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We're all getting geared up for our annual Conference in Christchurch. It's just a few weeks away so make sure you register soon or you may miss out!
2010 Conference - The Networking Opportunity of the Year
This year, Christchurch is where you’ll find the best networking opportunities in export education. With the NARIC Tertiary Admissions Workshops on August 4 & 5 (registrations are now closed), and the New Zealand International Education Conference on August 5 & 6.
Those only attending one of these events will be able to mix and mingle with the others during our official welcome at Dux de Lux on Wednesday evening. The casual atmosphere will provide you with a chance to catch up with colleagues, talk with the workshop presenters and more.
There will also be a great networking opportunity on Thursday, August 5th at our Industry Dinner. All conference delegates are invited to join the speakers, other delegates, sponsors and a group of education agents from Thailand for an evening of dining, dancing and conversation. To meet the needs of all attendees, we will have a live band for entertainment, and a quiet zone for those who prefer to chat.
Of course networking is just the icing on the cake. The Conference programme is packed with top level speakers including Hon Steven Joyce, Hon Bruce Baird, Michael T. Jones of Google, Nigel Bickle from Immigration NZ, and many more. You can see the full programme HERE.
It’s coming up soon, so don’t miss out. Multiple registrations from the same institution or organisation receive discounts, so get a group together and save on registration fees.
Click HERE to register for Conference now.
Your Time To Shine!
Follwing the morning plenary sessions on August 5th we will also present the winners of the International Education Excellence Awards. If you’ve done exceptional work in the past year, fill out a nomination form HERE and you could be honoured by your peers!
Awards will be presented in the categories of Excellence in Marketing, Excellence in Student Support, and Innovation in International Programme.
We’ve also introduced the First Annual Education Agent Awards. The winning agent will receive a trip to New Zealand to attend the 2010 New Zealand International Education Conference, as well as a short sight-seeing trip.
In 2010 nominations are open for agents who represent the Vietnam market. Preference may be given to trained New Zealand Specialist Agents.
Education New Zealand is now accepting nominations from all Code of Practice institutions. Please use the nomination form HERE to nominate your favourite Vietnamese agent.
If you have any questions please contact enquiry@educationnz.org.nz
Learn More, Stress Less
In 2010, Education New Zealand is inviting students from around the world to ‘Learn More Stress Less’. The focus of this online promotional campaign is on how the less stressed New Zealand lifestyle helps students to succeed.
This promotion of New Zealand education on a global stage will take on many forms, including online campaigns; digital marketing on social networking platforms; as well as a presence on YouTube and at selected PACE education fairs.
The engagement platform www.learnmorestressless.com, which provides an introduction to studying and living in New Zealand, is where the advertising and campaigns will be directing interested parties. Potential students, their parents and education agents will have targeted opportunities to explore what an education in New Zealand has to offer in a visually appealing and engaging way.
Phase one of the campaign and platform went live in June, and we had our first fair presence at Ho Chi Minh city. Visitors to the fair had the opportunity to visit the site, as well as to take a ‘virtual’ mountain bike ride within New Zealand.
A variety of campaigns and promotional activities will be run over the next few months to drive students to the engagement platform; on to www.newzealandeducated.com; and ultimately through to institution profiles and websites. If you would like to find out more about the development and progress of this campaign, there will be a session about it at this year’s International Education Conference.
Media & Agent Photo Library
To meet the needs of international media writing stories about education in New Zealand, and education agents presenting the advantages of studying in our beautiful country, Education New Zealand has launched a Media & Agent Photo Library as part of the Education New Zealand website.
Users will need to register with Education New Zealand so that we can ensure only genuine media and agencies have access to the photos.
If you have professional quality photos (at least 300 dpi) of your institution, students, accommodation, activities or region you want to make available, please contact michelle.waitzman@educationnz.org.nz. All photos are tagged with the name of the institution which provided them.
Before submitting photos, please ensure that your institution owns the copyright, and has permission from anyone recognisably pictured to use the photo for marketing purposes.
Visa Processing Backlog
Immigration New Zealand has requested that ENZ distribute the following message:
You will be aware of the pressures that the centralised student processing branch in Palmerston North is currently under, and the impacts that this is having on the timeliness of student permit processing. Immigration New Zealand wants to ensure that students are able to commence or continue their course of study; and that they have the relevant permits to do so.
To achieve this, INZ is making use of resources in our other Immigration New Zealand branches. We are temporarily transferring some student applications to other branches for processing, so please do not be surprised if another branch contacts you, or your students, regarding an application.
All student permit applications must continue to be lodged with the Palmerston North branch. Palmerston North will continue to be the centralised branch for student visa/permit applications. Please do not send any applications to other branches, as they will be only be forwarded on to Palmerston North for processing/allocation and this will result in a delay.
Immigration New Zealand thanks you for your patience in this matter.
New Zealand Alumni Function, Bangkok, Thailand
When the New Zealand Education Fairs in Thailand were cancelled in early May we made a commitment to ensure continued New Zealand Education promotions in the market.
Over the next month or so a generic New Zealand Education campaign will get underway in Thailand, including print advertising in two leading newspapers, The Bangkok Post and Krungthep Thurakij, and in A day magazine.
In association with this promotion, a New Zealand Alumni Function is being held on Saturday 17 July in Bangkok. We encourage you to send this invitation link www.newzealandeducated.com/nzalumni out to your Thai Alumni so that they can attend this free event.
PACE 2010 Update
New Zealand Education Fairs, Malaysia, 1 – 8 August
Registrations for the second round of New Zealand Education Fairs in Malaysia, to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Penang and Petaling Jaya will being closing on Friday 16th July.
If you wish to be involved in marketing at these tertiary sector events, please register quickly. Universities, ITPs, Foundation Providers and Private Training Establishments are encouraged to participate.The number of Malaysian students coming to study in New Zealand is steadily increasing and it is a well established market to be involved with. For more information on these events or to register, please visit HERE or contact Laurette.
New Zealand Education Fairs, Sri Lanka 18 September
The fourth annual New Zealand Education Fair in Sri Lanka has been scheduled to be held at the Hilton Colombo on Saturday 18th September. Student numbers from Sri Lanka have been gradually increasing with this year’s data showing over 50% more first time student visas being approved by INZ. Early bird registrations are required by Tuesday 20 July.
Sri Lanka is a tertiary market with good opportunities and with a key group of core New Zealand Specialist Agents.
For more information and to register please visit HERE or contact Laurette
New Zealand Education Fair, Seoul, Korea, 30 & 31 October
The New Zealand Education Fair in Korea is a flagship New Zealand event. The event provides an opportunity for marketers to raise their profile, recruit students, maintain relationships and meet with active agents in the market.
In 2009 1,681 visitors pre-registered their attendance online and a similar number visited the fair over the two days, the event was a huge success and we look forward to building on that outcome in 2010. Click HERE to view the special E-news report on last year’s event.
For 2010 the official fair website profiles the participants that have registered so far with their logos and links to their websites on the ‘participants’ page HERE. The Fair will be held at the Grand InterContinental Hotel this year, and like last year, we will look at hosting a networking evening for agents and institute representatives.
There are only 12 spaces left, so be quick to register.
Korea is still our second biggest market for international students, click HERE for the latest statistics showing the trends in numbers of students studying in New Zealand from Korea.
For further information including registering for the events, please click HERE or for the post event report and market information please click HERE - you will need to be logged in to the site to view this page contact or please contact Rahael.
MoE Wants Your Internationalisation Stories
The Ministry of Education is keen to find out what intercultural and international experiences New Zealand schools are providing for their students. Hosting international students is one way of helping your students to be outward-looking and interested in the world, but there are many others.
Malaysian Scholarships in Decline
With tougher financial times hitting hard around the world, individuals and governments alike are looking for ways to cut corners in their spending. In Malaysia, it seems that higher education is one of the areas feeling the crunch.
Following recent cutbacks to subsidies helping to cover tuition fees for foreign scholars at Malaysian universities, a new announcement by Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz of the Prime Minister’s Department, has confirmed its Government will also continue to scale down on the number of scholarships given for local students to study overseas.
Preferring to concentrate more on providing opportunities to postgraduate students, the Government has now stated that undergraduate students will instead be encouraged to study at local universities.
"The intention is, firstly, to reduce expenditure in sending students overseas,” explained Minister Nazri. “Secondly, we must ensure that local universities have bright students. Why are we doubting the quality of local universities?"
This year, the number of Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships provided by the Government dropped from 2,000 to 1,500. And soon, Minister Nazri announced, through a gradual phase-out plan, there will only be 300 such scholarships awarded per year. At which point, only those students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies, or those awarded a place at an Ivy League institution in a critical field, will be supported to study overseas.
Via The Star
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
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