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Kia Ora,
Welcome to the latest edition of E-News. We now have all the Conference Dinner photos online, so click here to have a look. If you would like any of the photos please email conference@educationnz.org.nz
Introducing Education New Zealand – The Video
If you’ve been to our industry website recently, you may have noticed a new feature on the home page. Featuring an all star cast from the export education industry, our new corporate video has been added to help visitors to the website understand who Education New Zealand is, and what we do.
Air New Zealand Update
Many of you will be aware of the exciting announcement by Air NZ CEO, Rob Fyfe, at Conference in early August. Rob announced a commitment to stimulate international student travel to New Zealand by making $200,000 of international airfares available over the next 18 months. This allocation enables ENZ to effectively quadruple promotions involving inbound visitors such as media or agent groups, as an example.
We’re currently working with Air New Zealand on the programme, and will make details known in the first October edition of E-news.
PACE Update
New Zealand Education Promotion links
with NZ Black Caps
If you were watching the test match over the weekend you may have spotted New Zealand Education being promoted at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. With the New Zealand Education Fair being held in Colombo on Sunday 30 August, it was a great opportunity for ENZ to leverage off the high profile event.
NZ Black Cap Chris Martin bowls during the test match against Sri Lanka, the PACE New Zealand Education Fair in Colombo is promoted in background. Despite Vettori’s century, Sri Lanka was victorious.
PACE 2009 Oversubscribed
Registrations for PACE 2009 events are now all closed. Organisation is well underway for the last two events for the year, the New Zealand Education Fair in Korea and a series of Events in China. For the first time in PACE history five events quickly became oversubscribed this year. Although we set up waiting lists, it was with regret that some folk got turned away. Next year we will work hard to secure larger venues, we also remind marketers to register their interest as early as possible to ensure confirmed attendance.
The PACE team would like to send out a big 'thank you' to those that have contributed to the raised profile of New Zealand Education offshore, and send best wishes to those that have upcoming travel planned.
The Draft PACE 2010 calendar was distributed at Conference and is available online HERE we're in the consultation phase now, so have your say on events that should be considered by contacting Sarah Cox
Updated Market Profile
Market Profiles are accessible in the Market Information section of our website and are updated every two years.
A new Market Report for Russia has recently been uploaded and is available HERE. To view the range of Market Reports, please login at www.educationnz.org.nz and go to the Market Information Page from the top menu.
NCEA Accreditation in Germany
Concern was expressed during one of the Conference sessions about university entrance for German students on completion of their secondary study in New Zealand.
Please note that NZQA is working with German authorities to provide authoritative guidance on what subject combination and credit number most closely aligns with Abitur. NZQA will be publishing guidance for schools in the near future; the communication will also be distributed through E-news.
ENZ Chair Joins Productivity Taskforce
Hon David Caygill, Chair of the Education New Zealand Trust, has recently been named to the government’s 2025 Taskforce. The taskforce was set up to find ways to increase productivity in New Zealand and close the wage gap with Australia by 2025.
The taskforce is headed by former National Party leader and Reserve Bank governor Don Brash. The other members of the taskforce include Jeremy Moon, founder and chief executive of Icebreaker; Judith Sloan, part-time commissioner of the Australian Productivity Commission; and Bryce Wilkinson, director of Capital Economics.
The taskforce’s first report is due in November 2009, with further reports to be presented in 2010 and 2011.
$39 Student Standby Air Fares Tipped
(via Otago Daily Times)
Air New Zealand is planning to launch a campaign offering University of Otago students special standby fares to and from Dunedin. It is understood the airline plans to introduce trial $39 standby fares next month aimed specifically at the student market.
An airline spokesman confirmed a deal aimed at offering students discounted travel had been discussed in partnership with the university, but details were still being finalised. An announcement was expected within two weeks, he said.
Air New Zealand deputy chief executive Norm Thompson, who was in Dunedin as a guest speaker for the Otago-Southland branch of the Institute of Directors on Tuesday night, outlined details of the plans. Under the scheme, which is expected to be trialled over a month, students would be able to fly anywhere in New Zealand for $39, he said. It is unclear whether the deal would be open to polytechnic students, or other universities.
Air New Zealand's Tasman Pacific general manager, Glen Sowry, told the Otago Daily Times in June the airline was in talks with the University of Otago about a partnership involving discounted student travel on low-demand flights. The scheme could be similar to Grab A Seat, where the airline sold limited reduced fares, he said.
Dunedin International Airport chief executive John McCall said student standby fares were offered by Air New Zealand and Ansett New Zealand in the early to mid-1990s, but the practice was no longer promoted. He welcomed the move as a way of filling vacant seats on aircraft and boosting passenger numbers. If the new campaign was similar to the previous system, students "targeting" certain flights would have a good chance of getting cheap fares.
University of Otago School of Business associate professor David Timothy Duval said standby was a strategy used by airlines to allocate seats assigned to passengers "but who, for one reason or another, don't show up".
Otago University Students Association president Edwin Darlow said while he was not aware of the campaign he supported anything that made it easier for students to travel. Otago Polytechnic Students Association acting president Meegan Cloughley said while the proposal sounded "fantastic", she hoped it would be open to all students in the region.
E-news is a newsletter for the Export Education industry, compiled by Education New Zealand. You can access previous E-news newsletters on our website at www.educationnz.org.nz .
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