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  • International education during the pandemic – what we’ve learned

    Education New Zealand held a webinar in its Kōrerorero: Conversations that Matter series at the Conference of the Americas on International Education – drawing academics and decision-makers from around the world.

    Leading academics from Victoria University of Wellington, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University and Lincoln University explained the New Zealand approach to the challenges of distance learning and the innovations they discovered during the toughest moments.

    Associate Professor Arun Elias, Associate Dean of International and Accreditation at Victoria University’s Wellington School of Business and Government, said while student-to-student interactions had fallen, digital platforms were opening up new ways of doing things.

    “We had two PhD examinations which were completely online. We had one PhD student from Victoria being examined in an oral examination by an examiner in Colombia. Also, I was an examiner for a PhD student in the University of Sao Paulo, so that was something which we usually don't do which was a very unique experience.”

    Dr Elias quoted a famous Māori proverb: “What is the most important thing in the world? It’s the people, it's the people, it's the people.”

    Professor Guy Littlefair, Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Dean of Faculty at Auckland University of Technology, said lockdowns demanded change on many fronts.

    “We've all had to learn how to be much more innovative around how we deliver programmes, but also how we conduct research and particularly how we engage with our partners right across the world.

    “So, coming out of the pandemic I actually think we have more things in common than we've ever done before.”

    Associate Professor Kerry Taylor, Head of School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication at Massey University, said the difficulties had the potential to deepen relationships.

    “There are a lot of lessons that we can share, but also learn from our partners, in terms of the importance of agreements and things like that.

    “But I think one of the important things we need to make sure (of) is that we don't treat the relationship simply as an economic one. It's got to be about cultural understanding; it's got to be about shared values and sharing values and aspirations to bring people into the conversation.”

    Professor Hugh Bigsby, Dean of the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce at Lincoln University, said the pandemic was a chance to find new ways to make human connections.

    “One of the wonderful things about international connections and the importance of it is that you learn other institutions’ cultures.

    People use the same fundamental skills and ideas a little bit differently and by mixing with other people’s understanding – why they're doing what they're doing – it actually helps inform things that you do back home.”

    Watch the full webinar – Kōrerorero: Internationalisation for growing partnerships, a New Zealand perspective.

    Education New Zealand was a platinum sponsor at the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI). This continental forum brings together the main actors and decision-makers on the internationalisation of higher education in the Americas to chart the future of academic cooperation in the region.

  • Māori and indigenous American academics join forces

    Over 150 experts have been exchanging ideas at a series of virtual sessions over the last month, hosted by Education New Zealand, Māori university scholarship body Te Kāhui Amokura and the National Science Foundation in the United States.

    The MULTIPLIER Planning and Virtual Information Exchange Sessions covered indigenous language research, indigenous data sovereignty, and climate change and its impacts on indigenous communities. Participants included Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Māori scholars.

    ENZ’s Director of Engagement for North America, DuBois Jennings, says it was a privilege to co-host the meeting of so many powerful academic figures on such important questions.

    “We’re incredibly excited to explore ways in which we can support research on these critical issues and foster collaboration between the indigenous communities and nations who participated,” Mr Jennings says.

    “Following these events, we hope to build relationships among researchers in our two countries while exploring a bilateral government-to-government agreement to support this crucial research.”

    The National Science Foundation’s Keith Chanon, a Program Director in the Office of International Science and Engineering, says they are excited by the amount of interest from the two indigenous research communities in working together.

    “There is clearly much to be learned from the experience and traditional knowledge that resides in both countries,” he says.

    The National Science Foundation supports basic research and education in all scientific and engineering disciplines, and 25 percent of all federally-funded academic fundamental research at US colleges and universities. The planning and exchange sessions were held under the Foundation’s MULTIPLIER programme, which draws international expertise into its research missions.  

    Te Kāhui Amokura – part of Universities New Zealand Te Pōkai Tara – promotes outcomes for Māori university students and staff and Māori scholarship.

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