Did you receive the PACE 2008 Wall Planner?

PACE 2008 Wall Planners were sent to all Code of Practice signatory institutions in large tubes at the beginning of this month. If you haven’t received your copies, or would like extras, please fill out the form HERE by 25 November. We will do a new print run and get a copy out to you in early December.

The PACE Wall Planner replaces the full PACE book. Apart from the wall planner, all PACE information is online HERE.

Registrations of interest for the February to April 2008 events need to be submitted online HERE by 5 December. We need your registration of interest so event planning can begin. A registration of interest gives us an indication that you would like to participate. Only those who register for an activity will receive the event planning detail.

If you wish to discuss participation in any activity, contact the Marketing team using the details listed below.

PACE 2008: Registration are open!

India Education Fairs, 13 – 20 April
The first of the India Fair series is scheduled to begin in April, with the second series following in September. This will be the third year for the April series, holding three one day fairs in Mumbai - 13 April, Cochin - 16 April and New Delhi - 20 April. The numbers of Indian students coming to New Zealand continues to rise, and better quality and more knowledgeable visitors seem to be the trend at fairs. In April 2007 visitor numbers recorded were: Mumbai – 435, Cochin – 400 and New Delhi – 600. A great deal of pre fair organisation is involved in these fairs and early registrations are essential. To ensure all your institutional details are included in the promotional material and we can best utilise our advertising campaign, registrations should be completed before 15 December 2007. To familiarise yourself with the Indian Market, conditions and requirements before registering please view the India Market Profiles HERE

A website for India has also been created to further assist and keep those involved in this market up to date with all Indian focused activities and meetings. This can be viewed HERE and will require the industry username and password.
For more information, please click HERE or contact Laurette

New Zealand Education Fairs, Malaysia, 28 February - 6 March
The first PACE fairs for 2008 get underway in late February. One day fairs will be held in five cities throughout Malaysia; Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. A total of 2,745 visitors attended these fairs in March 2007. 
Due to this series beginning a little earlier than usual, early registrations are essential and must be received by Wednesday 5th December. Malaysia in the past has primarily been a tertiary market, however parents are choosing for their children to begin their final years at high school studying abroad.
For more information, please click HERE or contact Laurette

CIEET Fairs, China, 1 - 16 March
The CIEET China Fair Series 2008 is also an early event for next year.  CIEET is a series of commercial fairs approved by the Chinese Government, the fairs offer New Zealand an opportunity to showcase and promote our country, education system and institutions.  The fair cities are Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Changsha and Guangzhou.
We would like to receive registrations by Wednesday 5th December in order to make decisions around the level of promotion in each of the cities and look at possible Agent Seminar leveraging events.  The first of the Chinese deadlines falls early in January so early planning from New Zealand is vital for this event.
For further information please click HERE or contact Rahael

Korea Student Fair (KSF), Seoul, 29 - 30 March
This is a commercial fair in which New Zealand based Korean agents will book space on each institution’s behalf and will either work along side or represent them at the fair.  ENZ works closely with the agents involved and has a ‘New Zealand Educated’ pavilion for all participating agents and schools to be part of. The fair is likely to be held at the COEX in downtown Seoul.
For further information please click HERE or HERE for the fair organiser’s website, or contact Rahael

ALPHE Latin America, São Paulo, 26 - 28 March
Providers from all over the world meet face-to-face with agents during half hour appointments over this two day event. An Education New Zealand booth staffed by NZTE Sao Paulo will be generically promoting New Zealand education at this event. The timing of ALPHE Latin America coincides with the BELTA Brazilian fairs and the ExpoIngles Fairs in Chile and Colombia. For more information about ALPHE Latin America please click HERE (register direct with Hot House Media – some special offers apply if registration received before 23 November) or contact Genevieve

BELTA Fairs, Brazil, 29 March - 7 April
BELTA, the Brazilian Agents Association, invite all sectors to join the New Zealand pavilion at the 2008 BELTA fair series. 12,748 visitors attended BELTA fairs 2007 in four cities, with 8,695 students in São Paulo. The 2008 fair series includes six cities: São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. Plans are underway for a generic 'New Zealand Educated' booth in all 6 cities to support participants.  Please register your interest by Wednesday 5th December. For more information on this fair series, please see the 2007 report HERE or contact Genevieve

New Zealand Education Fairs, Chile, 7 & 9 April
Antofagasta and Valdivia New Zealand Education Fairs have been added to the calendar to enable more travel around Chile for those wanting to attend the ExpoIngles event in Santiago. New to the PACE calendar in 2008, the fairs are a collaboration with a local agent. Visitors to the Antofagasta fair are likely to be from Antofagasta, Calama and other local mining areas with wealthy mining families. The Valdivia fair will attract visitors from Valdivia, Temuco, Concepción, Osorno, Cohaique and Puerto Varas where New Zealand has a strong presence in forestry, dairy and agriculture. The deadline to register is Wednesday 5th December. For more information, please see the event listed HERE or contact Genevieve

ExpoIngles Chile (Santiago), 11 & 12 April
ExpoIngles Chile, organised by the Chilean Agents Association, AREI – Association of Educational Representatives and International Exchanges, has been moved to April 2008 to coincide with BELTA fairs in Brazil and ExpoIngles Colombia. The participation fee includes a 3x2metre booth within the New Zealand pavilion. All sectors are welcome to attend. Other participating countries are likely to be Canada, Chile, USA, Australia and UK. Over 9,000 visitors are expected at this two day event. The deadline to register is Wednesday 5th December. For more information, please see the event listed HERE or contact Genevieve

ExpoIngles Colombia, 17 & 19 April
ExpoIngles Colombia (Medellín and Bogotá) is organised by a Colombian agent, Hugo Galindo, in collaboration with NZTE and ENZ. In 2007, these fairs were held in August and included a generic Education New Zealand stand and a small number of New Zealand participants. The move to April for 2008 has been made to coincide with ExpoIngles Chile. These Colombian events will be on a smaller scale than ExpoIngles Chile, but similarly will promote other countries as well as New Zealand.  Participants are likely to have a table area each rather than a full booth set up. All sectors are welcome to attend. The deadline to register is Wednesday 5th December. For more information about this fair, see the fair website HERE or the PACE listing HERE or contact Genevieve

Taiwan Agent & Student Workshops, 19 - 22 April
A series of agent seminars and mini-fairs focussed only on New Zealand will take place in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung (Taiwan’s three main cities) from 19 to 22 April 2008. These workshops seek to provide opportunities for interaction with both agents and students. The agent and student workshops offer excellent opportunities to New Zealand education providers across all sub-sectors to develop and enhance relationships with agents and interface directly with students through a well organised programme. For more information on this series of events, please click HERE, see the 2007 report HERE or contact Genevieve

Study World 2008 Berlin, Germany 25 - 26 April
Introduced to the PACE Calendar for the first time in 2008, this is a higher education/tertiary focussed commercial fair.  Last year’s fair had 153 exhibitors and approximately 9,500 visitors over the 2 days.  Similar figures are expected for 2008.  Registrations are being requested now, we will look at interest levels for initial planning on Wednesday 5th December.  For more information, see the Study World 2007 website HERE, a summary of New Zealand’s attendance last year HERE or contact Rahael

As an institution you can take out a profile page on the website, which includes a weblink to your own site and an email link for institutions to contact you.  Other benefits include:

• Making your own updates – whenever you want – to keep your information up to date
• Adding logo and photos to your profile page
• Adding Student Experience profiles to your listing. This adds a personal touch and a reality check for students.

New reporting features mean that we can monitor site traffic by individual market – even down to the region and city.  We can literally monitor increases in traffic as New Zealand education fairs happen around the globe.

Education New Zealand is continually working to improve the site.  From the feedback already received we have made significant changes to the site's search engine.  A really exciting and innovative Web 2.0 campaign is in the pipeline. This will drive significant traffic to and through the Website also you should see a significant increase in traffic to your own profile listing.

Education New Zealand has a dedicated full time Website Manager on staff.  Vince Warnock, our resident web guru, can help you with your questions, feedback and suggestions for the website.  Vince’s sole purpose is to promote the site and assist you to get the most benefit from your profile.  For web related questions, please contact Vince DDI: 917 0873

ENZ Roadshow Recap

Rob Stevens, Sarah Cornish, Kathy Phillips and Stuart Boag have just completed a ten day ‘road show’, meeting with institutions to hear their views on priorities and issues. During the time, they have met with around 180 institutions and stakeholders in 25 different venues from Whangarei to Invercargill.

They received some excellent feedback and ideas relating to Advocacy (especially around immigration, quals recognition and fees including the schools levy) Research and PD priorities, suggestions for next year's Conference and other workshops and marketing and comms initiatives. Over the next few months you will see some of these ideas translated to action.

Early priorities arising from the roadshow will include:

• Ongoing Agents training and the development of a ‘certification’ model concentrating on depth markets at first
• ‘Turn Key’ presentations for local communities and interest groups to help give the ‘big picture’ about international education
• More collateral and additional Brand value examples
• Further market research (Thailand and USA projects are already underway)
• Keeping on with the advocacy work as noted above

Other suggestions will be taken on board during the development of the 08/09 work programmes and Conference.

Short Courses for International Education Administrators

These four assessed short courses meet the requirements for the National Certificate in Business Administration, Level 4 (60 credits).  The purpose of this qualification is to meet individual skill needs that reflect the diverse roles and positions required to meet business administration and information technology needs of the business community at an advanced level.  Minimum credits specified for interpersonal communications and writing recognise the need for competencies that underpin all business administration roles.

There are four assessed short courses (note: you do not need to enrol in all 4 courses): 

• The first course Pastoral care in international education is underway and no more enrolments will be taken.
• Services for international education (accepting enrolments now for February 2008)
• Meeting change and challenges in international education
• Marketing international education

Each course involves: 

• 2 days 8.30-5.30 of face-to-face teaching in Auckland or Wellington
• 12 weeks of self-directed study, made up of readings, reflection, learning activities, assessments and discussions
• Self-directed study materials posted to students at the start of each course.
• Each week will involve up to 11 hours of study, however as students are fully engaged in working in the sector, there will be a good deal of overlap between the focus of study and their day-to-day work

The first two-day block course (Auckland or Wellington) will be scheduled over the first weeks of the course. If students are out of the country during block teaching there will be an equivalent CD-Rom available as an alternative, with support available if needed. 

Where there are places available, applications will be accepted up until the class begins. However, as places are often limited, we recommend that you apply early. 

For full course details please click HERE
For additional course details click HERE
For an application form, click HERE

This opportunity is available for prospective New Zealand Masters and Doctoral students to study in Korea.  Candidates for this scholarship are not required to speak Korean to be considered.

The scholarship benefits include:

• Return airfare
• Monthly allowance
• Language Training expenses
• Insurance
• A variety of other allowances

The programme objective is to provide international students with the opportunities to conduct advanced studies at higher educational institution in the Republic of Korea in order to promote international exchange in education and mutual friendship between countries.

English language application forms will available from www.ied.go.kr in early December 2007.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Camilla Swan

The Trident Hilton Gurgaon a five star member of the Oberoi Group in India, has a marketing alliance with Hilton International and is located in a new city on the outskirts of New Delhi. The hotel is one of New Delhi’s upper tier with guests paying an average of USD400 per night in the high season. Training at this hotel would offer a unique opportunity to interact with an international business clientele in a large busy Asian city.

The programme provides six months on-the-job training in Front Office and Food and Beverage service.  The training can start at any time of the year, and the students will go through a two week induction programme to understand all the functions of the hotel. Following this, they will be attached to a Manager in the Front Office and then the Food and Beverage Department. The general scope of the work will include:

Guest interaction including:
* Greeting and welcoming guests
* Situation handling
* Report generation and analysis
* Market surveys
* Presentations on various aspects of the work including the operations and functions of the various departments

At the end of the training, the hotel will award a certification of training completion to the students. The hotel will provide a letter of offer for training to support the student’s visa applications. A stipend of about NZD300 per month will be paid (sufficient to cover costs in India). The hotel will provide uniforms, accommodation close by, a pick up and drop off facility and free meals while at work.

Any hospitality training provider interested in picking up this opportunity for its students should contact:

Ms Anjali Lamba Rawat
Training Manager
Trident Hilton Gurgaon
anjali.lambarawat@trident-hilton.com
www.trident-hilton.com