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THE NEWS

The government of Wales
announced investment of
UK£500,000 to support
international student
recruitment and the promotion
of its universities. bit.ly/420S6eW

Growth in applications for study in Quality English unveiled new
Malaysia in 2024 licensee schools in the UK,
South Africa and New Zealand.
TERTIARY
bit.ly/4j47Kgs
alaysia received 81,812
applications from
Minternational students in Taunton School in the UK
2024, according to a data release unveiled plans for new boarding
by Education Malaysia https://educationmalaysia.gov.my, a 25 per houses. bit.ly/4iGXeMm
cent increase over the previous year.
China was the largest source market with 33,216 applications, a
24.8 per cent increase, followed by Bangladesh with 6,917 (+5.2 per A dual location programme

cent). The top five was completed by Indonesia (5,556, +28.9 per was launched by IH Bristol and IH
cent); India (2,591, +36.2); and Pakistan (2,417, +24.5). Malta. bit.ly/4cbTIXW
Among the top ten source markets, Sudan has the largest year-
on-year growth at 80 per cent, while ninth-placed Nigeria was the
only country to send fewer applications than in the previous year. Education New Zealand has
Undergraduate study accounted for almost half of all created a new agent matching
applications (37,276) and had the largest growth at 45.4 per cent, tool on the Study with New Zealand

and there were also increases for certificate-level programmes website. bit.ly/420U8M6
and master’s degrees. Read more at: bit.ly/4c0gNNb
The EU’s ETIAS electronic
New Zealand to return public vocational travel authorisation
training to regional ITP system system has been postponed and

TERTIARY is now planned to launch in late
2026. bit.ly/4c3u2N4
he government of New Zealand has commenced a process of
closing the Te Pūkenga nationally managed vocational insti-
Ttution and returning to a network of independent, regional, UKG Language, a new ELT brand

publicly funded Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs). launched last year, officially opened

Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds said that a new learning centre in
the decision to disestablish Te Pūkenga would return decision- Hampshire. bit.ly/4iGXniO
making to regions and enable greater industry input into work-
based learning programmes.
The amalgamation of New Zealand’s 16 Institutes of Technol- South Korea announced that

ogy and Polytechnics was announced in 2019 and the national Te 158 universities are certified
Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology was for- for their international education
mally established the following year. Read more at: bit.ly/4kZOK4v operations. bit.ly/4l1ISrq

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