26th June 2008

1.2008 New Zealand International Education Conference

2. International Education Excellence Awards

3. European Updates

4. PACE 2008

5. Ultimate NZ Tour – And the Winner is…

6. New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Awards (NZPSAA)

7. New Zealand Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards (NZUSAA)

1. 2008 New Zealand International Education Conference – ‘Connect the Dots’

If you haven’t already registered – do it NOW. And just to make it a bit easier – we have extended the Early Bird rate out to July 11th!

The Wednesday Workshop for Secondary Schools is now finalised with 9 different workshops – each one repeated twice so that you can pick and choose. Topics are:

• Looking after students: Orientation and Care
• Working with Agents
• Communicating with markets – and with other institutions
• Immigration
• PACE Fairs and depth markets
• Code of Practice
• ERO
• Marketing Tips – from the road
• Short Term Groups

Each workshop is led by a practitioner, and has plenty of time allocated for practice sharing and discussion.

So you are a Primary or Intermediate School?
We are working up a special targeted Wednesday Afternoon workshop specifically for you – sessions and pricing for this set of workshops will be confirmed next week – stand-by for info!

Wednesday for Tertiaries!
Don’t worry – Wednesday isn’t just for schools! Tertiary focussed sessions will include Web Best Practice, the EEIP programme (getting financial assistance for offshore initiatives), Sector specific reports on the latest I-grad research, and an India specific session.

And coming up on the Thursday and Friday….

• International industry experts Scott Wade (Director of Hothouse Media – organisers of the Alphe Worshops and publishers of Language Travel Magazine) and Markus Badde, Director of ICEF will share their extensive knowledge of the global market today
  
  
• Mr Robert M. Bestani, Director General of Private Sector Finance at The Asian Development Bank presenting “An update on education policy developments throughout Asia; the work of Private Sector Operations Department of the Asian Development Ban;, and advice on the opportunities for New Zealand’s institutions from the ADB’s investments throughout Asia”.
  
  
• Release of new market research on the education export opportunities in Thailand, from Suzanne Snively, Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (along with other market research on immigration, benchmarking, marketing challenges, industry value and more)
  
  
• Margaret Wenger, Senior Evaluator and Team Manager from Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE) on the “Credential Evaluation Process: Principals, Trend and Challenges” Topics include the process of evaluating educational credentials, diploma mills, fraudulent credentials, institutional recognition and quality assurance.
  
  
• The major political parties will unveil their International Education Policies at the conference. Hon Pete Hodgson MP and Pansy Wong MP will give us a ‘heads up’ on what the industry can expect post election should they become Government.

So how much does this all cost?

With such a full programme there is bound to be times when you’ll want to be in more than one place at a time. To make it easier for you to send multiple delegates from your institution, without breaking the budget, we’ve put together a great conference rate package. Up until 11th July you can receive our special Earlybird rates:

And if you send multiple delegates to all three days we have the following discounts available:

2nd Delegate 15% discount
3rd Delegate 25% discount
4th and subsequent Delegates 35% discount

For more information about special rates please see our conference website

ENZ would like to thank our sponsors, without their support this conference would not be possible. Our sponsors will have booths situated in the foyers at the conference and have a range of products and services that will be of interest to you. In this E-News we would like to highlight one of our major sponsors, DHL Express.

DHL can help with delivery of everything from single packages and documents to heavy weight consignments from door-to-door, with expertise in customs brokerage, air freight, sea freight, warehousing and distribution. In addition, they provide a fast and economical alternative for international bulk mail. DHL Express is the perfect partner for all your worldwide express and parcel needs. DHL’s network covers over 4000 offices and more than 120,000 destinations worldwide. What better way to get your prospectuses and brochures delivered to the PACE Fairs and agents’ offices?

DHL have kindly come on board to sponsor the annual conference dinner on Thursday night. The night will include good food, drink and a chance to let your hair down with entertainment by The Beat Girls.

All conference information, including programme, registration and pricing is available online HERE

If you have any questions about the conference please contact our Conference Convener.
Otherwise – Connect the Dots and we will look forward to receiving your registration soon!

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2. International Education Excellence Awards


The annual International Education Excellence Awards are now open for nominations. You can access the nomination forms online HERE

The Awards are designed to showcase and highlight excellent practice in international education, and to recognise and celebrate those institutions that are 'making it happen'.

Why bother? Simple. The Awards are peer recognition of your capabilities, and are an excellent addition to your market positioning.

There will be three categories open to Code of Practice signatory institutions for nominations in 2008. The categories are:

The Excellence in Marketing Award is for excellence in marketing. The judges will be looking for innovative marketing ideas and techniques that have increased student flows from either mainstream or emerging markets, or a combination of both. Marketing activities may include in country promotions, on-line or other electronic promotions or a combination of these and other activities that have demonstrably increased recruitment.

The Excellence in Student Support Award looks for institutions that have consistently demonstrated continued excellence in pastoral care and student support programmes.

The Innovation in International Programme Award focuses on diversification (geographic markets and/or modes of supply) and innovation, and includes academic programmes and study courses that have developed new areas of tuition and/or opened up new market possibilities. Judges will be looking for programmes that are ‘out of the ordinary’ and have long term viability. They may leverage from specific niche opportunities offered by the institution or region. Programmes may not necessarily be within New Zealand, and could encompass non traditional methods of delivery.

The Award winners will be announced during the annual industry conference. To find out more about the conference, click HERE

To view a summary of previous winners, please click HERE

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3. European Updates

A page of news and policy change snippets from Europe, collated by NZTE Hamburg for Education New Zealand can be found HERE.  Interesting items cover Germany, UK, Spain and the Czech Republic.

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4. PACE 2008

New Zealand Education Fairs, Malaysia 9 – 14 August

New Zealand Education Fairs have been held in Malaysia for over 10 years.  In more recent years they have become a twice annual fair series. Numbers of Malaysian students coming to study in NZ continue to steadily rise with a 60% increase in student visa numbers from 2004 to 2007.
Almost 2,200 visitors attended the New Zealand Education Fairs held in March this year at five locations.  In August, fairs will be held in four cities: Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Penang and Kota Kinabalu and there is also an option of a School Principal’s Seminar in Kuching, depending on demand from participants.
Registrations are now open.  The registration deadline is Monday 30th June; a minimum of 8 registrations is required per fair.
More information and fair reports can be found HERE
The Event Brochure can be downloaded HERE
Please submit your registration HERE
Or contact Laurette

New Zealand Education Fairs, India 28 August - 2 September

The second series of New Zealand Education Fairs in India will commence on 28th August and registrations are filling up fast. Four cities have been selected; Pune, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chandigarh.   New Zealand has experienced significant growth from India; there were 4,361 current student visas at 1st May 2008.  Last September 2,689 visitors attended the New Zealand Education Fair Series, across 8 cities. All Fairs are full-day public events and are supported by New Zealand’s top performing agents from the NZIER group. A complete list of these agents can be found on our website HERE   
An India specific website has also been designed to provide further information and can be found HERE. These fairs are particularly relevant for the tertiary sector. The deadline for registrations is Friday 27 June
More information can be found HERE
Registrations are being accepted HERE
Or contact Laurette

New Zealand Education Fair, Sri Lanka 7 September

The New Zealand Education Fair in Colombo is scheduled to tag onto the end of the last fair in India. Last year 300 visitors attended the 1 day event held at the Galle Face Hotel; confirmation is underway in securing the same venue. As at 1st May 2008 there were 309 student visas issued to Sri Lankan students.
The deadline for registrations is Friday 27 June with a minimum of 10 registrations required.
A core group of agents in this market are supported by the industry, their details can be found HERE
More information can also be viewed HERE
Registrations are being accepted HERE
Or contact Laurette 

KSF Fair, Korea 4 & 5 October

With no opportunity for a fair with the Australians or a stand alone New Zealand Education Fair in 2008, Education New Zealand are again supporting the presence of agents and institutions in Korea by creating a New Zealand pavilion at the KSF Commercial Student Fair held at the COEX.  As agents are able to obtain the best price for space booking, please contact one of the Korean agents listed on our website HERE (click 4 or 5 October).  In the meantime plans are underway for a New Zealand Education Fair in Seoul in late 2009.
Please contact Rahael for more information.

CCIEE Fair Series, China 18 October – 2 November

The CCIEE fairs are commercial events approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education and sponsored by China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE). 2007 saw over 70,000 visitors attend the Fair series over 7 cities. This year’s theme, “Going Global for Your Future”, is set to appeal to a large audience by bringing a significant amount of high quality education programs and career oriented courses to China. ENZ are planning a NZ Pavilion presence in 5 cities: Beijing, Ji’nan, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou. The CCIEE organisers have set a very early registration date this year, the deadline to register on the ENZ website is Friday 27 June.
For more information please click HERE
or HERE
Registrations are being accepted HERE
Or contact Rahael

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5. Ultimate NZ Tour – And the Winner is…

MORTEN LEIRKJAER

Morten Leirkjaer, a film student from Unitec has won the Ultimate NZ Tour! The judges chose his video, '4 Good Reasons' as the best over all. You can view the winning entry HERE

Congratulations Morten, have fun on tour!
Runners up were Mike Rudolph and Justin Wyne.

That completes Phase 1 of ‘The Ultimate Tour’….Phase 2 (the bit where students from anywhere around the world can have a crack!) is just beginning! This is the big one – and we want to encourage plenty of participation! Make sure you tell all your agents to spread the word – there is a free trip for two to New Zealand up for grabs!

We will be providing promotional support to you to pass on over the next few days.

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6. New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Awards (NZPSAA)

These Government funded awards are managed by ENZ, and offer up to $10,000 support in relation to study or research abroad for Masters or PhD candidates in the following areas:

• Seminars, workshops or courses
• Conferences if the candidate is presenting
• Collaborative/cooperative research with researchers abroad
• Independent research at facilities not available within New Zealand (eg. Research institutes, Archives etc)

Last Monday, the ENZ NZPSAA Selection Panel awarded $225,000 of funding to 71 high calibre NZ based PhD and Masters students. Actual amounts awarded ranged between $600 and $7000. A couple of recipients are highlighted below….

• Gaius Wilson, a PhD candidate in the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington received funding in relation to his research on Diet and habitat use by elephants in response to weed invasion in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, South India.  He will be travelling to India for six months in order to collaborate with the Indian Wildlife Conservation Group and his research centres on understanding the impact of invasive weeds on elephant ranging patterns and habitat use.

• Shawn Shen, a PhD candidate from the Department of Geography at the University of Otago received funding in relation to his paper presentation at the United Nations University’s International Conference on Forced Migration in Bonn, Germany.  Shawn’s research centres on Global Change Migration: the Case Study of Migration from Tuvalu to New Zealand.  In addition to presenting his research in Bonn, Shawn will also be visiting the University of Liege in Belgium to in order to further his involvement in cooperative research on Climate Change.

The NZPSAA is open to students enrolled at Universities, ITP’s and PTE’s which offer the relevant qualifications.   For further information on the NZPSAA, please visit the scholarships pages of www.newzealandeducated.com. Applications close on 1 May and 1 November annually.

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7. New Zealand Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards (NZUSAA)

Funded by the Government, the NZUSAA are open to domestic undergraduate students enrolled at New Zealand universities and ITP’s who will be undertaking a formal overseas student exchange for which they will be receiving credit towards their NZ qualification.  Candidates are nominated to ENZ twice a year on 1 May and 1 November.

On 13 June, 69 domestic students were selected for an award. Candidates undertaking exchange studies receive a lump-sum payment prior to travelling. Those students travelling for 1 semester receive $3000 and those travelling for 2 semesters receive $5000.
Examples of students funded include:

• Otago Polytechnic nominee and Fashion Design student Roxana Zamari was awarded NZUSAA funding to support her exchange at IED Milan in Italy

• James Reid, a Screen and Media student from the University of Waikato, was awarded funding to support his exchange at the University of Victoria in Canada.

• AUT University Business student David Sim received funding to support his exchange to Ritsumeikan University in Japan.

Next round – 1st November!

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