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• Education Tauranga makes first Japan visit

  The delegation of 20 education providers ranged from primary school to tertiary, and were keen to establish new connections in Japan.

  The three-day programme kicked off with a presentation on the Japan market by ENZ’s Misa Kitaoka. This was followed by visits by most delegates to four primary schools, arranged by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education and the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau.

  “The primary school visits provided an excellent opportunity to introduce the Bay of Plenty region including its Maori language and culture as well as the primary school experience available in Tauranga,” says Misa.

  On the last day, ENZ and Education Tauranga co-hosted an agent seminar and networking reception for about 40 travel and education agents looking for new partners in the Bay of Plenty region.

  Misa said the reception coincided with a visit by the director of the Maibara Board of Education in Shiga Prefecture. Maibara is a city set to act as a ‘host town’ for New Zealand while taking part in the Japanese government’s promotion of exchanges between local municipalities and nations participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

  “The event provided a good opportunity for Tauranga and Maibara to explore future collaboration combining education and sports,” Misa said.

  Misa said that, in Japan, destination marketing plays a key role when agents, students and families are choosing an overseas study destination.

  “Visits by regional delegations are a good marketing practice because they combine the promotion of a region and the providers within the region.

  “ENZ can provide in-market assistance by hosting an event at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo and in other cities to gather a group of Japanese agents and educators, resulting in a wider outreach to industry partners and stakeholders,” said Misa.

  She added that the City of Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, another host town for New Zealand, will shortly start a programme to send high school students to Otago Polytechnic.

  With the new opportunities lying ahead of Japan's major sporting games in 2020, Anne Young from Education Tauranga reported that "many new agent relationships were established” at the reception.

  ENZ had been an excellent conduit for building and increasing market opportunities between Education Tauranga and Japan, Anne said.

• Korean agents tour New Zealand

  From 7-14 May, the agents (three of whom were winners of ENZ’s “I want to Study in NZ” video competition) met with schools, ITPs, universities, export education stakeholders and key industry players.

  Sunah Kim, ENZ’s Market Development Manager – Korea, said the agents also got a taste of the Kiwi lifestyle that students enjoy outside the classroom.

  “We wanted to showcase New Zealand as a high quality, safe and creative destination for Korean students,” said Sunah.

  “This was a nice balance to their meetings with industry professionals, which were aimed more at expanding the agents’ partnership networks in New Zealand.”

  In Auckland, the agents met with local schools and providers, while their visit to Wellington focused on the creative sector, and pathways from high schools to Yoobee School of Design, Massey University College of Creative Arts and Park Road Post Production, which ran its first film production training programme last year.

  The final stop was Christchurch, where some of the agents had sent their very first students. Ara Institute of Canterbury thanked them for continuing to build strong education ties with the city, and also thanked ENZ for increased engagement with the Korean market through the video competition, scholarship offers and agent famil.

  

  Networking event at Ara with Christchurch education providers.

  Sunah said the numbers suggest Korean agents have taken note of these activities. Visa data shows a 14% increase for the first quarter of 2017 – the first time in a decade. The growth is consistent across all visa types and has been sustained since November 2016.

  “Agents are important players in the Korean market, and their reinvigorated energy has helped raise New Zealand’s education profile in Korea,” said Sunah.

  “Many thanks to everyone who made this trip successful by showing such warm hospitality and providing useful insights to the agents – particularly Misook Kim from Study Auckland, Christine Pugh from Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, and Karen Haigh from Christchurch Educated.” 

  

  Left: At the Yoobee School of Design. Right: At the ENZ head office in Wellington.

• 2017 NAFSA conference is fast approaching

  NAFSA is the largest international education conference in the world. Approximately 11,000 delegates attended last year, with 40 percent coming from 110 countries outside the US. 

  This year’s event will be in Los Angeles from 28 May to 2 June 2017. The theme is “Expanding Community, Strengthening Connections”, and is expected to be one of the largest in NAFSA history.

  ENZ’s platinum sponsorship covers the opening plenary where Sir Richard Taylor will speak on behalf of New Zealand education institutions. The opening plenary will have an estimated attendance of 5,500 delegates. 

  ENZ’s Director of Student Engagement, Kaylee Butters, says the US market has a strong awareness of New Zealand as a tourism destination but not so much as a high quality education destination. 

  “To help achieve this, we will focus on telling New Zealand’s innovation and creativity story by highlighting real student projects which give meaning to our brand message, ‘new ideas grow better here’.”

  There will be a number of other New Zealand-focused activities. ENZ is sponsoring the second annual NAFSA International Film Festival, screening the Disney film Pete’s Dragon, which was filmed in New Zealand, as well as two short films.

  ENZ will host a New Zealand reception during the conference, providing a key opportunity for New Zealand education institutions to provide hospitality with a distinct ‘kiwi flavour’ to valued partners and clients.

  All eight of New Zealand’s universities and four institutes of technology and polytechnics will attend and exhibit at the New Zealand booth in the expo hall. 

  ENZ will host a session with New Zealand attendees including Immigration New Zealand, Go Overseas and the Institute of International Education providing market updates.

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• APAC TVET Forum registrations go live

  Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) is excited to be hosting this virtual forum in partnership with Skills Consulting Group and Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.

  This year’s forum theme Reshape – Rethink – Reset reflects the need to ensure the sustainability of workforces through innovation and skill building. The world of work is changing rapidly, so the upskilling and retraining of workers throughout the Asia Pacific region is more important than ever.

  APAC TVET provides an opportunity to share knowledge and insights on best practice across the region.  Participants will hear from sector leaders and practitioners throughout government, business, and education. There will be opportunities for learning, discussion, and networking.

  The wide-ranging programme features topics such as:  

  • Solving skills shortages in a global community 
  • Youth employment and lifelong learning
  • Skills for tomorrow and the credentials required 
  • Reimagining work: Digital transformation  
  • Inclusive systems that bridge the gender gap and promote diversity 
  • Embedding sustainability in vocational education

  Speakers are drawn from across the region, and include:  

  • Grant McPherson, Chief Executive – Education New Zealand 
  • Leon Fourie, Chair International Working Group – Te Pūkenga
  • Khun Phornvit Phacharintanakul, Senior Vice President – CP Group (Thailand) 
  • Akustina Morni, Senior Advisor – International Organisation of Employers (Brunei)
  • Dr Rohit Kishore, Director – Fiji Higher Education Commission
  • Kameli Batiweti, Chief Executive Officer – Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation
  • Dee Halil, Datacenter Region Expansion Skills Program Manager – Microsoft
  • Frances Valintine, Founder/Chief Executive Officer - The Mind Lab Tech Futures Lab
  • Professor Chan Lee, Seoul National University (South Korea) 
  • Afiq Redzuan, Group Chief Executive Officer – Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations (Malaysia)

  All main APAC TVET Forum sessions will offer synchronous translation in four languages: Mandarin, English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Vietnamese.

  For more information and to register visit www.apactvetforum.com

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• ENZ Europe connects with students

  European students ‘Follow the Kiwi’ to New Zealand

  

  L-R: The Follow the Kiwi Scholarship recipients Ellen, Gabriel and Gaia.

  Three high school students from Germany, France and Italy have received Follow the Kiwi scholarships valued at $15,000 towards study at a New Zealand high school in 2018/2019: Ellen Mamier (Germany), Gabriel Zerguit (France) and Gaia Leidi (Italy).

  They were chosen from nearly 200 students who applied for the scholarship, each submitting a motivational letter, video or photo collage saying why and what they want to study in New Zealand.

  Olga Elli, ENZ’s Market Development Manager for Europe, is pleased with the response from both students and agents in Europe.

  “There’s a real interest in New Zealand’s education offerings. Across all applications, we saw students wanting to try their hand at subjects like design, sciences, music, theatre, Māori culture or to learn some Kiwi sports like rugby!

  “While many of the applicants are already enrolled and preparing for their Kiwi study experience, we hope the unsuccessful candidates who are still in the decision process will ‘follow the kiwi’ anyway. ENZ will refer these applicants to New Zealand providers, working with their agents to encourage them to study in a New Zealand high school.”

  Kiwi Cup in Hamburg

  

  Nearly 300 teenagers from Northern Germany and Denmark descended on Hamburg for the Kiwi Cup tournament – a two-day hockey competition that profiled New Zealand sporting expertise and education.

  Twenty teams of German and Danish students aged 11-14 competed in the event, organised by THK Rissen (a Hamburg-based sports club) and Hausch & Partner, one of Germany’s largest student exchange agencies sending students to New Zealand.

  To support the event, ENZ and 30 New Zealand schools provided promotional material and prizes such as hockey bags, shirts and fluffy Kiwis all the way from New Zealand. Rupert Holborow, New Zealand Ambassador in Germany, handed the trophies to the winners at the award ceremony.

  Olga Elli said the tournament promoted student exchanges to New Zealand to around 300 high school students and has no doubt sparked an interest in many of them.

  “This kind of partnership between the agency, New Zealand schools and ENZ is a great example of working together to highlight the New Zealand school system, where students also get to enjoy the lifestyle and sports outside the classroom.”

  Lifeswap screens at German universities

  

  Following its premiere in April, the ENZ-commissioned episode of Lifeswap has reached a broad audience of students after screening in nearly 90 university cinemas around Germany.

  Olga said the university screenings have been well received and are a great opportunity to connect with students, particularly those open to study abroad options.

  She joined Lifeswap creators Steffen Kreft and William Connor at a screening at the Technische Universität in Berlin.

  “The episode was a great talking point – we could share our experience of making the episode and also give information about New Zealand as a study destination.

  “Steffen was an international student himself, so can authentically talk to students about his experience at Massey studying animation and filmmaking.

  “The episode got a huge applause and the students liked the jokes and blend of German and Kiwi humour.”

  Lifeswap is an animated series that follows the lives of Jörg (a German) and Duncan (a Kiwi) and the cultural misunderstandings that crop up as they live and study in each other’s country.

  The episode features a cameo from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who voiced a line of dialogue. It premiered in April during Ms Ardern’s visit to Berlin.