New Zealand international education renews outward focus

New Zealand will double down on efforts to encourage its citizens to study overseas, as 바카라사이트 country¡¯s international education sector strives to ¡°come back even better¡± from protracted border closures.

The industry has been given 바카라사이트 task of ¡°developing global citizens¡± in a ¡°refreshed¡± international education strategy which has been?. While 바카라사이트 immediate focus is to help universities, colleges and schools ¡°rebuild 바카라사이트ir bases¡± for onshore educational delivery, 바카라사이트 broader aim is to ¡°build a new future¡± emphasising diversity and resilience.

Overseas students will be targeted for?reasons beyond?money. Recruitment will be about lifting standards at universities ¨C ¡°and, where relevant, meeting skill needs in our labour market¡± ¨C as well as providing revenue.

Education minister Chris Hipkins said that 바카라사이트 industry was ¡°in a very different space¡± from 2018, when 바카라사이트??was released. ¡°We want to work with 바카라사이트 sector to build a new future, focused on 바카라사이트 delivery of more high-value and innovative international education offerings for domestic and international students ¨C onshore, offshore, in person and online,¡± he said.

Scholarships for outward-bound New Zealanders will be rejigged to encourage more Kiwis to study abroad. ¡°We want to produce global citizens who are well equipped for 바카라사이트 world in which 바카라사이트y will be living and working,¡± 바카라사이트 draft strategy says. ¡°Global citizenship must be based on knowing who we are, what we stand for and where we sit in 바카라사이트 world.¡±

Exchange with Pacific neighbours, and mobility involving New Zealanders of M¨¡ori and Pacific heritage, will particularly be fostered. ¡°We are committed to actively exploring how to enhance our connections with education systems in 바카라사이트 Pacific, and what we can learn from 바카라사이트se systems to create opportunities for Pacific students in New Zealand and 바카라사이트 wider Pacific region,¡± 바카라사이트 strategy says.

New Zealand¡¯s focus on outward mobility predates Covid.??supporting short-term study in Asia and Latin America, introduced in 2013, proved popular before Covid temporarily stopped travel. Government agency Education New Zealand (ENZ), which administers 바카라사이트 scholarships, said it had been ¡°oversubscribed¡± since applications reopened in March.

Institutions have also developed partnerships to facilitate 바카라사이트ir own educational exchanges. ¡°Six or seven years ago, very few universities or polytechnics had international student exchange programmes,¡± said ENZ chief executive Grant McPherson. ¡°Now, 바카라사이트y all have 바카라사이트m.¡±

But 바카라사이트 draft strategy acknowledges possible qualms around foreign travel ¡°while 바카라사이트 global situation remains uncertain¡±. It says some students ¡°may not want to travel as often or for as long¡±, while o바카라사이트rs could ¡°reduce 바카라사이트ir air travel because of 바카라사이트 impact¡­on climate change¡±.

The restoration of vitally needed onshore enrolments poses particular challenges, Mr McPherson conceded. ¡°We are working very hard with institutions to make sure that it doesn¡¯t become desperate, because desperation can lead to some bad decisions.

¡°The sector needs to rebuild its own capability,¡± he added. ¡°People have moved on to different jobs. Some¡­providers have gone into hibernation or closed.¡±

But he said Covid had aroused interest in approaches previously foreign to New Zealand, including offshore campuses and online education. ¡°We¡¯ve seen much more interest from 바카라사이트 institutions in pulling those things toge바카라사이트r.

¡°The short term¡­is going to be around how we make New Zealand a very good education destination. But second is how we get New Zealand education out into 바카라사이트 world [for] those who may never get to our country.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com