Education New Zealand has revealed a new marketing campaign designed to attract international students back to the country after the borders reopen on 31 July. The “I AM NEW” campaign centres on the stories of eight international students, from China, Colombia, Germany, India, Japan, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam, who share their experiences of study and […]
A Dunedin secondary school plans to open a new campus at a former lakeside lodge near Te Anau. John McGlashan College has bought the former Fiordland National Park Lodge site, located 30 km north of Te Anau on the highway to Milford Sound. The site, which includes 20 motel units, 26 rooms, a wharf and […]
A plan to replace Melville High School and Melville Intermediate with a single Year 7-13 institution has been confirmed, despite concerns from the high school. In a statement Thursday, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said “I am satisfied that Melville High School and Melville Intermediate should close, and a new school should be established to meet […]
Desperately needed teachers with visas to get into New Zealand face months in bureaucratic limbo as they still cannot get a spot in managed isolation (MIQ), despite the school year starting this week. The situation is so dire the Ministry of Education has told some to apply for an emergency spot – usually reserved for […]
Universities and colleges are worried that the border opening to foreign nationals in April will have little effect on international student mobility due to the visas being on processing hold until August. “Although the government has said it will begin a staged reopening of the border to fully vaccinated foreign nationals from April 30, international […]
A group of gifted high school students in Thailand were given a taste of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) specialty at the University of Otago as part of a recent webinar series to promote New Zealand’s education offering. The Princess Chulabhorn Science High School (PCSCS) network consists of 12 schools across four regions […]
New Zealand and China strengthened their partnership in the higher vocational education sector with ideas and best practices exchange at the two-day long China-NZ Summit on Higher Vocational Education, on the sidelines of the recently concluded APAC TVET Forum. The China-NZ summit focused specifically on the bilateral partnership on higher vocational education. “New Zealand and […]
NCEA and Scholarship exams delayed by Covid-19 will commence today. Students from Auckland, Waikato and Northland will have the option to take up ‘unexpected event’ grades. The delay of two weeks is in response to the severe disruptions caused by Covid-19 lockdowns in these areas. Some Auckland students will not complete their exams says college […]
Using technology a group of teachers from Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and New Zealand came together to learn and complete the NZGCC [New Zealand Global Competence Certificate & Teacher Training Course for Vietnam] course. To be awarded the certificate teachers were required to attend 10 online sessions and 20 self-directed modules over a five week […]
Universities say their foreign enrolments have remained “astonishingly high” and they are hoping international students can return to the country in the middle of next year. But they say it is not practical to expect large numbers of students until managed isolation and quarantine requirements are dropped. Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan said […]