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Dr Parmjeet Parmar: Act Tertiary Education Spokesperson on plan to boost international student numbers · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Well, we've got a new plan from the government to
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  Speaker 1: double the amount of international students contributing to our economy
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  Speaker 1: to seven point two billion dollars by twenty thirty four.
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  Speaker 1: So this plan includes extending in study work rights to
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  Speaker 1: students from November and could enroll an extra twenty one
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  Speaker 1: three hundred students by twenty twenty seven. Doctor Panjek Palmer
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  Speaker 1: is ex Tertiary Education spokesperson and joins me this morning,
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  Speaker 1: come on into your Pamjeet.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Andrew.
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  Speaker 1: So how does the plan work?
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  Speaker 2: So what I would say is that the changes are good,
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  Speaker 2: but universities need to do their part as well. So
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  Speaker 2: marketing campaigns these are two weeks are great, but universities
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  Speaker 2: must focus on improving their international rankings because international rankings
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  Speaker 2: are a key factor when students are deciding which university
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  Speaker 2: to go to. So universities must ensure that their packages
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  Speaker 2: are appealing and are internationally relevant. So that means no
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  Speaker 2: compulsory treaty courses and no creep of decanga into science
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  Speaker 2: because universities need to be careful that they are not
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  Speaker 2: becoming inward looking. These things might be of interest to
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  Speaker 2: some students in New Zealand, when international students are coming here,
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  Speaker 2: they are basically wanting to prepare themselves for a global
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  Speaker 2: career and.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about this and study work rights? Do we
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  Speaker 1: not offer them the ability to work while they're studying
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  Speaker 1: to make some money to get by?
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  Speaker 2: So that is, but most of the money does come
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  Speaker 2: from overseas. Any money that is coming from overseas is
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  Speaker 2: great for us. So international students are ant positive, all right?
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  Speaker 1: So would international students come here with this plan? Because
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  Speaker 1: I have to say, your party is quite often telling
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  Speaker 1: the world that New Zealand's not a great place right
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  Speaker 1: now in as some poor shape. Why would they want
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  Speaker 1: to come here?
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  Speaker 2: I don't agree with that description there our education system
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  Speaker 2: works really well, but as I have highlighted that universities
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  Speaker 2: need to do their part as well. So we want
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  Speaker 2: to ensure that universities are working hard to ensure that
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  Speaker 2: international rankings are improving and the packages that they're offering
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  Speaker 2: are internationally relevant.
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  Speaker 1: Very good stuff, doctor Palmzi Palma, who is ex Education spokesperson.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for your time.
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