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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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