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• CPIT graduates share honours in ENZ’s Virtual Re-Start Fashion Competition

  Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) fashion graduates Phoebe Ratcliff-Reid and Melissa McIndoe, with their Malaysian counterparts from Raffles College and the Malaysian Institute of Arts, won first and second prize in Education New Zealand’s New Zealand Week fashion competition held in Kuala Lumpur this week.
  
  Fittingly, the fashion collection was based on the theme of ‘rejuvenation’ and inspired by the rebuild of Christchurch city.
  
  Along with CPIT, students from Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Whitieria Community Polytechnic and WINTEC took part. They worked ‘virtually’ in pairs with their Malaysian counterparts to create four distinct outfits.
  
  Education New Zealand developed the Virtual Re-Start Fashion Competition to showcase the quality of New Zealand fashion institutions and attract the attention of Malaysian students, encouraging them to come and study in New Zealand. More than 2000 Malaysian students studied in New Zealand last year.
  
  The winners were:
  •    1st prize
  Phoebe Radcliff-Reid (CPIT)
  Kathryn Lagrosa Rao (Raffles College of Higher Education)
  
  •    2nd prize
  Melissa McIndoe (CPIT)
  Liew Chee Yeng (Malaysian Institute of Arts)
  
  •    3rd prize
  Hannah Shand (Massey University)
  Moto Keek Wen Han (Raffles College of Higher Education)

• Help us thank New Zealand’s education partners in Japan

  As part of a programme to explore greater opportunities for the New Zealand education industry in Japan.

  The alumni networking function will acknowledge and show our appreciation for the informal “ambassadorial” role alumni undertake on behalf of New Zealand education. We will also be encouraging alumni to join the recently launched New Zealand Educated Alumni LinkedIn group where they will be able to network with fellow alumni and keep in touch with events and activities of interest.

  The agent seminars will recognise the work agents do on behalf of New Zealand education and show the agents our appreciation. The seminars will also inform agents of any immigration updates and changes (there will be someone from Immigration New Zealand in attendance) and let them know about the agent e-learning that will be launched in the next few months. A preview of this will be available at the event. 

  It is hoped that these activities will  further nignite agents’ interest in, and enthusiasm for, promoting New Zealand as an education destination.

  To ensure we reach the greatest number of agents and alumni, we would like your suggestions for who you would like us to invite.

  For the dates for each event, and a form where you can enter the names and contact information of those you’d like to be sent an invitation, click here.

  In completing this form, you will be assured of early notification of when registration opens for these events.

  As well agents and alumni, we know that many New Zealand education institutions have active and fruitful partnerships with fellow institutions in Japan. We are hoping to host such people at a ‘thank you’ lunch where we can show our gratitude for the very important role they play in fostering a lively education exchange between our two countries. Details about the lunch will be provided at a later date.

  These events are a great opportunity for you to show how much you value your education partners and advocates in Japan.

  Thank you in advance for help make these events the best they can be.

• Assignment4U website down

  The outcome of the injunction hearing in the Auckland High Court today saw two of the defendants undertake to not engage in conduct that contravenes the Education Act.

  NZQA Chief Executive Dr Karen Poutasi said NZQA was pleased with the outcome of the injunction hearing.

  “The next step in this ongoing investigation is for the large amount of evidence and information collected to be analysed.

  “Today’s court proceedings are part of the strong NZQA action taken in response to allegations of cheating and assessment fraud. Where there is evidence of illegal activity under the Education Act, it is likely further legal action will be taken”.

  Education New Zealand (ENZ) is pleased to see that action has been taken against Assignment 4U in regard to the alleged cheating services.

  ENZ appreciates the efforts everyone in our industry makes to maintain New Zealand’s international reputation as provider of high quality education. The vast majority of education providers in New Zealand deliver great education outcomes for local and international students.

  This action signals both here and abroad how seriously New Zealand takes the integrity and credibility of its tertiary education and qualifications.

  ENZ will continue to work with its contacts in the Chinese education sector and Chinese education officials to manage New Zealand’s education reputation in relation to this issue. We will continue to keep them informed of the New Zealand Government’s response to this matter.

• Wānanga capture India’s interest

  Yesterday the delegation took part in the second meeting of the India New Zealand Education Council (INZEC) and the first to be held in New Zealand.

  A focus of the visit was to explore New Zealand’s approach to Māori-centred learning in the tertiary sector. On Monday the delegation visited Te Whare Wānanga O Awanuiārangi at the University of Auckland.

  Dr Raju was interested in New Zealand’s approach to integrating Māori culture into modern-day education frameworks and how New Zealand lifts the achievement of Māori learners. The Indian Government sees education as integral for supporting India’s aboriginal tribes’ prosperity and engagement with wider Indian society.

  “It was agreed by the Indian delegation, and the wānanga, that it was important to strike a balance between modernity and tradition, recognising the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge and the wider benefits of education as they relate to future employment but also wider cultural and community values,” says Ziena Jalil, Education New Zealand’s Regional Director South Asia.

  “Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi expressed their desire to progress the relationship with India given the wānanga’s capability and success in running indigenous institutions from governance and curriculum development to connecting with the mainstream education system.”

  The aboriginal tribes of India are its oldest inhabitants, making up 8.6 percent (more than 104 million people) of the country’s population.

  Discussions at the INZEC meeting, held in Wellington, highlighted New Zealand’s approach to vocational pathways and qualification recognition, accreditation and institutional linkages for Indian and New Zealand tertiary institutions.

  Ziena says “Given the short lead-in time for the second INZEC meeting, and that less than one year has passed since the inaugural meeting, the focus of the meeting was around re-committing to the relationship and critically, to agree to processes that would encourage joint activities supported by joint funding.”

  While in New Zealand, Dr Raju had bilateral meetings with Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce and Minister of Education Hekia Parata. Dr Raju also visited the Education Review Office and Teachers Council. 

• Jovem Nerds hitting the right spot in Brazil and New Zealand

  Every semester the Jovem (or 'Young') Nerds travel to a new part of the world giving viewers the inside guide to local 'nerd' culture.

  In this trip the Nerds promoted New Zealand as an English language destination to their large youth audience, and showcased some of the best that our tourism industry has to offer.

  While here, the Nerds published on Twitter and Instagram and have, since returning to Brazil, published two video blogs on YouTube, which have received more than 250,000 views collectively. There have been 550,000 downloads of the Nerdcast and 600,000 views of the videos released to date.

  Traffic from Brazil to ENZ's student website increased by 125% for the month of June, and English language schools featured in the videos have reported an increase in traffic to their websites – one school received their usual monthly traffic in one day.

  Five videos will be posted in total.

  ENZ is looking to identify key opinion leaders in other priority markets to replicate this highly-successful awareness-raising campaign.

  View the New Zealand highlights of the Jovem Nerds' trip on their blog. 

• Hearing students’ voices

  This year five alumni will be joining 20 international students to share their experiences with each other, ENZ and NZ Inc. Participants will be selected from nominations submitted by institutions, and ENZ will send out the nomination criteria and submission form at the end of August.

  Student Voice will provide students and alumni with a platform from which they can share their ideas and air their concerns and an opportunity to take part in the development of an alumni strategy. It is hoped that participation in the event will inspire students to establish their own forums within their student communities.

  The objectives of the event from an ENZ perspective are: to gain a student perspective on the alumni strategy ideas; facilitate communication between the students and NZ Inc agencies; and facilitate connection between alumni and industry, and current international students.

  The outcomes from the Student Voice event will be shared with industry at the New Zealand International Education Conference (NZIEC) at the Student Voice 2013 panel session. Three students and one alumnus will be selected at Student Voice to participate in the conference panel. 

• Education in the spotlight during Governor-General’s visit to Viet Nam

  

  Sir Jerry Mateparae attended two major education events during this visit.  In Hanoi the New Zealand Embassy and ENZ hosted a “New Zealand Education Connections” event, which for the first time ever in Viet Nam, brought together New Zealand alumni from different parts of the Vietnamese economy and society.

  About 250 private students, NZ Aid scholarship recipients and recipients of English Language Teaching for Officials (ELTO) were represented at the event. New Zealand teachers in Viet Nam were also well represented.

  The Governor-General spoke about the value of education as a bridge builder for long term relationships and connections between the two countries.  In all of his meetings with senior Vietnamese leaders and officials stronger education collaboration was emphasised as a key priority for New Zealand’s relationship with Viet Nam.

  

  In Ho Chi Minh City (which accounts for about 60 percent of all Vietnamese students to New Zealand), Sir Jerry Mateparae delivered an address to 170 students, staff and senior Vietnamese officials at the University of Science, which is part of the Vietnamese National University. The University has nine faculties with around 652 professors and more than 16,000 students.  

  Auckland University of Technology has a joint programme with the University of Science, delivering a Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences (BCIS). There are 130 students enrolled in the programme, in addition to the 250 graduates of this programme.

  At this event, the Governor-General spoke about the importance of partnerships in education, not only between governments, but also between New Zealand and Vietnamese institutions.  Senior officials present expressed the hope that in future there would be more New Zealand and Vietnamese universities engaged in the kind of collaboration demonstrated by AUT and the University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City.Both events attracted plenty of media attention, and helped to raise the profile of New Zealand as an education partner for Viet Nam in advance of the New Zealand education fairs taking place in September.

• Introducing new offshore staff

  Welcome to Education Manager Shelly Xu, who is based in Shanghai, and Market Development Manager Dinh Duong, who is based in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). 

  

  Shelly Xu has joined Education New Zealand’s China team as of 2 September and arrives to the role with more than 10 years of experience at Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ) Shanghai Branch, where she built up a concrete understanding not only of visa policy and settings, but also of the New Zealand- China international education landscape. 

  “We are really thrilled to have Shelly on board and she brings invaluable strengths to this role,” says Regional Director – Greater China Alexandra Grace.

  “Shelly’s appointment to this newly created “Education Manager” position will enable better identification and uptake of growth opportunities, as well as better support to industry, in this key region of the China market”. 

  Shelly’s involvement with industry through her student visa responsibilities led to a desire to work for Education New Zealand. “Through INZ I learnt about the high quality of New Zealand education and found my passion and strong interest in promoting New Zealand education to more international students”, she says.

  Get in touch with Shelly when you are visiting Shanghai; or would like to update Shelly on your business or institution’s activities in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui (Shelly’s areas of responsibility, working to the Regional Director).  Her email address is shelly.xu@enz.govt.nz.  Shelly is a part of the New Zealand Consulate-General effort in Shanghai, and will be based with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) at New Zealand Central.

  

  Dinh Duong is the new Market Development Manager in Viet Nam, reporting to Izak Human, Regional Director – South East Asia.

  Dinh will be working to promote New Zealand education in Viet Nam through fairs, events, exhibitions, meetings, workshops and other activities. She’ll be supporting New Zealand education providers and business by providing insights into the Viet Nam market, researching and working to establish high quality partnership opportunities for institutions, and keeping on top of developing education trends in Viet Nam.

  Dinh joins Education New Zealand with four years’ experience in the education sector, having worked for a big English language provider as well as the British Council in Viet Nam. In addition to speaking English and Vietnamese, Dinh speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, and Chaozhou Chinese dialects.

  Get in touch with Dinh when you are visiting HCMC; or would like to update her on your business or institution’s activities in Viet Nam.  Her email address is dinh.duong@enz.govt.nz, and she works alongside NZTE staff at the Consulate-General office in HCMC.

   

• Strong team established in South East Asia

  It was first time everyone in the South East Asia team had been together in one location and it was a great opportunity for the them to work on the business plan for the coming year.

  Three areas of focus were identified during the planning sessions; first, delivering great marketing events (such as those recently held in Indonesia and Malaysia and soon to be held in Thailand and Viet Nam); second, introducing New Zealand institutions to potential partners and facilitating business development. Opportunities currently being explored in this area include early childhood education in Indonesia and Borneo; vocational education in Viet Nam; and English language opportunities in several countries. The third area of focus is leveraging Government connections and relationships.

  Also over the two days, the team spent time working out the best way to ‘pitch’ New Zealand as a destination for tertiary education to students at selected schools in all countries of focus. The first task was to identify which Year 8-10 students and parents would consider New Zealand as an education destination, and what types of schools they were at; and then, how the team could most effectively raise awareness of New Zealand education as a study destination among this group. The South East Asia team will be trialling a pitch in selected schools soon, and awareness-raising activities of this sort will become an important part of their job at the conclusion of the fairs.

  Many of you will already know some of the team – but perhaps only as a voice over the phone, so the accompanying photo shows, from left to right: Sarah Gauthier, ENZ’s Wellington-based International Market Manager who supports South East Asia; Izak Human, ENZ’s Regional Director – South East Asia; Margaret Low (Malaysia), Yenny Chen (Indonesia); Gewalin (Nan) Lertrasameewong  (Thailand), Dinh Duong (Viet Nam) and ENZ General Manager – International, Peter Bull.

  Yenny and Dinh are new to the team and next month Dinh will be in New Zealand for the first time. During her stay in New Zealand, from 10–18 October, Dinh is hoping to gain as much understanding of New Zealand education as possible and would very much like to meet education providers and visit schools and other education institutions

  If you would like to meet Dinh and show her what New Zealand can offer Vietnamese students, or discuss your plans for market development in Viet Nam, please email Sarah Gauthier: sarah.gauthier@enz.govt.nz.  (Note: due to itinerary constraints, we may not be able to honour every request, so please understand if we are unable to visit you – but rest assured that we will do our best!)

• Changes to INZ’s panel physicians

  INZ is continuing to implement changes to its panel physician network as part the agreement with Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) to create a jointly managed offshore panel physician network. 

  Implementation of the network, which is occurring in a phased approach, is expected to be fully completed by November 2014.  Changes implemented in April and June 2013 resulted in alignment of panel physicians in over 100 countries.

  INZ is now making some changes to its panel in China, ahead of formal alignment with DIBP in this region in late 2014.  This will result in the addition and removal of some panel physicians, but will not result in a net decrease of INZ panel physician coverage in China.

  Changes will be effective as of 1 November 2013.

  • Panel physicians being removed from INZ’s list have been informed not to accept appointments after 31 October 2013.

  • Applicants who have had a medical and/or chest X-ray certificate completed by a panel physician being removed from INZ’s panel will still be able to submit these with their visa application if they have been completed prior to 1 November 2013.

  • The INZ panel physician list is on the INZ website . If applicants are unsure whether their medical certificates have been completed by a panel physician they should refer to the INZ website, or contact their nearest INZ office for further advice.

  Further information

  Additional information is published on INZ’s website