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  • INZ replacing physical visa labels with eVisas

    INZ’s Assistant General Manager Peter Elms says while eVisas are currently issued to all visa applicants who use online channels, this is now extended to include paper-based applications.  

    “INZ has been issuing eVisas since 2016, and nearly half of all visas currently issued are label-less. This means education providers should expect to see more eVisas,” says Peter.

    “Successful applicants will receive an approval letter with the visa details via email which they should print and keep with their passport. Other than the letter, education providers and employers can verify visa details via INZ’s VisaView online system.

    “On the rare occasion that an applicant does not have an email address, arrangements can be made to post the decision letter.”

    Peter adds that while there is no need to have a physical visa label in a passport, INZ recognises that some individuals may prefer to have one. A label can be obtained by request by filling in an application form and a fee of $110.

    INZ advises that students using Provider Direct (an on-campus system run between the education provider and INZ) will continue to receive labels. INZ will review this over the next year.

    For more information on eVisas, click here.

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  • Celebrating the 28 Pasifika graduates of the He Manawa Tītī Programme

    He Manawa Tītī was a 13-week bespoke training course for emerging Pacific leaders delivered between February and May 2023 under the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme (MNZSP). The name He Manawa Tītī stems from a Māori Whakataukī (proverb) meaning ‘stout of heart’ and the course formed part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contribution to the suite of reparations for Pacific peoples announced in 2021 by the New Zealand Government. The press release announcing these scholarships is available here). 

    Emerging leaders (aged 25 – 35) from public, private, and voluntary sectors took part in the course combining academic and experiential training.  Scholars participated in several weeks of online learning from their home countries and spent nine weeks of the programme based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. He Manawa Tītī included modules on good governance and public sector leadership, trade policy in the context of the Pacific, and explored Pasifika values as key tenets of modern leadership.    

    Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) was involved in this kaupapa (programme of work) through its partnership with MFAT on the operational management of the MNZSP.   

    “It was fantastic to be able to celebrate these 28 inspiring young leaders as they completed this programme in Wellington last month. In true Pacific style, there was plenty of laughter, fun and colour, and it was a fitting celebration for all that these graduates have already achieved throughout their education and early careers,” said ENZ’s General Manager International, Lisa Futschek.   

    “The programme was designed by MFAT in collaboration with key Pasifika stakeholders and community members, highlighting Pasifika ways of learning and recognising the knowledge that is already held by Pasifika peoples. This collaboration also ensured opportunities for the scholars to build networks with Pasifika communities here in Aotearoa New Zealand, which connects them to our country now that they have returned home,” Lisa added. 

    The Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme is part of the International Development Cooperation support that MFAT provides for developing partner countries across the globe. Manaaki alumni are well-known to be integral contributors to the development of their home countries.  

    “These Pacific emerging leaders are enthusiastic about returning home and putting into practice the leadership skills they have gained in Aotearoa,” said MFAT Lead Adviser, Alexandra Grace.  

    “While they have successfully completed this bespoke cohort course, real success will be demonstrated over coming years through what they achieve for their communities and countries. Scholars told me they won’t miss the weather (!) but will take with them enduring memories of the manaakitanga they experienced in our country.” 

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  • Victoria University MOOCs a global success

    The VUW edX team is about to release its fourth MOOC following the success of its previous online courses – more than 11,000 learners have enrolled to date, ranging in age from 10 to 90-years-old. The programmes have been very well received and have even been endorsed by edX as particularly high quality and accessible.

    Steven Warburton, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Digital Futures) and director of VictoriaX, said the university’s MOOC platform is attracting a significant number of international learners.

    “The majority of these learners hail from the US, UK, Canada and Australia, though learners from Brazil, India and a variety of Western European countries are also among those taking advantage of the university’s research and teaching on offer through the MOOCs.

    “The global reach of this online platform means that world-class New Zealand research is disseminated to a broad international audience, and promotes the country and its cultures, as well as the quality of New Zealand education.”

    Ranging from a virtual field trip to Antarctica, to learning about the theory and practice of restorative justice and exploring the idea of landscape as an expression of culture, VictoriaX’s MOOCs aim to appeal to a broad audience.

    The latest MOOC to be offered, New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Maunga (Mountains) starts in August and is the second in a series of bicultural MOOCs looking at the New Zealand landscape through the lens of Māori and European cultures.

    “Although New Zealand is the focus in this series, thinking about landscape as an expression of culture is transferable to learners in all parts of the world – particularly indigenous peoples who have similar connections to the land as Māori.”

    VUW is the first New Zealand university to partner with edX and is using the global reach of this platform to increase awareness about the institution by offering learners abroad the flexibility to study for free from wherever they are.

    Victoria’s MOOC programme fits into the university’s wider internationalisation goals by raising the profile of the university internationally through learner participation and organisational and institutional connections created in their development.

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