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 number 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 Friday 14th December. Malaysia in the past has primarily been a tertiary market, however more noticeably parents are choosing for their children to begin their final years at high school studying abroad.
For further information please click HERE
Or contact Laurette

CIEET Fairs, China, 1 March - 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 participants’ registrations by Monday 10th 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 involved agents and brands a New Zealand 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 further information about ALPHE Latin America please see HERE (register direct with Hot House Media)
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. ENZ will have a generic New Zealand branded booth at all 6 cities to support participants.  Please register your interest by Friday 14th December to take advantage of the Early Bird pricing options. For further information on this fair series please see the 2007 report HERE, the event listed 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 Friday 14th December. For further 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 covers a 3m x 2m booth within the New Zealand pavilion, and 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 Friday 14th December. For further 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 Friday 14th December. For further information about this event see the fair website HERE, the PACE listing HERE
Or contact Genevieve

New Zealand Education Fairs, India, 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 Friday 14th 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 further information please click HERE
Or contact Laurette

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 – 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 further 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 saw 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 Friday 14th December. For further information see the Study World 2007 website HERE, a summary of New Zealand’s attendance last year HERE
Or contact Rahael

Get your institution profiled on www.newzealandeducated.com and be part of the largest, most informative education portal for students looking for information about New Zealand.  Advertising and fairs worldwide use the website as the call to action and education agents refer students to the site for more information about study and living in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Educated website is viewed up to 251,000 times every week and the intensive international Web 2.0 campaign that begins in early 2008 will drive lots more visitors to and through the site.

From the recent ISB research it is clear just how important websites are to today’s international students.  Websites, agents, and friends and family rank as the most important aids for students when they are deciding where to study.

A New Zealand Educated profile page should form part of your 2008 marketing strategy. Contact Vince Warnock at ENZ now to learn about how you can get profiled on the site. Vince can talk you through setting up your profile and how to optimise your page to get students there. 

• 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

Selections of the sixth round of the New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Awards have been made. Seventy two students have been awarded funding for offshore travel to help them complete research.  Proposals granted funding includes:

• Alfonso GASTELLUM STROZZI, undertaking his PhD at the University of Auckland. Alfonso will be travelling to Mexico in relation to his research on 'A multi-layered dynamic 3D face model using CAT/MRI/Stereo vision acquisition systems'
• Rowan DIXON, a Masters student from the University of Otago.  Rowan is travelling to Indonesia in relation to his research: 'Fishery redevelopment in Aceh, Indonesia'
• Peter MARTIN, a PhD student in biological sciences from Victoria University is travelling to the USA to take part in a Phycology course which is unavailable in New Zealand
• Amanda YOUNG-HAUSER, a PhD student at the University of Waikato has received funding in relation to a presentation she will be giving in Portugal. Her topic is 'Who owns child sex offender reintegration? A community psychology approach to a social issue'

Selections of the New Zealand Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards are underway.

One of the first New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship recipients will graduate on 21 December (in absentia) at the University of Canterbury’s graduation ceremony.  Horacio Bown came onto the NZIDRS in the inaugural round of the scholarship (2004) and recently submitted his thesis.  Horacio said at a Scholarships Function at Parliament earlier this year that “Being New Zealand Educated makes me feel proud and part of a wider community of people with common interests and experiences.”

Education New Zealand commends Horacio on completing his studies and wishes him the best for his future plans. Horacio is the New Zealand International Scholarship Programme’s first alumnus.

The New Zealand Scholarships and Study Abroad Award Programmes are funded by the New Zealand Government and administered by Education New Zealand.

For information about the scholarship and study abroad awards visit www.newzealandeducated.com/scholarships or contact Camilla Swan

Immigration Policy Changes:  Amendments to the Skilled Migrant Category

The Department of Labour has recently made some changes to the Skilled Migrant Category.  These amendments were originally promulgated in DoL’s Amendment Circular 2007-19. On 23 November 2007 those amendments were revoked.  The amendments contained in DoL’s Amendment Circular 2007-21 will come into effect on 4 February 2008. This amended policy reflects the policy previously certified to take effect on 26 November 2007, with some modifications.

We believe institutions will be interested in the following changes:
SM14.10.1 New Zealand qualifications
Despite SM14.10, SM14.10.5, and SM14.10.10, New Zealand qualifications at level three or four of the Register are recognised and qualify for 50 points if:

A. the qualification would have been recognised for the award of points under Skilled Migrant Category policy that was in effect on 3 February 2008; and

B. the principal applicant gained the qualification before 4 February 2008; or

C. the principal applicant was enrolled in a course of study, resulting in the qualification for which they are claiming points, on 3 February 2008.

PISA Results

The OECD have just released preliminary PISA survey results for 2006, with positive rankings for New Zealand against our major competitors. The complete report is due for full release tomorrow. Catch the next E-news where we will include an analysis of how New Zealand fared.

Japan Promotion

Tourism NZ launched a $1.8 million promotional campaign in Japan recently which included a New Zealand Festival in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo from 16 - 18 November. Education New Zealand leveraged off this activity, with a branded booth which generically promoted New Zealand Education and the www.newzealandeducated.com website.