Covid-19 Affects New Zealand

New Zealand Government closed the border temporarily from 23:59 on Thursday 19 March 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The travel restrictions apply to almost all travellers except for New Zealand citizens, permanent residents, residents with valid travel conditions and their immediate family (partner or spouse, legal guardian and dependent children under the age of…

The first ISEA Professional Development Workshop Wrapped Up!

The first Professional Development Workshop facilitated by ISEA – Social Media Marketing wrapped up on the 4th of March after six hours of fruitful learning! The workshop was attended by representatives from 12 education agents and providers. Thank you to Claire from “The Classroom” for delivering this productive workshop. Also, a big thank you to…

ISEA welcomes new accreditation council member – Marcel Fletcher from AUT

ISEA are pleased to advise that Marcel Fletcher, Regional Manager for India and Subcontinent of Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has joined the ISEA Accreditation Council to represent the University sector and replace Jaime Henley, our previous council member who moved on to a new role at the end of 2019. We look forward to…

ISEA Established Education Agent Advisory Board

ISEA are pleased to announce that the ISEA Education Agent Advisory Board has been established. The board is a group of agents selected by the ISEA team and the ISEA Accreditation Council to provide feedback and support to the ISEA Accreditation and Training programme for further strategic development. ISEA are pleased to welcome the first two members to…

ISEA works with Southern Cross Travel Insurance

ISEA and Southern Cross Travel Insurance are pleased to announce that we are working together with the International Student market. At the end of the month, SCTI will be holding a briefing to domestic agents and education providers, facilitated by ISEA, about areas such as Code of Practice Insurance compliance, Southern Cross Student Insurance Policy…

ISEA completed the first round of agent training in Bogota, Colombia

ISEA have successfully delivered the first round agent training in Bogota, Colombia on 27th January 2020. It was great to meet with these fantastic and enthusiastic agents again to explore the New Zealand International Education industry since we launched in December 2019 in Colombia. ISEA look forward to providing the trained and accredited agencies with…

New Zealand universities report continued growth in international enrolments

Despite the overall decrease in the number of international students in 2018, the university sector has seen continuous growth (+9.8%) to 30,007 in 2018 in New Zealand, pushing the university sector to the first place of the sectors for international students for the first time over the last six years. Education agents continue to play…

ISEA completed the first round of agent training in Jakarta, Indonesia

ISEA successfully held the first round of agent training in Jakarta, Indonesia on 19th November. It has been a pleasure to train these agents on the New Zealand market and we look forward to working with you further as you develop strategic marketing plans for New Zealand. ISEA look forward to coming back to Indonesia…