Search

Showing 10 of 2157 results for read 2024 FRM Exam Part I - Quantitative Analysis online free

• “Nerds” visit to promote NZ English language schools in Brazil

  During which they will blog about their experiences of New Zealand’s culture and attractions, and promote New Zealand as an English language destination to their large youth audience.

  The Jovem Nerd crew – two presenters, two camera people, a sound technician and a producer – have been brought here by Conversa, an education social media consultancy with Maori Tourism organising the itinerary. Education New Zealand has sponsored the visit.

  “Around 2,500 Brazilian students study in New Zealand annually, but there’s plenty of opportunity for expansion. We see social media as a way of extending our reach into the Brazilian market to capture the attention of young people who want to learn English and have an adventure. New Zealand offers both”, says Kathryn McCarrison, ENZ’s General Manager, Marketing and Channel Development.

  As its name suggests – ‘jovem’ being the Portuguese word for ‘young’ – Jovem Nerd is especially popular with 15-35 year olds, and their podcasts have among the highest audience numbers in Brazil.

  The crew are all huge fans of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies and are especially interested in visiting ‘Middle-earth’.

  “To be a Nerd is to want to know about things”, says Jovem Nerd producer, Guga Mafra. “A Nerd Tour not only educates, but it also gives our audience real insight into our experience of a place. A Middle-earth experience is an exciting adventure for our audience”.

  A range of English language schools will host the Jovem Nerd crew as they travel around the country. “We’re thrilled to be hosting Jovem Nerd at our schools.  They have a huge following in Brazil, and the Nerd Tour is likely to generate a lot of buzz about New Zealand as a study destination. The last celebrity blogger tour that ENZ organised provided a real boost to our schools’ online marketing efforts,” says Hannah Robinson, Digital Marketing Manager, Languages International.

  New Zealand Maori Tourism (NZMT), which represents over 200 Maori tourism operators, has created an exciting itinerary for the Jovem Nerd crew. “We welcome the opportunity to be involved in this tour and for the chance to share with the people of Brazil the richness of our landscapes, our culture and our people.

  Both Maori and mainstream tourism operators are looking forward to hosting the Nerds on what will be in itself be an epic adventure, worthy of a Rings novel,” says Butch Bradley, Director of Regions and Operations at NZMT.

  The Jovem Nerd crew are in New Zealand from 14 – 30 May.

  You can follow their progress on Twitter #NerdtourNZ

• NZSA e-learning pilot starts

  A variety of agents and stakeholders from different locations around the world were chosen to test the revamped programme ahead of its wider launch in July and August. The launch date is still dependent on the feedback received during the two-week global pilot.

  
  The new e-learning programme is flexible and accessible. Agents can train at a time and place convenient to them and Education New Zealand (ENZ) can easily update and distribute new information to agents. Providing training online will also allow ENZ to better capture agent information.
  Agents have been kept informed of the changes through Channel Development Manager Kaye Le Gros’ monthly newsletters and at a various meetings in New Zealand and offshore.

  Here are a couple of screen shots from the new e-learning programme:

  

• IEGF success key to Chile market

  Vital English’s success in Chile started in mid-2012 when ENZ staff introduced Vital English to STEP, an institute associated with the University of Santo Tomas that regularly tenders for Chilean Government bids in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

  Through this introduction, Vital English was able to identify an opportunity for developing an ESOL product based on an existing Vital English course that would be suitable for upskilling Chilean primary and secondary school teachers.

  Just a few months later, Vital English and STEP were involved in a Chilean Government pilot involving 380 teachers. The pilot saw teachers improve their Test of English for International Communication scores by one or more levels on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in three months.

  Given that success, the Chilean Government sought to extend the pilot to a 12 month course in 2013 involving 4000 teachers.

  Vital English was under pressure to rapidly develop new content to meet the needs of this bid and attend a number of meetings with Chilean Government officials. While both STEP and Vital English could recognise the scope of the opportunity, neither party had sufficient resources available to meet these requirements within the required timeframe.

  “Fortunately, the IEGF was announced”, says Adrian. “Winning an IEGF has provided enough of a financial boost to allow Vital English to develop the required content and get to market quickly to maximise the opportunity.

  “The result of being able to respond quickly to the requirements of the Chilean Government has, without question, strengthened our position there and accelerated our ability to grow the market. It has led to Vital English being invited to participate in a further bid for providing ESL to 1000 secondary school students.

  “Vital English is now participating in three different Chilean Government bids worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. More importantly, the lessons learned from the partnerships formed, have opened the door to a new business model that Vital English is well positioned to maximise.”

  For more information on the IEGF, click here.

  About Vital English

  Vital English is a supplier of digital support products for international students throughout the student engagement lifecycle; from helping institutions build awareness in the market to communicating with alumni digitally. Central to the Vital Suite of products is a catalogue of online and blended English courses. Vital English supply these products globally working with institutions in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, South East Asia and the Americas.

  Vital English is happy to share more feedback from lessons learned in Chile. Please contact Adrian Sallis for more information. adrian.sallis@vitalenglish.com

• South Korea & Japan label-less visas

  The visa is recorded electronically in INZ’s system, and the visa holder will not have a visa label in their passport.

  Visa holders will be notified about their visa approval by email from INZ. This notification will contain details about their visa, including the travel and other conditions of the visa.

  The change comes into effect in Japan for applications submitted on and after 11 November and in South Korea from 25 November 2013.

  Label-less visa holders will be advised to carry their notification when they travel and when they enrol with an educational institute.

  More information is available online – for Japan visit here  and for Korea visit here.

• Growth Fund applications open

  The IEGF aims to support innovative projects that go beyond ‘business as usual’ – for instance this funding can help accelerate your market expansion plans, develop offshore partnerships or build a new product or channel to market. 

  There has been some fine-tuning of criteria and the selection process, based on feedback from earlier rounds. ENZ Business Development Manager, Adele Bryant, says the new form is designed to guide applicants easily through the process, and in particular help you explain how a project will meet key selection criteria -- including level of innovation, expected commercial return, scalability, value for money and extent of collaboration both on and offshore. 

  Success so far

  Since the fund was piloted in April 2013, 41 projects and 31 institutions and education exporters have received ‘matched project funding’ of between $10,000 and $50,000.  

  Some good results have been achieved already from projects funded in that first April 2013 round.   Wellington-based company Software Education has launched five new courses in Singapore and signed six new partnerships with US organisations, while Kiwa Digital, of Auckland, has used its funding to close international contracts valued at $386,000.

  Victoria University of Wellington used IEGF funding to develop a niche marketing campaign for its high value, postgraduate law programme in Germany and Southeast Asia. The university says without IEGF funding it would have taken longer for the university to gain the market penetration it wanted in Singapore, Thailand and Germany.  The results are an 18% increase in offers of places over 2013 and new relationships with institutions that will help feed the student pipeline into the future.

  Online Education, a start-up company based in Hamilton has developed Code Avengers to teach computer programming.  The product can be used in classroom settings around the world as well as in the potentially huge US home school market.  While still in the development phase the company has used its IEGF funds to “accelerate the speed of many tasks from promotion to IP protection to product development”.  While revenue is small it is growing quickly with an 800% increase over the last year, of which some 80% comes from export sales. The company is now having the product translated into Spanish and Dutch and is in negotiation with overseas distributors as it moves quickly to capitalise on its improved international profile. 

• Full house fairs

  The fairs in Santiago, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing, as well as New Zealand fairs in Surabaya and Jakarta in Indonesia, were all characterised by big crowds, with lots of keen interest shown by prospective students. 

  The prize in the round went to Beijing, where the New Zealand exhibition was awarded ‘best pavilion’ by the organisers of the China International Education Exhibition Tour (CIEET).  CIEET is acknowledged as China’s most influential international education fair ¬– the October 2013 tour attracted 443 education institutions from 32 countries, and over 40,000 visitors. Numbers were high again this year: on day one of the Beijing event, Education New Zealand staff handed out 1200 brochures. 

  We applied a bit of ‘Think New’ to our fair programme in Latin America this year. Innovations introduced in Chile included partnering with a reputable local education media/expo company to run a New Zealand only fair, which produced real improvements in the number and quality of student attendees. This bodes well for the coming fair in Bogota, Colombia. In Brazil we attended the FPP Edu-Expo commercial fairs in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the New Zealand pavilion at both fairs was really popular.

  Another innovation was to host a live feed from two Brazilian bloggers currently studying in Dunedin (between them this pair have an online following of several million). The sessions with Caio Komatsu and Luana Mazotti at the New Zealand stand ¬in Sao Paulo attracted a lot of attention, with the second sitting extended from 30 minutes to an hour to accommodate all the questions from students at the booth.  

  In Indonesia, the New Zealand Education Fair in Jakarta was opened by the Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce. The official launch, accompanied by a cultural performance by Te Puia, was well attended by over 20 media organisations, including national and cable television.

  A new aspect of the Jakarta fair was an alumnus presentation, by a graduate of Takapuna Grammar School and Auckland University. Vikra Ijas held a large audience in thrall with a humorous presentation on ‘The seven hardest things about living in New Zealand for Indonesian students’. With a closing endorsement “Life is about choices, I made the right one” it was a high value addition to the fair programme, the organisers believe.  

  Student numbers were high in Jakarta and in the fair in Surabaya the day before, with lots of the attending institutions commenting on the increased numbers of high quality prospective students, and greater awareness of New Zealand as a preferred study destination. 

  Next up: 

  March closes with events in Kuching, Malaysia (where New Zealand Week festivities are keeping Kiwis in the spotlight in lots of ways), and Shanghai and Guangzhou, China. In April, the fair round kicks off in India and in the Gulf states.

  Hyderabad fair advisory

  If you’re interested in The Hindu Education Plus fair in Hyderabad on 27 April, please get in touch with the organisers directly. Due to space restrictions we will run only a standalone ENZ booth. If you want to participate please contact event organisers directly: www.thehindu.com/features/education/article5339215.ece.
   

• eT4e - Ed Tech for Export conference

  The conference is organised by Grow Wellington with the support of Education New Zealand.

  This year's conference features four international speakers from business and academia - Lee Wilson, CEO of Filament Games in Wisconsin; Dr Erkki Sutinen, head of the edTech Research Group from the University of Eastern Finland; Jennifer Carolan, head of the NewSchools Seed Fund in California; and Hapara founder Jan Zawadzki.

  They will be joined by national speakers including Noelene Anderson, Pixelhouse; David Ellis, NZCER; Adrian Sallis, Vital English; David Cameron, LearnKo and Maru Nihoniho, Metia Interactive.

  Globally, education technology is one of the fastest growing sectors in education. Growth is being driven by increased student and teacher demand for engaging and effective learning solutions, the need to develop digital skills and digital citizenship in modern economies, and the entry of major technology corporates and investment entities into the business of education. Global expenditure is forecast to reach US$220b by 2017.

  “Asia- Pacific is expected to be one of the leading regions for growth of edtech. Education New Zealand is keen to work with those companies with smart content and technology to capitalise on that demand,” says Clive Jones, General Manager of Business Development at Education New Zealand.

  Education technology converts traditional education systems into automated virtual learning environments through web-based courses, assessment materials, online tutoring, professional development, and data management systems.

  Visit www.edtechforexport.co.nz for more information, to check out the programme and to register

• Poised for Growth: NZ’s Edtech Industry can capitalise on a world-class education system

  “Talking with people who have been marketing English Language Learning products in the same target country was invaluable and enabled me to reconsider my start-up’s business model before its launch next month.

  “A five minute demonstration of our product was enough to generate feedback that was both enlightening and encouraging,” says Tony.

  Sponsored by Education New Zealand and organised by Grow Wellington the conference brought together over 180 people from edtech companies, education organisations and business development agencies.

  The conference was opened by Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment who emphasised the goal to grow the value of export education services from $104m in 2012 to $500m by 2025.

  The Minister urged the industry to collaborate and seek export growth - a message which was reinforced by international keynote speaker, Lee Wilson, CEO of Filament Games from the US. He argued that globalisation is a strategic imperative for the edtech industry, given that the prices for digital and online products were falling but the cost of doing business is not. In his view this left two options – building an expensive branded product or scaling up for export.

  It was encouraging to hear other speakers such as Dr Errki Sutinen of the University of Eastern Finland, Dr Sue Watson of Summit Education Asia Pacific and Jennifer Carolan of NewSchools Venture Fund noting that the New Zealand industry was well-placed to build on its unique advantage – a world-class education system.

  The conference provided an opportunity for edtech exporters to share their export stories and showcase their products. Jan Zawadzki of Hapara shared his company’s story from the development of its Teacher Dashboard product with Auckland teachers, through participation and graduation from the US-based Imagine K12 education incubator, to exporting to 30 countries around the world.

  A diverse range of companies such as Vital English, LearnKo, Metia Interactive and Pixelhouse shared their product development or market stories with an appreciative audience. The business capability conference stream explored the worlds of planning, design and investment to underpin a sustainable edtech business.

  You can learn more about New Zealand’s edtech companies by visiting the et4e website and business directory at http://www.edtechforexport.co.nz/.

  Video coverage and copies of presentations will be downloaded to the site over the coming week.

• Stephen Fleming flies New Zealand education flag in India

  Taking advantage of the former Black Caps captain’s massive profile in India, ENZ organised several awareness raising events fronted by Stephen Fleming to encourage Indian students to come to New Zealand.

  “Stephen has legendary status in India with the country’s love of cricket and Stephen’s own connections through the Indian Premier League where he is coach of the Chennai Super Kings. He is a very well-known and highly regarded personality and working with him to convey New Zealand’s education story has enabled us to reach a volume and quality of audience that might not have been as readily accessible otherwise,” said Ziena Jalil, ENZ Regional Director for South and South East Asia.

  “As a passionate advocate for quality education with a strong belief in the New Zealand education system, Stephen does a great job in exciting students, teachers and parents about what we have to offer.”

  Stephen was at all three Education New Zealand fairs in India in late August to interact with students and answer questions about studying in New Zealand. School and tertiary education institution visits in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi attracted more than a thousand potential students.

  We also secured a huge volume of quality media coverage as a result of Stephen’s promotional activities – one media briefing drew more than 50 journalists including several TV channels.

  An online campaign challenged students who were already thinking about study abroad options to take the next step and actively consider New Zealand as a study destination.

  Visitors who registered their interest in studying in New Zealand on the Education New Zealand campaign website were contacted by an education agent who provided them with more information about the courses, the criteria and support with the application process.

  By expressing interest, prospective students were automatically in to win an exclusive dinner date with Stephen Fleming. The lucky winners enjoyed a once in a lifetime experience with the cricketer who is regarded in India as one of the best captains the Black Caps have ever had.

  You can find photos of Stephen, the students and the fairs on our facebook page.

  While this campaign in India is over, New Zealand’s co-hosting the 2015 Cricket World Cup (CWC) also offers additional opportunities in India from an education perspective.

  If you are interested in learning more about the Stephen Fleming or CWC programmes for India should contact ENZ at: india@enz.govt.nz.

• Gold Standard for Education New Zealand

  The Public Affairs Asia Gold Standard Awards celebrates and showcases the achievements of companies, governments, and diplomatic missions in the Asia Pacific region. 

  In Hong Kong to receive the award, Ziena Jalil, ENZ Regional Director for South and South East Asia said: “It’s fantastic to receive this recognition from industry peers against some very tough competition and for a campaign that has only really been running for a year.”

  The awards attracted more than 200 entries and were presented at a gala ceremony attended by a host of senior professionals from corporate affairs, communications agencies, NGOs, the media and the diplomatic service.

  “Our campaign aimed to build New Zealand’s reputation in India as a high quality education destination. It’s really exciting and satisfying to see the strategy translate into student numbers. India is now the fastest growing source of international students to New Zealand.”

  The Think New: Think New Zealand campaign weaves together multiple strands of activity focused on three strategic themes: deepening government relations; targeted business development initiatives; and an intensive integrated PR and marketing campaign.

  “Our strategy focused on consistent messaging and leveraging advocates across key states in India. The Think New brand launched in November 2013, introducing messaging and visuals focused on the concept of ‘new’ to better promote New Zealand.

  “We also worked closely with other agencies including the New Zealand High Commission and Immigration New Zealand to support the messaging in-market. The changes to students’ work rights policy implemented in January 2014 were followed by joint ENZ/INZ communications in India creating greater awareness of the change,” said Ziena.

  

  Recognising India and New Zealand’s shared love of cricket, popular Indian Premier League coach of the Chennai Super Kings and former New Zealand Black Caps cricket captain Stephen Fleming joined the campaign as a brand ambassador.

  Stephen was integral in raising awareness through digital competitions, media events, scholarship announcements, school roadshows, education fairs and networking functions. He attracted thousands of potential students and stakeholders, taking the time to talk to people about the benefits of education in New Zealand

  We worked to turn challenges into opportunities - during New Delhi’s summer heat and Mumbai’s monsoon, we took to the shopping malls with the Think New campaign, capturing the crowds as they escaped the weather.

  Business development opportunities continue to be explored both in India and New Zealand with ENZ presenting regularly at industry conferences around India, sharing New Zealand’s strengths with key business people. Several new scholarships have been established for study in New Zealand, linked to post-study work options that will establish valuable connections between both countries.

  Brand awareness has increased by 33 percent in India and New Zealand education featured in over 700 print and online media from October 2013 to July 2014.

  Indian student numbers in 2013 increased for the first time in three years and student visas issued to Indian nationals increased 83 percent between January and July 2014.