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Around the world in five
US
New international student numbers decline for the first time
The number of new international students in the United States declined by 3 percent in 2016-17 – dropping for the first time in 12 years according to the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors survey.
CANADA
Publicly-funded healthcare available for New Brunswick students
International students in the Canadian province of New Brunswick will now be eligible for publicly-funded healthcare if they are studying full time in post-secondary education.
AUSTRALIA
Locked out: Australian study visas and international students with disabilities
International students with significant health needs or disabilities could be restricted from studying in Australia because of regulations around who pays for the cost of their care.
AFRICA
Pan African University to offer virtual education
A new virtual higher education option will soon be launched to offer distance education to students from 54 countries in Africa, taught in both English and French.
JAPAN
Improving equity and efficiency in Japanese higher education
The Japanese government is considering major reform to higher education by moving to an income-contingent loan scheme, whereby students enter university at little-to-no immediate cost and pay off their tuition later.
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Go Overseas scholarship brings student leads
Lisa Futschek, ENZ Regional Director – Americas and Europe, said this is the fourth year that ENZ and Go Overseas have run the US campaign, and decided to launch a pilot scholarship for the European market after seeing the success in the US.
“In the US, the campaign has been particularly valuable to the providers working in-market the last four years – seeing the states where most students apply from, and what areas of study they are interested in, can be a big help to recruitment efforts.”
“We committed to a trial campaign in Europe this year in order to get similar insights for industry working in this region.”
The US campaign had nearly 3,000 students apply, with most coming from California, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois. The EU campaign also saw a good response for its first year, receiving some 1,500 applications, with the most students applying from the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany and Denmark.
“We’re particularly pleased to see that engagement was really high from the UK and the Netherlands – two countries that we have included in our Europe CAP countries of focus for 2018, and where we will be more actively promoting New Zealand education next year”
Lisa said other great things about the scholarship are its paperless application, the recognisable brand it is building, along with the significant reach achieved by Go Overseas through its extensive study abroad networks.
Six New Zealand institutions have already offered additional scholarships to US students that applied for the Go Overseas scholarship.
“The goal of this scholarship is to get students engaged and excited about New Zealand from the get-go, so even if they don’t win, they will still be invested in studying abroad,” said Lisa.
“While only one winner is selected, participating New Zealand institutions are delivered qualified leads with whom they can actively engage to encourage and incentivise them to enrol anyway.”
The US winner, Joshua Golden, is a marine science major at North Carolina State University and, supported by the $15,000 (USD) scholarship, will spend a semester at the University of Canterbury in 2018.
The EU winner, Thomas Harich from Germany, is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation at the German Sport University Cologne. With the EUR 12,500 scholarship, he will spend a semester abroad at Auckland University of Technology in 2018.
ENZ and Go Overseas went incognito to surprise the winners in person. Olga Elli, ENZ’s Education Marketing Manager Europe, and Julian Ashby, International Market Manager Americas and Europe, teamed up with Thomas’ family and girlfriend to share the exciting news, surprising him in a café as he was ordering a coffee.
Over in the US, Alanna Dick, ENZ Field Director for North America travelled to North Carolina to surprise Joshua with the news on campus, alongside his friends and parents. Watch the video of his reaction here.
If you have any feedback for ENZ on the Go Overseas New Zealand scholarship campaigns, please contact northamerica@enz.govt.nz and europe@enz.govt.nz.
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NZTech joins export education sector
EdTechNZ aims to drive creative use of technology in education, facilitate a world-class education system for New Zealanders and to showcase our education technology to the world.
The association brings together industry providers, educators and government (both ENZ and the Ministry of Education are represented on the board).
More than 70 industry players attended the launch, held at Microsoft’s offices in Auckland. The launch included a panel discussion, The Future of Education is Now, which featured representatives from Ministry of Education, Unitec, Rangitoto College and others.
Annabel Robertson, ENZ’s Business Development Manager, says educational technology is booming, and the new association will not only support the development of edtech for export, it will benefit the local New Zealand education sector.
“Technology is redefining how we learn, obtain skills and get credentials,” said Annabel.
“EdTechNZ provides a voice for this change, and brings together those that can develop and use technology to innovate the education experience.”
The edtech market is forecast to be a $344 billion global market by 2019.
Any organisation or teacher with an interest in edtech-based products, services or solutions is welcome to join EdTechNZ, and can find the details here.
Panel discussion of The Future of Education is Now.
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New Zealand and China internationalise higher education
Held at the University of Auckland, the seminar was organised by Universities New Zealand (UNZ) in partnership with the Chinese Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and sponsored by ENZ.
It comprised panel discussions and presentations focused on promoting student mobility between New Zealand and China.
Representatives from all eight New Zealand universities, 35 Chinese universities, the Chinese Embassy, Confucius Institute, the New Zealand and Chinese Ministries of Education, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and ENZ attended the seminar.
Ross Fisher, ENZ’s International Market Manager for China, said the HES gave delegates an opportunity to gain new insights and contacts for building a strategic education partnership between New Zealand and China.
“New Zealand universities shared their strategies on encouraging more New Zealand students to study abroad, particularly in countries whose long-term futures aligned with New Zealand’s trade and economic interests,” said Ross.
“Chinese universities provided some very interesting updates on their efforts to increase their attractiveness to international students, focused on the theme of creating multi-national learning environments through such things as the development of courses taught in English.
“It was also interesting to hear the perspectives of the Chinese delegates on the role of education in developing deeper person-to-person linkages as part of China’s One Belt-One Road initiative.”
Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia (PMSA) recipients took part in a panel discussion of the opportunities, barriers and challenges of studying in China.
To conclude the seminar, delegates participated in a business matching and networking session.
Adele Bryant, ENZ Regional Director – Greater China and North Asia, said the seminar held a lot of potential for further internationalisation.
“China is a major education destination, and hosted more than 440,000 international students in 2016,” said Adele.
“We hope this visit by some of China’s best universities will encourage New Zealand students to look at a wider range of study abroad partners in China, and will open doors for New Zealand universities seeking exchange and joint programme partners.”
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Market reports moving to IntelliLab
ENZ has previously published information about its priority markets on enz.govt.nz.
However, ENZ has since removed these and replaced them with the in-depth Economist Intelligence Unit country forecasting reports, available on IntelliLab.
Andrew McPhee, ENZ’s Intelligence Manager, said the market reports provide useful insights for industry players.
“The forecasting reports are an independent, specialist and unbiased perspective on our key markets, and cover everything from a country’s demography, business environment, political outlook, economic outlook and market opportunities,” said Andrew.
“The main reports are updated annually, with six monthly updates also provided – making them a current and reliable source of market information.”
Reports are available for Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Europe, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam and the US.
ENZ market factsheets are also being completed, with India and China already uploaded, and more to come in the near future.
The reports on IntelliLab are only available to registered users, who must be New Zealand education providers or officials.
“Registration also provides access to other great reports too, with new research continually uploaded,” said Andrew.
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Thailand looks to New Zealand for summer study
Summer New Zealand promoted New Zealand as a destination for short-term English language study, and targeted school students who wish to experience study abroad during their semester break.
The event was also a chance for education agents to exhibit different short-term study programmes and promote the benefits of New Zealand teaching to students and parents.
Jaruwan Pongjaruwat, ENZ Programme Manager for Thailand, said having alumni attend and share their study experiences in New Zealand was inspiring for other students to study abroad.
“New Zealand is already a popular destination for Thai school students – each year more than 200 students go to New Zealand for short-term English language study during March to April,” said Jaruwan.
“Alumni are the best advocates to get more students interested, as they can talk to them about Kiwi life outside of the classroom too, which is a big part of why Thai students are drawn to New Zealand.”
ENZ Thailand partnered with Krungthai Card Public (KTC), Thailand’s largest credit card operator, and 11 members of Thailand International Education Consultants Association (TIECA) to organise the event, which included cardboard sheep, hay bales and green fields.
“We set up the New Zealand atmosphere for the parents and students to be able to visualise the real New Zealand in Bangkok!” said Jaruwan.
Janejit Ladpli, KTC Vice President – Travel & Leisure Marketing, said given the high demand of study abroad students to New Zealand, KTC wanted to partner with ENZ and TIECA to develop special offers to potential students that would make New Zealand the number one choice for their study destination.
“Students who decide to enrol in the programme using KTC credit card for payment will receive a number of benefits, including a 0% instalment payment and a special discount price for a Thai Airways Business Class ticket,” said Janejit.
The event included a cooking demonstration of the New Zealand-style lunchbox, prepared by Turners & Growers Thailand, who gave apple cupcakes to the attendees.
James Andersen, Deputy Head of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy, presided over the opening event and welcomed guests.
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English New Zealand 2017 Conference success
Held in Auckland, “The Future Face of ELT in New Zealand” featured presentations on all aspects of best practice in the ELT environment: the academic and teaching context, assessment, marketing, management and pastoral care.
Sahinde Pala, ENZ’s Business Development Manager, said the event had something insightful for everyone across the sector.
“The programme was well designed to cater to the various English language professionals who attended, and the line-up of presenters was impressive,” said Sahinde.
“It was particularly motivational to hear ACG’s Marnie Watson endorse collaborative marketing to ensure the profile of New Zealand’s quality reputation is raised even further.”
Also joining the conference was an English New Zealand famil group of study abroad agency representatives from Spain, Italy and France.
Kim Renner, English New Zealand’s Executive Director said as well as visiting member schools around New Zealand, the representatives appreciated the chance to network and give a market presentation to conference delegates.
“Visiting New Zealand in person to see what we offer is invaluable to them,” said Kim.
“They provided insights around the use of social media and not underestimating the important role study abroad agencies play in assisting students with their study abroad choices and planning.”
The conference was organised by English New Zealand, with the support of ENZ, Cambridge Assessment English and the Auckland Institute of Studies.
Before the conference, English New Zealand hosted the QALEN Symposium, a forum for representatives of ELT global quality assurance bodies, some of whom stayed on to participate in the conference.
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Around the world in five
US
Hawaii: From holiday destination to educational hub?
A campaign by the Study Hawaii Educational Consortium aims to double international student numbers by 2026. Several countries across Asia as well as Brazil, Norway and Germany have been highlighted as priority markets.
EUROPE
Europe’s ambition to double Erasmus+, boost language skills
The European Commission wants to double the number of Erasmus+ participants by 2025 and ensure schoolchildren within the EU learn two languages beyond their mother tongue.
CHINA
E-sports: How China’s video gamers went from couch to classroom to career
China’s Ministry of Education added e-sports as a new major in higher education last year, and at least 20 Chinese colleges and vocational schools have since begun offering e-sports studies.
JAPAN
English test requirement for university sparks debate
New government plans for reform of Japan’s university admissions examination system will require students to pass a new standardised English test in 2020. The move has sparked strong but mixed reactions among higher education institutions, including over the use of privately run tests.
THE NETHERLANDS
Foreign enrolment in the Netherlands reaches a record high in 2016/17
The Netherlands now hosts more than 112,000 international students, two-thirds of whom are pursuing full degree programmes. In addition, international degree students represented 164 different nationalities, marking five straight years of a trend toward greater diversity.
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2017 ISB results: Universities and ITPs
The ISB is a global study that investigates the decision making, expectations and experiences of international students including their arrival experience, the support they receive from their education provider, the quality of education provided, and their living experience in country.
Universities sector
Among the 5,487 international students surveyed from six New Zealand universities, 90 percent were satisfied with their institution experience overall. This is the same percentage as the last wave of the study in 2015 and in line with the global benchmark.
International students in New Zealand placed higher importance on several work- and visa-related factors than the global average: 77% considered ease of getting a visa to study as important (8% above the global average), 65% considered opportunities for permanent residence as important (6% above the global average) and 73% considered opportunities to work while studying as important (5% above the global average).
Of the four major components of the survey, universities outperformed the global benchmark on three dimensions:
New Zealand Universities
Global Benchmark
Learning overall
88%
87%
Living overall
86%
87%
Support overall
90%
89%
Arrival overall
91%
89%
And 81% international students in New Zealand would recommend their university to others, which is slightly lower (-2%) than international students globally.
ITP sector
Some 3,470 international students from 13 New Zealand ITPs were surveyed, and overall satisfaction remains high at 89%, similar to the proportion in 2015 (+1%) and in line with the global benchmark.
International students who come to New Zealand ITPs place relatively high importance on employment and employability factors both during and after study: opportunities for permanent residence were rated 12% above the global benchmark, ease of getting a visa and opportunities to work while studying were both 11% above the global benchmark and opportunities for full-time work following their studies was 10% above the global benchmark.
Of the four major components of the survey, ITPs outperformed the global benchmark on three dimensions:
New Zealand ITPs
Global Benchmark
Learning overall
87%
87%
Living overall
90%
87%
Support overall
89%
88%
Arrival overall
92%
90%
Despite high satisfaction, students’ likelihood to recommend their institution to others has fallen to 76%. This is 5% below the global benchmark and a 3% fall since 2015, continuing the downward trend from 82% in 2013.
Each participating education provider in the ISB survey receives a customised report based on their own international student survey results, which they can use to make informed decisions to enhance the student experience and drive successful recruitment and marketing strategies.
ENZ, who funds the survey, receives overall aggregate results for each education sector but does not have access to individual provider results.
Click here for the summary Universities report.
Click here for the summary ITP report.
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New Zealand shares vocational expertise with China
Representatives from five New Zealand ITPs provided insights on vocational education and training at the fifth Sino-New Zealand Modern Vocational Education Development Forum in Tianjin, a major port city of 15.5 million people south-east of Beijing.
Under the theme of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” the forum aimed to grow the discussion on research and policy between New Zealand and Chinese officials and institutions in vocational education and training.
It also sought to support the delivery of New Zealand vocational training qualifications in China.
The forum was supported by ENZ and the Tianjin Education Commission. It was organised by Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College of China and Waikato Institute of Technology of New Zealand.
Adele Bryant, ENZ Regional Director North Asia, said Tianjin is leading China in vocational education and training, and is an important region for New Zealand providers to connect with.
“Tianjin has a large number of top vocational education colleges, and receives strong policy support from both national and local government,” said Adele.
“It will also be taking China’s vocational training to the world through the Luban workshops, with plans for 10 to be sited offshore by 2020. Institutions from this region are keen to learn from New Zealand’s vocational providers.”
Representatives from Waikato Institute of Technology, Universal College of Learning, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Wellington Institute of Technology and Otago Polytechnic participated in the forum. They offered their insights on instilling students with innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset, and discussed micro-credentials and models of delivering New Zealand qualifications offshore.
Tony O’Brien, Director of the Sino-NZ Model Programme, said a highlight was the involvement of three Otago Polytechnic students who travelled to Tianjin, having won Student Entrepreneurship Scholarships.
The students participated in a start-up business model workshop held alongside the forum, working with Chinese students to develop a business model in less than two days, which they then presented to the forum.
He said another highlight was the participation of several Chinese teachers who completed the Train the Trainer Programme in New Zealand.
“The teachers presented on how they have learned to use the Model Programme quality framework to develop their courses in China to enhance the entrepreneurial mind-set of their students,” said Tony.
The New Zealand-China Vocational Education and Training Model Programme was launched almost five years ago when the Strategic Education Partnership between China and New Zealand was signed during then Prime Minister John Key’s visit to China in April 2013.
