
Your acceptance of these terms
By registering an ENZ account, submitting information to Education New Zealand (including the ‘Join us’ or by completing or submitting an enquiry form, 'Contact Us' or/and any other form on this website) or by using, or communicating with us through any other Digital Platform, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described above.
If you have provided your child or dependent’s personal information to us, you confirm that you are authorised to do so.
If you do not agree to the terms of this policy, you will not be able to register an ENZ account, Education New Zealand will not accept your form or enquiry, and your information will not be processed or referred on to Education New Zealand’s agents, education providers and institutions.
Where you have given your consent to specific purposes of processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time by any of the following means:
- To stop receiving marketing and promotional information and materials about Education New Zealand, its programmes and activities, you can click the unsubscribe facility in any of the electronic communications that we send you.
- To opt out of the use of cookies or other profiling/analytic tools, you can change the settings on your device.
- To close your ENZ Account you can contact us at the details set out below and we will do this for you.
Your rights
You have the right to view and change any personal information Education New Zealand holds about you at any time.
You have the right to object to the processing of your information, request that we delete your personal information, and/or that we transfer your personal information to another organisation.
Information will be held by Education New Zealand. You may request access to, correction or deletion of your personal information held by Education New Zealand by writing to our Data Protection Officer at Level 5 Lambton House, 160 Lambton Quay. PO Box 12041, Wellington 6144, New Zealand, or by contacting Di Solomon on +64 4 472 0788 or privacy@enz.govt.nz.
If there is a reason under the Privacy Act, GDPR or other applicable law for us not to comply with your request, we will notify you in writing setting out the reasons for the refusal (except to the extent it would be unreasonable or unlawful to do so) and advise you of the mechanisms available to you to complain about our response.
For more information about your rights or to make a complaint about our privacy practices you may contact either the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) or your local supervisory authority.
Immigration New Zealand Data Agreement
Where you have provided your express consent, personal information collected through any Digital Platform (on this website) will be collected by Education New Zealand and will be used for the purposes of providing your personal information to Immigration New Zealand to request and receive updates on the status of any student visa applications you have submitted. This will enable us to provide a more personalised digital experience, and enable us to undertake certain research and statistical analysis associated with our functions.
Additional terms relating to registration of an ENZ Account
You can choose to create an ENZ Account to collate and store information relating to your student application.
It is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality and security of any information that may be used to access your ENZ Account, including your password.
ENZ reserves the right at its discretion to suspend, modify or terminate access to your ENZ Account at any time with or without notice to you.
Any information that you rely on through use of an ENZ Account is entirely at your own risk. You are solely responsible for the actions you take in reliance of the information available on or accessed through your ENZ Account.
ENZ Accounts are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. ENZ does warrant that ENZ Accounts will be free from errors, timely or secure.
Exclusion of our liability
You acknowledge and agree that:
- to the maximum extent permitted at law, any and all liability of Education New Zealand and its directors, officers and employees to you under or in connection with these terms and conditions, this website or your use of this website is excluded; and
- the exclusion in paragraph (a) applies regardless of whether liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity or by statute or other legislation, and whether such liability is for direct, indirect, consequential or punitive losses or damages, or loss of profit, income, data, business opportunity or anticipated savings.
It is up to you to ensure you are protected against viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, malware or other items of a destructive or harmful nature.
Your indemnity
You agree to indemnify, and keep indemnified, Education New Zealand and its directors, officers and employees against any and all actions, claims, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including legal costs) suffered or incurred by any of those persons arising out of or in connection with:
- your use of this website; and
- any breach by you of these terms and conditions.
Severability
If any provision of these terms and conditions becomes or is held invalid, unenforceable or illegal (whether partly or in full) for any reason, that provision (or part of that provision) will be severed from the remaining terms and conditions, which will continue in full force and effect.
Governing law
These terms and conditions, your use of this website, any information contained on it, and any dispute arising out of such use of this website are subject to the laws of New Zealand. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand in relation to these terms and conditions, your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of this website.
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Social Media Transparency Statement
This transparency statement explains how ENZ uses and engages on social media in accordance with the Public Service Commission’s Guidance for State services official use of social media.
How we use social media
We use social media to:
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promote New Zealand as a study destination globally and support the delivery of education services offshore.
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promote ENZ’s offshore government-to-government activities – including activities of other New Zealand government agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and Immigration New Zealand – to raise the profile of New Zealand education
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provide information to prospective international students and their families about studying with New Zealand
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promote our work with the international education sector to ensure international students continue to receive a high-quality experience while living and studying in New Zealand
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spread the word within New Zealand about the social, cultural, and economic benefits that international education brings to the country
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inform the New Zealand public of ENZ-administered Prime Minister’s Scholarships that enable New Zealanders to have enriching learning experiences overseas
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share news and updates via our digital channels (news, images, publications, videos) with the international education sector in New Zealand
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share information about careers and job vacancies at ENZ
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promote and repost articles, updates, and publications that are relevant to our key messages, objectives, promotions, or updates.
Engagement
We welcome feedback and ideas from our followers and will try to join these conversations and respond as promptly as we can where possible.
All social media accounts are monitored from 8am – 5.30pm on weekdays and sporadically outside these hours. We will respond to private or direct messages, as soon as we can, during business hours. If you have an urgent query, please contact us directly.
We may choose to repost, @mention, or post information by other organisations and/or individuals for the interest and information of our followers. However, we do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of this information.
We may follow/like organisations and individuals that are relevant to our organisation. This does not imply endorsement or guarantee the accuracy of their information.
At times, people employed by us may engage on platforms such as LinkedIn and other online channels. Any opinions or views expressed on these platforms belong to the individual staff member. Our staff acting in an official capacity will identify themselves and state that they are representing Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao.
Read more about engaging with us on social media here: Engage with us on social media [link to be added]
Enquiries and complaints
Members of the public have the right to raise any concerns about ENZ’s information gathering activities or use of social media. If you have any enquiries about our information gathering and social media activities, or believe we have not acted in accordance with the Transparency Statements above, you can contact us at the following address:
Level 5, 160 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 472 0788If your query is about our information gathering, please email: enz.ministerials@enz.govt.nz.
If your query is about our use of social media, please private or direct message us on the social media channel of concern, or email: media@enz.govt.nz
All concerns and complaints will be dealt with in a timely manner.
Engage with us on social media
We welcome interaction with you on our social media accounts. The information below sets out how we use social media and the terms under which we invite you to engage with us.
Join one of our social media channels and take part in the conversation:
Terms of use for social media accounts
Before you engage with us through our social media channels, we encourage you to read each channel's terms of use as well as our terms of use below.
What not to post
Please remember that our channels reach people of all ages and backgrounds. We ask that your comments are respectful to ENZ, its staff, and other users.
With this in mind, here’s what NOT to post on our social media pages:
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Abusive or derogatory comments about others – we will hide these posts immediately and repeat posts of this nature will result in you being blocked from posting to our page.
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Defamatory, libellous, false, or misleading comments – as above.
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Posts containing swear words – please be courteous when posting to our page.
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Promoting a belief, cause, or business – please don't use our pages for promotion of any kind.
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Personal information – about yourself or others, such as private addresses or phone numbers.
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Content that is not relevant to ENZ or its work.
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Content that has political bias – we are a politically neutral organisation, and we will not enter into any discussion related to politics.
We may, at our discretion, report, block or ban anyone who posts the above content or comments, or who breaches these terms of use or the terms of use of a social media channel (see below).
Monitoring
We reserve the right to report or remove (as appropriate) any posts or comments that may affect our neutrality or that do not comply with the:
By using or accessing our social media pages, you are considered to have consented to the conditions of use of that particular social media channel and our individual page or account. These terms of use apply to all our social media channels, unless otherwise specified.
Posts made by others to our social media channels are the responsibility of that person or organisation. They don't necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of ENZ.
Copyright
Crown copyright
The material we make available on our social media accounts is protected by copyright owned by ENZ on behalf of the Crown. Unless indicated otherwise for specific items or collections of content (either below or within specific items or collections), this copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the material, as long as you:
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attribute it to ENZ and abide by the other licence terms
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reproduce the material accurately
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don't use the material in a derogatory manner or a misleading context
Please note that this licence does not apply to any logos, emblems and trademarks or design elements. Those specific items may not be re-used without express permission. To enquire about using such items, contact media@enz.govt.nz
Copyright of third parties
Our social media accounts may provide links to other websites or embed material which may contain information that is the copyright of third parties and subject to restrictions on use or reproduction.
You must get permission from the copyright owner to use:
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copyrighted materials from other websites, or
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material on our social media pages that is protected by the copyright of a third party.
Permission to use copyrighted materials from other web sites must be obtained from the copyright owner and cannot be obtained from ENZ.
Licence
By submitting, posting or displaying your content on any of our social media accounts, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use that content.
Disclaimer
The contents of our social media accounts are intended for informational purposes only. We shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided on these sites or linked sites.
The information on our social media sites and all government web sites is provided on the basis that persons accessing the website undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.
These terms of use may be updated at any time without notice.Contact us
Email media@enz.govt.nz if you have any concerns or questions about our social media engagement, or any particular post.
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Around the world in five
Asia
The government of Hong Kong has announced ambitions to become an international hub for post-secondary education with measures including an increased quota for international undergraduates at public universities, more scholarships and work rights for postgraduate students.
North America
Canada is set to introduce a “recognised institution” framework, through which colleges and universities with a positive record of vetting and supporting international students may be eligible for fast-track study permits. This comes after over 100 Indian students faced potential deportation earlier this year after their admission letters to Canadian colleges were found to be fake, which the students were unaware of.
Middle East
A British school in Abu Dhabi that has been rated outstanding by the emirate's school regulator for promoting the UAE's national identity said it has weaved elements of the country's culture, history, heritage and, Arabic language into its UK curriculum. The British International School Abu Dhabi is home to 2,080 pupils from 96 countries, with one in five pupils at the school being Emirati.
Europe
According to the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA), In 2022/23, Ireland set a new all-time high for the number of international students studying at Irish universities. 33,480 students were enrolled at Irish universities last year, an increase of nearly 12% compared to 2021/22, according to the report. Furthermore, India’s student population in Ireland has grown by a significant 17.8%, reflecting a surging trend.
Africa
South African business schools are a higher education success story and champions in terms of higher education on the African continent. Though competing for students, they display a strong ethos of collaboration, generated by a sense of shared purpose to upskill a “new” country. These schools show the power of collaboration, common purpose, and internationalisation outlook.
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Around the world in five
Asia
The government of Hong Kong has announced ambitions to become an international hub for post-secondary education with measures including an increased quota for international undergraduates at public universities, more scholarships and work rights for postgraduate students.
North America
Canada is set to introduce a “recognised institution” framework, through which colleges and universities with a positive record of vetting and supporting international students may be eligible for fast-track study permits. This comes after over 100 Indian students faced potential deportation earlier this year after their admission letters to Canadian colleges were found to be fake, which the students were unaware of.
Middle East
A British school in Abu Dhabi that has been rated outstanding by the Emirate's school regulator for promoting the UAE's national identity said it has weaved elements of the country's culture, history, heritage and, Arabic language into its UK curriculum. The British International School Abu Dhabi is home to 2,080 pupils from 96 countries, with one in five pupils at the school being Emirati.
Europe
According to the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA), In 2022/23, Ireland set a new all-time high for the number of international students studying at Irish universities. 33,480 students were enrolled at Irish universities last year, an increase of nearly 12% compared to 2021/22, according to the report. Furthermore, India’s student population in Ireland has grown by a significant 17.8%, reflecting a surging trend.
Africa
South African business schools are a higher education success story and champions in terms of higher education on the African continent. Though competing for students, they display a strong ethos of collaboration, generated by a sense of shared purpose to upskill a “new” country. These schools show the power of collaboration, common purpose, and internationalisation outlook.
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All Covid-19 requirements removed
Changes that take effect from Tuesday 15 August 2023
- Confirmed Covid-19 cases will no longer be legally required to self-isolate
- Masks will no longer be mandatory in any locations
This means that tertiary education providers can operate as normal, and set their own policies and procedures to ensure they meet their obligations to staff and learners, including under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021.
Advice for tertiary providers and students
The Ministry of Education recommends that tertiary education providers follow COVID-19 health advice, and support staff and learners to do so.
Full COVID-19 health advice can be found at: Unite against COVID-19.
The Ministry of Education will also be updating advice for tertiary providers and students on the Te Mahau COVID-19 website following this announcement.
The latest health advice on COVID-19 includes:
- Stay at home if you are feeling unwell - if you, or someone in your household develops one or more of the following symptoms, you should take a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for COVID-19: a runny nose, sore throat, cough, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, loss of smell or taste, shortness of breath.
- If you have tested positive for COVID-19, it is recommended you isolate for 5 days, even if you only have mild symptoms, starting at Day 0, which is the day your symptoms started or when you tested positive, whichever came first.
- If you do need to leave your home during your 5-day isolation period, it is very important you take precautions to prevent spreading COVID-19 to others. You should wear a mask whenever you leave the house. You should not visit a healthcare facility (except to access medical care), an aged residential care facility, or have contact with anyone at risk of getting seriously unwell with COVID-19.
- If you are in isolation at the time of the setting change announcement, we recommend you continue isolating until you have completed 5 days. If you have already been isolating for 6 or 7 days, and are well, you can return to your normal activities.
- After completing 5 days isolation –
- If your symptoms have resolved and you feel well, you can return to your normal activities.
- If you still feel unwell, we recommend you stay home until you have recovered.
- We recommend you wear a mask if you need to visit a healthcare facility or an aged residential care facility, or you have contact with anyone at risk of getting seriously unwell with COVID-19 up until 10 days after your symptoms started or you tested positive. This is because some people are infectious for up to 10 days.
Mask wearing remains an important way we can prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses
Free masks are available for pick up with free rapid antigen tests (RATs) from participating collection sites.
RATs will remain free for everyone throughout 2023
You can find out participating pick-up points for RATs and masks at COVID-19 Testing • Healthpoint or by calling 0800 222 478 and choosing option 1.
The Government's media release can be found here.
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Around the world in five
CANADA
Country briefing: Canada confirms travel exemption and emergency assistance for eligible international students
In a normal academic year, this week would have marked the end of classes for the winter semester at many Canadian universities and colleges, followed by a transition to final exams and the packing up of campus for the summer break. Needless to say, this year has been anything but normal so far.
AUSTRALIA
Int’l Student Support Network launched
The Australian Homestay Network has launched an Australia wide program called the International Student Support Network to provide short-term, heavily discounted homestay to eligible international students impacted by the global crisis.
GLOBAL
Measuring COVID-19’s impact on higher education
A new report from Moody’s Investors Services highlights the financial impacts of the pandemic on higher education institutions around the world.
UNITED KINGDOM
A day in the life of an online student
To further her business career, Charlotte Synnestvedt had to make a choice. She could either stay in her home country of Norway where her business education would be subsidised or she could apply for a leading business school overseas.
GLOBAL
Vouchers over refunds could save study travel sector from collapse
The study travel sector is at risk of imploding unless language students are obliged to accept vouchers instead of being given refunds for cancellations of their overseas study experience, industry professionals have told The PIE News.
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Around the world in five
Canada
Canada considers study permit cap tweaks as job losses mount
Despite possible adjustments to come, experts are warning of deepening financial and educational fallout from Canada's study permit caps.
Global
University impact rankings expand but remain volatile
Designed to showcase how institutions are working towards addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, this year’s Times Higher Education Impact Rankings edition is the biggest yet.
Asia
"Asian tigers" ramp up internationalisation amid big four woes
Territories and countries like South Korea and Hong Kong, part of the so-called “Asian Tigers” alongside Singapore and Taiwan, now view international students and intra-East Asian mobility as critical to sustaining economic growth in the region.
United Kingdom
Over 50 UK universities have dropped in the latest QS World University Rankings, with funding concerns emerging as a key factor behind the decline.
The United States of America
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
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NEW ZEALAND
Allianz Partners launches mental wellbeing app – a proactive approach for international students
AUSTRALIA
Experts weigh in on Australia’s 10-year strategy at AIEC
UNITED KINGDOM
Number of EU students at UK universities halves after Brexit, non-EU students increase
GLOBAL
Pandemic ‘postpones rather than prevents’ international study
GLOBAL
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New Zealand
Canada
Generous Canada now No. 1 country for foreign students, survey says
United Kingdom
United Kingdom ‘much more attractive’; New Zealand receives a ‘glowing review’
India
India overtakes China as largest source country for international students
