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New Zealand team connects with European educators
Representatives from all eight New Zealand universities and Te Pūkenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology joined the European Association for International Education (EAIE) community exchange, run virtually this year from 28 September to 1 October.
At the New Zealand Pavilion, ENZ’s Europe team led a “What’s new in New Zealand” session on the global and local initiatives ENZ has launched to keep our sector engaged with international stakeholders. Participants showed particular interest in the new Studying Sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand guide on Study with New Zealand.
Ahead of the event, ENZ briefed representatives from our tertiary institutions on developments in Europe over the past year and the next steps we are planning.
Four key education agents from Germany, France, Denmark and the United Kingdom joined a frank panel discussion on the current perceptions of New Zealand in their countries. The agents from our ENZ Recognised Agency programme (ENZRA) discussed the ways we can work together to make sure our international education sector is ready to go once border restrictions are lifted.
ENZ’s Europe Team also joined with the European Commission to co-host an online workshop on the European Union’s Erasmus+ education cooperation and exchange programmes. Representatives from New Zealand and Australian higher education institutions were invited.
The workshop, timed for the start of a new seven-year funding cycle, dealt with the basics of three key Erasmus+ projects – international credit mobility, Erasmus Mundus international study programmes and Jean Monnet Actions on teaching and research.
Another workshop, hosted by the European Commission in November 2021, will go into more detail. If you’d like to know more, get in touch with ENZ’s Market Development Manager Europe, Olga Elli at Olga.Elli@enz.govt.nz
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WREDA brings creative education to Beijing
John McKinnon, New Zealand’s Ambassador to China, opened the event which included entertainment, a World of Wearable Arts (WOW) model, and Weta senior prosthetics artists.
The event also saw the signing of a much-anticipated MOU between Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and Beijing Film Academy.
VUW Assistant Vice Chancellor Julia Innocente-Jones said the university has expanded its creative and digital programmes, including the establishment of the Miramar Creative Centre in 2017, situated near Weta in Miramar.
Adele Bryant, ENZ’s Regional Director North Asia, said nearly 2,000 Chinese students study in the creative capital each year, with plenty of opportunity for further growth.
“Creativity is at the heart of Wellington – whether in business, education, the arts, or tech innovations.
“Events like this help to show that New Zealand is more than just beautiful landscapes, and is home to many lucrative, creative industries.”
Almost 40 education agents attended the event, taking pictures with the ‘dwarf’ – a New Zealand student transformed by Weta prosthetics artists.
“The entertainment provided reinforced the relationships between Wellington institutions and the creative industries” said Adele.
“Agents were dazzled and left with a greater understanding of what the creative capital has to offer their students.”
You can view the WREDA video about Wellington as the creative capital here.
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Consultation on ENZRA and ENZ’s agent work
Clive Jones, General Manager Business Development, ENZ says the 2015 review of ENZRA undertaken by external consultants found significant shortcomings in the ENZRA programme.
“Education agents continue to make a significant contribution to the success of international education in New Zealand, and the ENZRA review also recommended ways for ENZ to better support education providers and education agents to be successful. We have been exploring all recommendations throughout our consultations.”
As part of our consultation, ENZ now invites organisations active in New Zealand’s education industry to complete a 10-15 minute survey by Thursday 30 June 2016.
“The survey results will help us identify the products and services we should be offering education agents and education providers to best support the recruitment of quality international students for New Zealand,” says Clive.
Depending on what ENZ hears through consultations, and the amount of analysis and development needed, it’s likely ENZ will announce the next steps in its work regarding agents later this this year.
- Complete the online survey for industry and education providers
- Complete the online survey for education agents
Please complete this survey by Thursday 5pm New Zealand time 30 June 2016.
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ENZ Emirates Airline promotion launches in Saudi Arabia
This promotion builds on a successful #YourSummerinNZ competition, which concluded on 5 June with the award of six prizes to study in New Zealand. The winners receive full scholarships to study English language at one of the six sponsoring New Zealand English language schools for up to six weeks, including return flights to New Zealand and accommodation.
The Emirates Airline promotional discount offer is on flights to New Zealand, booked from 1 June until 31 August, departing from Riyadh, Jeddah, Medinah, and Dammam. To redeem the offer, students need to use an infographic posted on ENZ’s Arabic Twitter page – @nzeducationsa.
“We are delighted to partner with Emirates Airline in promoting New Zealand as the premium destination for English-language students,” says John Laxon, ENZ’s Middle East Regional Director.
“Saudi students can now fly direct from Dubai to New Zealand via Emirates, and enter New Zealand visa-free when studying for up to 12 weeks.”
The flight promotion, and competition, are targeted to students looking at summer abroad study, given the longer summer holiday period in 2016.
New Zealand Ambassador, Hamish MacMaster, announced the Saudi #YourSummerinNZ scholarship winners: Abdullah Al Fifi (New Zealand Language Centres), Thamer Albugmi (Worldwide School of English), Ali Al Shahrani (Academic Colleges Group), Mohammed AlQabbaa (Southern Lakes English Language College), Majed Alzahrani (Languages International), and Fahad Alfifi (The Campbell Institute).
“The #YourSummerinNZ competition was a great success,” says Ambassador MacMaster.
“More than 3,000 entrants promoted New Zealand on ENZ’s dedicated Arabic-language Twitter channel – @nzeducationsa. ENZ now has more than 38,000 followers on its Twitter page, where students can find out how great it is to study in New Zealand.”
ENZ will continue a series of promotional and marketing initiatives during the summer period, and any providers looking to partner on further promotions can contact: rachel.simpson@enz.govt.nz
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From the CE: A transitional phase
First of all, a big thank you to everyone. Your insight and problem-solving on so many urgent matters, including student wellbeing and repatriation, has been invaluable.
I’d like to reflect quickly on how we’ve worked together so far. Our activities together represent just a beginning on the long road ahead. Within ENZ, we have:
- Created and administered the International Student Hardship Fund, which has allocated $1m to 105 providers and community organisations, assisting approximately 11,000 students.
- Created the Future Focused Programme and invested $1.2 million of reallocated government funds into the future of the industry to encourage innovation.
- Stood up cross-organisation teams within ENZ to focus on student wellbeing and support the repatriation of school-aged students.
- Communicated and engaged intensively with peak bodies, education providers, agents and in-market partners.
- Invested in NauMai NZ and increased our communications to students within New Zealand
- Continued to maintain visibility of New Zealand as a high quality study destination, and
- We’re continuing to work closely with other agencies, who have optimised policy settings to cushion the sector from the impacts of COVID-19 as far as possible.
Of course, a crucial step of the international education sector will be bringing in students.
International students remain a priority group in the government’s planning for any managed border entry agreements. We’re looking forward to welcoming international students into New Zealand again, but we need to make sure we do so in a way that is safe for everyone.
There are many details to be worked through, including practical quarantine and self-isolation arrangements, monitoring processes, and how the costs can be shared by those arriving.
As a result of this complexity, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has advised our sector leaders that international students will not be returning to New Zealand in July and August this year. He hopes that we will be able to safely welcome small groups of students by the end of the year and begin building up towards 2021.
We need to have and retain public confidence in the managed border re-entry process, before we welcome cohorts of students to New Zealand.
Finally, our work towards a sector recovery strategy continues and I look forward to sharing more with you this July.
He waka eke noa (we’re all in this together).
Ngā mihi,
Grant McPherson
Chief Executive
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao
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Around the world in five
GLOBAL
QS 50 Under 50 highlights competitiveness in global higher education
In a global race to cater for a growing student population and demand for better provision, Asia is a world leader for young outstanding institutions, according to the latest QS Top 50 Under 50 2020 Ranking.
EUROPE
First 17 European Universities’ alliances announced
The European Commission has announced the first 17 projects that will receive funding for a three-year pilot under the European Universities Initiative funded by the Erasmus+ programme.
GLOBAL
How international students use digital and social media to plan study abroad
Institution websites are the most useful tool for international students planning study abroad, while social media channels offer a “sneak peek” of the student experience, according to the 2019 QS International Student Survey.
ASIA
Asia Pacific’s most innovative universities for 2019
South Korea’s Seoul National University tops Reuters’ ranking of Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and power new markets and industries.
GLOBAL
What do international graduates need to compete locally?
The number of people from non-English-speaking countries moving to English-speaking countries for study continues to boom.
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Around the world in five
GLOBAL
As competition intensifies, the MBA market moves East
A recent Chartered Association of Business Schools report from the UK points to the rise of Asian business education, with an increasing number of Asian business schools being named in global MBA rankings.
THAILAND
Cabinet approval for a new Ministry of Higher Education and Innovation
The Thai government has approved the establishment of a new Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation to support its strategic goals to drive innovation in key industries and human resource development.
IRELAND
International education quality bill moves forward
The Irish government has approved publication of an international education quality bill, that will introduce an International Education Mark for approved providers amid a new regulatory framework.
CHINA
Online education market will exceed US$103 billion by 2025
A UBS Securities report predicts that K12 online education will become an important force in the market for extracurricular tutoring, exceeding US$103.4 billion by 2025.
MIDDLE EAST
Jordan aims to further build its international enrolment
Jordan is emerging as an increasingly important study destination in the Middle East with international student numbers roughly doubling since 2011 and the government setting a target to attract 70,000 international students by 2020.
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Joint India New Zealand Research Grants Awarded
Last month Minister Steven Joyce announced the seven successful recipients of the inaugural New Zealand Higher Education Research Grants, with seven winning proposals selected from over sixty applications.
From considering the impacts of climate change on ocean acidification to exploring new chemotherapy treatments, all projects will strengthen academic ties with a country that is New Zealand’s second largest source of international students.
All research proposals have at least one Principal Investigator based in New Zealand and one in India, and the projects clearly indicate the potential for further collaborative research in the future.
Full list of joint India New Zealand Higher Education Research Grant awardees:
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The University of Waikato collaborating with Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi. Joint research project: India at Leisure: Media, culture, and consumption in the new economy.
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The University of Auckland collaborating with Anna University in Chennai. Joint research project: Ploy-ethylenedioxythipphene/nitrogen doped grapheme composites for high performance supercapacitor applications.
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The University of Auckland collaborating with Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu. Joint research project: The impacts of climate change induced ocean acidification process of the physiology and calcifying rate of sea urchins between temperate (New Zealand) and tropical (India) species.
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The University of Otago collaborating with the University of Delhi. Joint research project: Vitamin D and calcium intakes of young Indian children living in the slums of South Delhi.
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The University of Auckland collaborating with the University of Calcutta. Joint research project: Organmetallic 2- pyridinecarbothioamide complexes as potential inhibitors of cyclooxygenases in anticancer chemotherapy.
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University of Canterbury collaborating with the University of Delhi. Joint research project: Health, labour, migration and the formation of Indian diasporas in the South Pacific, 19-20th centuries.
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Victoria University of Wellington collaborating with Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar. Joint research project: Managing India New Zealand institutional challenges for success.
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Kia noho haumaru – stay safe
The uncertainties of COVID-19 continue to impact us all. With Auckland into its fifth week at Alert Level 4, and the rest of New Zealand operating under Delta 2, looking after our collective wellbeing is more important than ever.
We know that while many international students are doing well, others may be struggling with the demands of the pandemic both here in Aotearoa New Zealand and on their families and friends overseas. I’d like to acknowledge the continued hard work by staff members, student associations, homestay providers and others supporting international students over the past 20 months – thank you for your incredible manaakitanga.
If you work with and support international students, please find some resources below that might be useful to complement your mahi.
The NauMai NZ COVID-19 page (in English and simplified Chinese) is currently updated almost daily, providing trusted information for international students on alert level settings, vaccinations, health and wellbeing resources, support options and more. This information is also replicated on the NauMai NZ WeChat mini programme.
Other resources include:
New content continues to be added to NauMai NZ. We recently added a new video welcome to the homepage, and we encourage you to share with your networks to raise awareness of the platform.
Finally, I want to acknowledge that this week is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week. The 2021 theme is ‘Kia kaha te Reo Māori’ (let’s make the Māori language strong). You can find resources, videos and inspiration at https://www.reomaori.co.nz/.
On that note, I’d like to leave you with one of our favourite whakataukī (proverbs):
Ko te manu e kai ana te miro, nōna te ngahere. Engari, ko te manu e kai I te mātauranga, nōna te ao. The bird that consumes the miro berry, owns the forest. However, the bird that consumes learning, owns the world.
Ngā mihi,
Sahinde Pala
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao Director Student Experience & Global Citizens
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GP practice for international students
Caring Clinic is focused on meeting the needs of international students and migrants from Asia, providing services in Cantonese and Mandarin as well as English, and offers innovative services including Skype consultations after hours and e-prescriptions.
The new clinic has been welcomed by the Auckland Agency Group (AAG), a cross-agency collaboration of central and local government agencies formed to lead communication with international student groups, ethnic communities and providers in Auckland.
Hayley Shields, ENZ’s Director of Student Experience and Chair of AAG, said the new clinic reflects the shift to make support services more attuned to students’ cultural needs.
“More than 60 per cent of international student enrolments are in Auckland, and it’s important for students to be able to access culturally appropriate healthcare services.
“This is one of the key objectives in the New Zealand International Student Wellbeing Strategy.”
Dr Jessie Liu and Dr Ruoh Sim, the two principal doctors at Caring Clinic, came to New Zealand as teenagers and both studied medicine at Otago University.
