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  • Introducing Misako Pitt, Tokyo

    We are delighted to announce that we have recruited Misako (Misa) Pitt to step into the role for a 13 month assignment.  Misa joined the team at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo on 3 August.

    Misa was born in Los Angeles, USA and grew up in Australia and Japan.  She graduated with a BA in economics from Stanford University and went on to complete a Masters at Columbia University.  Misa is a Certified Public Accountant and has worked in a range of finance roles with US corporates.  Her most recent role was Executive Director of the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ) where she was accountable for the operation of all organisational activities of the ANZCCJ, including event management, public and media relations, programme initiatives, membership recruitment and financial and staff management.

    As the co-Chair of the Stanford University OVAL (Outreach Volunteer Alumni Link) in Japan, Misa has been passionate about promoting international education to the Japanese educational community.  Misa also has a passion for film and worked on promoting an American/Japanese medical documentary called ‘The Power of Two’, an official selection at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011.

    Both Fiona and Misa will be at NZIEC 2015 in Hamilton this month.  Please take the opportunity to introduce yourself to the ENZ Tokyo team! 

  • Added ability for searching New Zealand education organisations

    While there has always been the ability to find education organisations on the site by region and type, users can now also choose to filter organisations by their NZQA assigned provider category.

    Provider categories are either Category 1, 2, 3 or 4 and are reflective of the findings of the institutions most recent External Evaluation and Review.

    The enhancement to the website search function is in response to feedback from the education sector and improves access to information for international students and their agents looking to enrol in courses in New Zealand, as well as students, parents and the public wanting to know more about NZQA-registered tertiary providers.

    The search function is available here and includes descriptions of each of the four provider categories.

  • South America webinars a success

    Last week, the ENZ South America team organised the first New Zealand Regional Webinars Marathon for education agents in South America, sharing information about education, tourism, economy and local industries from around New Zealand.

    The webinars were presented by representatives from regional organisations and hosted by ENZ. Javiera Visedo, ENZ’s Senior Market Development Manager Colombia and Chile said webinars are an effective and low cost marketing tool that allows them to provide training for agents without moving from their desks.

    “Agents are not able to attend all the education fairs, which can also be a big piece of work for our team. The webinars are a great way to solve both those issues, and allows us to connect with agents across the region without having to hold an in-person event,” said Javiera.

    “In a large region like ours, we need to be creative!”

    The sessions focussed on cities such as Dunedin, Wellington, Rotorua, Christchurch and Queenstown, presented by regional representatives Margo Reid of Study Dunedin, Christine Pugh of Grow Wellington, Meri Gibson of Rotorua Education, Karen Haigh of Christchurch Educated and Aaron Halstead of Study Queenstown.

    The South American team said the webinars were a great success with more than 1,000 registrations and nearly 650 attendances - an average of 130 agents per session.

    The majority of participants were from Brazil and Colombia, the largest markets in the region, though agents from Argentina, Peru and Ecuador also took part, reflecting a large interest in New Zealand education from the region.

  • Impact of demonetisation on Indian student recruitment

    The government has implemented a deadline of 30 December for people to exchange the old currency notes at banks.

    In the student recruitment market, key impacts have already been felt:

    • There are maximum daily limits for banks to exchange money, which is creating delays in student loan processing for international students, and in Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ) ability to verify financial documents and process visas.
    • Study abroad has become more expensive but conversely, New Zealand has become relatively more cost effective as the Indian rupee has dropped more against the Euro and USD than the NZD and AUD.

    Longer term, the supply of ‘grey money’ to finance significant purchases will be reduced, including for education. This may impact study abroad numbers. However, student loan costs may fall as a reduction in overall money supply (some grey money will not be exchanged) will reduce loan interest rates and inflation. It’s too soon to tell the significance of these impacts, but it’s more likely that rural and agricultural cash-based regions such as the Punjab will be affected.

    ENZ’s Regional Director South, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, John Laxon, said the repercussions of this change are still playing out.

    “The changes are likely to result in some delays in Indian student applications over the next few months for all countries, while any significant longer-term impacts are still to be worked through,” said Mr Laxon.

    “We have provided an update to education agents to keep them informed of New Zealand’s student visa approach. We will monitor visa numbers with INZ and keep education providers updated,” added Laxon. 

  • Growth in EdTech great for NZ exports

    “Some of the major trends are now working in our favour,” says Mr Meade, Head of Strategy for Designworks in Wellington. “We are no longer isolated from new markets and increasingly students and consumers prefer to interact remotely, on their terms. This all presents a great opportunity for market growth.”

    The national EdTech for Export Conference (eT4e 2014) is on in Wellington on 19 and 20 June. It aims to connect the education sector with tech businesses to ensure New Zealand enjoys growth in this sector – now worth $86 billion globally and forecast to grow to $257 billion by 2017 and is organised by Grow Wellington and Education New Zealand. You can still register for the conference at www.edtechforexport.co.nz

    eT4e 2014 will be opened by Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment and feature international speakers including;

    • Jennifer Carolan, head of NewSchools Venture Fund in California

    • Jan Zawadzki, founder of Hapara, a company which has already attracted investment from NewSchools from its work in New Zealand

    • Lee Wilson, the CEO of Wisconsin-based Filament Games

    • Dr Erkki Sutinen, head of the edTech Research Group at the University of Eastern Finland.

    An exciting range of speakers from New Zealand include;

    • Chris Meade, Head of Strategy for Designworks in Wellington

    • Dr Sue Watson, the founding CEO of Summit Education Asia Pacific, a division of the Commonwealth Education Trust

    • Silvia Zuur from Chalkle

    • Chris Bulman from CustardSquare

    • Noeline Anderson, director of digital publishing company Pixelhouse

    • Adrian Sallis from Vital English

    • Maru Nihoniho from Metia Interactive

    • Dave Moskovitz from WebFund.

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  • INZ student visa processing update

    Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ) Palmerston North Area Office (PNAO) is coming out of the peak processing period for onshore student visa applications, with the last of the March visa applications still to be processed.

    The standard processing timeframe for a student visa application is 20 working days for an online application, and 25 working days for a paper-based application.

    Kimberley Polata, PNAO Head of Operations, said her team is working on applications received within the last 20 days and is committed to clearing these applications by the end of April.

    Progress has already been made towards this, with PNAO sending out nearly 1,800 visa decisions in the last week alone, she said

    “There are approximately 1,100 visa applications where further documentation or information has been requested from the student, and this is required in order to compete the application.”

    Ms Polata asks that education providers check in with their students who are still waiting for their visa decision and ask them to check their email and online applications for communication from INZ.

  • UK NARIC workshop in Christchurch

    The National Agency for Recognition and Comparison of International qualifications (NARIC) United Kingdom (UK) is a leading provider of training on international qualifications on behalf of the UK government.

    There will be four sessions over the two days:

    Thursday 22 September

    Friday 23 September

    There is limited capacity for each session. Non-UK NARIC members can secure their spot at UK NARIC’s website.

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