Welcome
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
New Zealand Specialist Agent Training
Update
Thanks to continuous support from the industry, ENZ has created three more Specialist Agent groups over the past few months, increasing the total number to 191 Specialist Agents across seven countries. The details of new Specialist Agents from Brazil, Korea and Germany are now available. The Korean agents will be awarded their Specialist Agent certificates at a ceremony during the late-October New Zealand Education Fair in Seoul. Agents that attended the Nanjing training in late June and met all criteria will soon be added to the Chinese list, these agents will be awarded their certificates at a ceremony during the New Zealand Education Fair in Nanjing in October.
New Zealand based agents who attended the Christchurch event on 26 June and met the various criteria have now also been added to our existing New Zealand based agent list HERE. Thanks to Education Christchurch and Canterbury for holding a function in honour of the agents.
On 2 September following the New Zealand Education Fair in Colombo, 24 education agents attended the first New Zealand Specialist Agent training held in Sri Lanka. We are currently marking tests and checking references, and will load details to the website and advise industry in a future edition of E-news.
Last, but certainly not least, ENZ is holding Specialist Agent training for Japanese education agents on Thursday, 29 October in Tokyo. This activity leverages off the Tourism NZ Giant Rugby Ball and the New Zealand hype associated with the Bledisloe Cup game on that weekend in Tokyo. Agents have already been invited directly, but those who did not receive the invitation and would like to attend can register their details online HERE.
Agent Conduct
All New Zealand Specialist Agents are required to sign the New Zealand Specialist Agents Code of Conduct to ensure that the reputation and standing of Specialist Agents is upheld. Education New Zealand is committed to investigate any alleged or suspected breach of the code of conduct by a Specialist Agent, in an objective, unprejudiced, timely, and discreet manner; and with the assistance of any other institutions, businesses, or person Education New Zealand sees fit.
If a Specialist Agent is found to be in breach of the Code, Education New Zealand will issue the Agent a formal letter outlining the Specialist Agent Code non-compliance and seek adequate redress, within a timeframe defined on a case by case basis. If industry members are aware of any breach of the code, they should read the full information related to the Code of Conduct online HERE in the first instance, and then contact Sarah Cox if they wish to proceed with lodging a formal complaint.
Interested in expanding your career in international marketing?
Education New Zealand works to promote New Zealand as an education destination internationally through a comprehensive programme of marketing opportunities for New Zealand institutions across all sectors.
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, experienced, self-starting individual with a passion for marketing for the position of Cluster Event Manager. You will have an outstanding knowledge and understanding of marketing international education and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
The successful appointee will implement and deliver a range of offshore cluster marketing events that either are reactive to approaches from cluster groups within the education export industry, or result from proactive seeking out offshore marketing events initiatives and opportunities with groups of institutions within the education export industry. In addition, there will be some need to provide support for ENZ’s work in agent training, liaising with the offshore network regarding offshore generic promotions; and the distribution of marketing collateral to institutions.
As a key member of a small team, you will have initiative, be prepared to take responsibility, be flexible, be a ‘people person’ and be able to travel, particularly around New Zealand.
This is an excellent position in an exciting export service industry.
For further information and a position description, please download from our website:
www.educationnz.org.nz/about_enz/vacancies.html
or contact:
Glennys Gwynne
glennys.gwynne@educationnz.org.nz
Education New Zealand Trust
P O Box 10-500
Wellington 6143
Applications close Monday, 12 October 2009 at 5pm.
Scheme could be a cash cow (2008 Excellence in Innovation award winners National Trade Academy)
(via The Press)
Chilean agricultural students learning about dairying
in Christchurch could lead to a $6.8 million a year business for New Zealand if a pilot visa scheme is extended by Immigration New Zealand.
A group of 20 students from the South American nation began studying this week at the National Trade Academy (NTA) and will follow six weeks of English lessons with agricultural studies for 12 weeks and practical work on a dairy farm for 24 weeks. To read the complete article please visit stuff.co.nz
National Trade Academy’s pilot scheme earned an Excellence in Innovation in an
International Programme award at the 2008 New Zealand International Education Conference, please click HERE for more information.
BELTA elected best agency association at LTM awards
The Brazilian Education & Language Travel Association (Belta) have been named the Best International Education Association in the world at the recent Language Travel Awards.
This is the third time Belta have won this category after success also in 2006 and 2007.
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 .
With Regards.
Education New Zealand
www.educationnz.org.nz