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• English New Zealand announces new chair

  Darren, who is the managing director and co-owner of Languages International, previously served as English New Zealand’s chair from June 2012 to 2015.

  

  English New Zealand chair Darren Conway.

  “I was planning for something much more relaxing than stepping back into the chair’s role at English New Zealand,” he said.

  “But these are unprecedented times and I’m happy to take up the challenge. I hope that my experience and advocacy can help English New Zealand lead the sector out of the current crisis. We can make a useful contribution to the recovery of the New Zealand economy, but we need both judicious and timely support and clear communication from the government, and that’s where our initial focus will be.”

  English New Zealand say they greatly appreciate the contributions that Wayne, also the group principal for ICL Education, has made during his tenure.

  “It has been a privilege to represent the 22 members schools and I have appreciated the opportunity to engage with government and non-government stakeholders, raising the awareness of what we do and advocating on members’ behalf,” Wayne said.

  “We have long argued that our quality and experience be recognised by government agencies in a meaningful way - in the way the export education levy is determined, in the way our sector is quality assured, and in the way our English language courses are categorised.

  “To that end, I was very pleased by the recent cabinet paper proposing legislative changes allowing for recognition of ELT as a separate sub-sector and opening the door to achieving these goals.”

• Around the world in five

  CANADA

  International students want more support

  A report by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations calls to shift the focus from the dollar value of international students to offering them better support to live, study and work in the country.

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  US

  Plan to introduce term limits on student visas

  The US plans to introduce a maximum term for student visas in 2019 to replace the practice of issuing visas for the duration of studies.

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  UK

  Immigration policy has cost billions in lost exports

  An analysis of the economic impacts of UK immigration policy affecting international students suggests losses of about 17.5 billion NZD from 2013 to 2017.

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  TAIWAN

  Universities see a rise in the number of South East Asian students

  University campuses in Taiwan have been stepping up efforts to accommodate the increasing number of Southeast Asian students pursuing higher education in the country.

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  SINGAPORE

  International students make up for lack of local MBA takers

  Institutions offering MBAs in Singapore are struggling to attract local students, but are seeing renewed interest from students from Viet Nam, India, and China.

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• From the CE: The next phase

  One of the first projects to be discussed in the early days of lockdown, the Future Focus Programme, was launched last week.

  The programme has reallocated $1.2 million of our existing funding to provide our sector peak bodies with the support to reimagine international education in a post COVID-19 world. ENZ has already approved funding for two peak bodies.

  Initially, funding will assist peak bodies in developing an innovation plan with their sub-sector. Once planning is complete, funding may also be provided to support the introduction of innovation projects.

  ENZ’s Industry Team will work in close contact with the sector on the programme, and although it’s a little while away, I’m looking forward to seeing what creative initiatives come out of it.

  Since my last update, we have also stood up an internal group who will be charged with preparing and planning for ENZ’s role in any possible relaxation of border controls for international students.

  This group will work with other Government agencies and representatives from the international education community to develop an understanding of what the challenges are in reducing border restrictions and implementing strict quarantine requirements, as well as how the sector can prepare.

  We are aware that some international students are experiencing unusual hardship because of changes to their personal circumstances due to the global impacts of COVID-19. The Government has established a hardship grant fund for international students to address urgent, temporary needs, which ENZ will administer.

  The $1 million fund is designed to meet emergency, temporary needs, and must be both applied for and administered by either an education provider or a community group. You can find out more information on the ENZ website, International Student Hardship Grant Fund. Applications opened yesterday.

  I would like to finish with a whakataukī that has been in high rotation around ENZ.

  He waka eke noa (we’re all in this together).

  Ngā mihi,

  Grant McPherson

  Chief Executive

  Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao

• Priority international partners for ‘Team Christchurch’

  Three priority areas have been identified: Guangdong Province in Southeast China; The United States West Coast – Washington (including sister city Seattle), Oregon and California; and South Korea (including sister city Songpa-gu). Australia is also identified as a key partner. 

  Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao is one of many organisations who contributed to the new strategy, alongside the city’s tertiary institutions, ChristchurchNZ, Ngāi Tahu, the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch International Airport Limited, Lyttelton Port Company, The Asia New Zealand Foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. 

  “It’s exciting to see international education as part of such a well-integrated approach that will benefit Christchurch and the wider region,” says ENZ’s Business Development Manager, Andy Walker, who is based in Christchurch. 

  “Personal friendships, increased cultural understanding, community connections, language skills, positive working relationships, economic growth – international education has a huge amount to contribute to the future development of international relationships for Christchurch. The efforts of the different sectors involved are amplified when we work together, and at ENZ we are looking forward to supporting this work with our international teams.”  

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