1. Cross - Border Student Mobility for High Quality Education
Guergana Guermanoff
Education Counsellor
New Zealand Embassy BEIJING
12 March 2010
2019年1月

2. Summary High Quality Education The education environment
Quality Assurance
Flexibility of Qualifications
Safety
Cross Border Mobility
Student visa policies
Mobility of qualifications
Innovation
Institutional Partnerships
Two-Way Mobility
Abel Tasman

3. New Zealand’s Education Environment
A world leading education system that equips all New Zealanders with the knowledge, skills and values to be successful citizens in the 21st century.

4. Government education expenditure
Around $1.1 billion on early childhood education, $5.1 billion primary and secondary education, $2.4 billion funding to tertiary providers and $388 million for skills and training programmes
Total investment 6% of GDP
Education is 19% of total government spending – comparatively high by international standards (cf US 15.5%).

5. Student statistics
198,784 enrolments at 4,649 early childhood education services
480,609 enrolments at 2,034 primary schools and 279,297 enrolments at 336 secondary schools
484,000 enrolments in formal tertiary education at universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics, private training establishments and other providers
186,000 in industry training

6. Assessment
Performance of the education system monitored through participation in international studies: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS.

7. Quality Assurance of Education: The New Zealand approach
Quality Assurance of Institutions and Courses
National Qualifications Framework
Top Quality Educational Outcomes
Integrated and Cohesive Qualifications and Quality Assurance System

8. Flexibility of Qualifications: The National Qualifications Framework
A system of national qualifications
800 different qualifications
Nationally recognised standards and qualifications
Recognition and credit for a wide range of knowledge and skills.

9. National Qualifications Framework
Guiding Principles:
all learning achievement should be recognised;
clear learning and career pathways;
relevant and flexible learning;
access to learning and portability of recognition;
quality assured provision and assessment.
Result: A nation of skilled New Zealanders equipped and committed to lifelong learning.

10. New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NQF)

11. Safety: Quality Assurance of International Education

12. International Students Safety
The Three Insurances
Insurance 1 – visas only for study with Government registered schools
Insurance 2 – appeal processes if students dissatisfied
Insurance 3 – students fees safeguarded by Government

13. The New Zealand Government International Education Strategy
International students are enriched by their education and living experiences in New Zealand.

14. Cross Border Mobility

15. New Zealand’s Student Visa Policies
Accessible Information and Contact
Immigration NZ website (English and Chinese)
Regular contact with education agents, including agent training seminars
Transparent Process
Web based information, including application forms and criteria
If declined
official letter outlines the reasons for declining the visa
an option to appeal the decision

16. New Zealand’s Student Visa Policies
Timely Response in Visa Processing
Branch
0-15 days
days
31-60 days
60-90 days
Beijing
80%
100%
N/A
Shanghai
81%
97%
Stability and Continuity in Student Visa Policy Direction
87% approval rate for student visa applications

17. Mobility of Qualifications
Wide International Recognition of New Zealand Qualifications
The Lisbon Convention
In July 2007, New Zealand joined the Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Area.
NZ Ireland Joint Project on Mutual Recognition of Qualifications
Report findings to be presented at International Frameworks Convention in Ireland, 15 April 2010

18. NZ China: Quality Assurance Collaboration
NZ - China Education Quality Assurance Workshop, Nov 2006
China Education Vice Minister Zhang Xinsheng giving opening speech
NZ Secretary for Education Karen Sewell giving opening speech

19. NZ China: Quality Assurance Collaboration
NZ Qualifications Authority and the China Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange
Cooperation Arrangement 2006
verification work
March 2008 visit to NZ
NZQA and CSCSE cooperation arrangement signing ceremony, Nov 2006

20. NZ China: Quality Assurance Collaboration
NZ Qualifications Authority and China Degrees&Graduate Eduaction Development Centre
Collaboration Arrangement 2007
April 2008 visit to NZ
Collaborative research
Benchmarking higher education qualifications (particular PhD focus)
National Qualifications Framework
NZQA and CDGDC collaboration arrangement signing ceremony, 2007

21. NZ China Qualifications Recognition
Government level Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Higher Education Degrees
NZ China Joint Working Group on Vocational Qualifications
mapping of NZ and China vocational education qualifications
identifying possibilities for mutual recognition of professional and vocational qualifications
exploring potential for recognition of professional licensing

22. Innovation in Education Partnerships
Institutional Partnerships
Academic linkages
Jointly taught programmes
Joint degrees
Two-Way Mobility
Reciprocal Scholarships
Complimentary “stepping-stones” study path

23. New Zealand China Doctoral Research Scholarship
NZ China Free Trade Agreement signed April 2008
NZ China Reciprocal Doctoral Research Scholarship programme
10 Chinese students per year for 3-years PhD research in NZ
10 NZ students per year for 3-year PhD research in China
Fully comprehensive scholarship

24. Working Holiday Scheme

25. Working Holiday Scheme
NZ China Free Trade Agreement
Launched 1 October 2008
Scheme open on 1 October each year
1,000 places available
18-30 years old
Work
Holiday
Study
In New Zealand for 12 months

26. Cross - Border Student Mobility for High Quality Education
The education environment
Quality Assurance
Flexibility of Qualifications
Safety
Cross Border Mobility
Student visa policies
Mobility of qualifications
Innovation
Institutional Partnerships
Two-Way Mobility

27. Thank you!