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neWS rOund uP by MattHeW KnOtt
Industry events
tertiary
Nacac amends regulations to add transparency

THE NaTIoNaL aSSoCIaTIoN for College compensating them. In their promotional the 2017 studytravel alphe
Admission Counseling (Nacac) www. material for international students, institutions Korea and Japan conferences
nacacnet.org in the USA has recently voted should off er to verify whether they have dates have been announced. St
alphe Korea will take place from
to amend its Statement of Principles of Good authorised any third-party agents to represent
december 3-5 at the grand Hyatt
Practice (SPGP) to require that agent partners them and indicate how students may request
Seoul hotel, followed by St alphe
are transparent in disclosing remuneration this verifi cation.” Japan at the Hotel Okura tokyo from december
agreements with schools. Nacac amended the SPGP in 2013 to 6-8. the events feature 30-minute business
Th e new amended section of the SPGP, offi cially endorse the use of commission payments appointments and networking opportunities. See
www.studytravel.network/alphe.
agreed at the 2016 Nacac Assembly and to recruit international students, a move that
eff ective from the 2018 admission cycle, reads: was credited with increasing agent usage by US-
the European association
“In contracts with third-party representatives, based institutions in a survey commissioned by
for international Education
require those representatives to disclose to Bridge Education Group earlier this year (see ST (EaiE) will hold its 29th annual
their student clients all institutions who are Magazine, August 2016, page 4). conference in seville, spain,
from 12–15 September 2017 at the
Seville conference and exhibition
language associated
centre (FibeS). under the theme, “a mosaic
of culture”, the event will welcome over 5,000
English australia welcomes working holiday changes international education professionals. See www.
eaie.org/seville for details.
LaNGuaGE SCHooL peak body English Th e association said the measures were
Australia (EA) www.englishaustralia.com. broadly in line with the submission made icEf has scheduled the dates of
the 2017 icEf Higher Education
au has welcomed the announcement of to the government during the sector review
Workshop and the icEf latin
revised working holiday sector arrangements, period, and that it hoped they would arrest
america Workshop. the former
including the reduction of a planned tax hike. declines in WHM enrolments at English will dovetail with the eaie
Th e measures, announced by Treasurer, language colleges, which peaked at around conference (see above), taking
Scott Morrison, include a working holiday 22,000 students in 2013, and have been place from September 9-11 in
Seville, Spain. Meanwhile, the latter will be held
maker (WHM) tax rate of 19 per cent on all declining since.
at the grand Hyatt São Paulo from September
earnings up to AUS$37,000 eff ective from In its submission, EA explained that
22-24. See www.icef.com for more information.
January, rather than the 32.5 per cent rate Korea, Japan and Taiwan were the three largest
outlined in the 2015/16 budget. markets for Elicos schools in the working Quality English and Quality
WHM visa application charges will drop holiday sector, and said that these were Education have announced a
by AUS$50 to AUS$390 from July 2017, and “sophisticated, well-informed and sensitive series of agent mission events
for 2017. the organisation will head
the treasury has also committed AUS$10 education and travel markets” that would be
to asia in early 2017 for events in:
million to support a global youth-targeted aff ected by changes in the tax regime. At the
Ho chi Minch city, vietnam (Feb
advertising campaign to support the sector. time of writing, AUS$1 = US$0.76 13); taipei, taiwan (Feb 15); and beijing, china
(Feb 17). latin america workshops in Mexico city,
Mexico (March 28) and bogota, colombia (March
30) will follow. and Qe will conduct its usual
language secondary tertiary vocational associated
european roadshow of missions in november
2017, encompassing: Prague, czech republic
Education New zealand announces latest funding round (nov 2); rome, italy (nov 7); and Madrid, Spain
(nov 9). See www.quality-english.com for details.
EDuCaTIoN NEW zEaLaND (ENZ) www. Woodford House www.woodford.school.
enz.govt.nz has announced NZ$444,000 of nz, a girls’ boarding school in Havelock North, For a full list of industry workshops and events,
matched funding grants for projects to develop was granted NZ$49,750 for the development visit our comprehensive online calendar at www.
studytravel.network.
markets in the latest round of the International and implementation of marketing programmes
Education Growth Fund (IEGF). in China, Vietnam, Th ailand, Japan and Korea;
Fifteen projects received funding from and Ara Institute of Canterbury www.ara.ac.nz,
language
a total of 49 applications. ENZ said that an Institute of Technology and Polytechnic
Browns expands with
preference was given to “bold approaches to (ITP), received NZ$24,000 to create and
growing the international education industry”. launch a suite of promotional tools focused on
Language school association English marketing its new campus in Timaru, building junior centre
New Zealand www.englishnewzealand.co.nz on existing civic and cultural links with regions
was one of the successful applicants, receiving in Japan. auSTRaLIa-BaSED
NZ$26,400 for the development and delivery Beth Knowles, International Director at Browns English
of social media and blogging programmes to Ara Institute told ST Magazine, “Timaru sits on Language School
attract students from Italy and France. the back door of some of New Zealand’s most https://brownsenglish.
Kim Renner, Executive Director of rugged and attractive scenery. International edu.au has expanded
English New Zealand, welcomed the news: students studying in Timaru will be able to with the opening
“We’ve just had a group of schools taking part have a truly genuine experience.” of a new campus on
in a Europe market development mission, “Market diversifi cation is key to the Gold Coast for pre-teen and teenage
which included agent workshops in Madrid, the sustainable growth of international international students.
Milan, Prague and Paris. Th e two new education,” said Grant McPherson, Chair Richard Brown, Managing Director of
bloggers will be from Italy and France and of ENZ. “We welcome education providers Browns English Language School, said the
this type of initiative, with a mix of study exploring new avenues and looking to expand new language centre was the fi rst of its kind
and tourism, is an excellent way to profi le the into new markets. At the time of writing, NZ$1 in Queensland as a dedicated English school
English New Zealand experience.” = US$0.72 for children.
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