1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: New data shows university is the place to be. New 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: year underway as of last week, of course, in the 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: University of Auckland has got forty seven thirty three students. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: That's up eight point three percent on last year. Undergrads 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: are up eleven and a half percent. Internationals are up 6 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: ten percent. Sarah Young's Deputy Vice Chancellor Education at the 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: University of Auckland and is with us. Sarah, good morning 8 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: to you, Hi. 9 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 2: How are you very well? 10 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: Indeed you got the room and you got the people 11 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: we have. 12 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 2: Indeed, the campus is absolutely pumping at the moment. It's 13 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: great to see. 14 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: Good. Did you see this coming or is this a 15 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: reflection of the economy to some degree? 16 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 2: I think there's a number of different factors. I mean, 17 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: we certainly were planning for growth on the domestic front. 18 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: We know we've had a large school ever population that 19 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 2: hasn't peaked to New Zealand yet and so we've got 20 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: obviously enrollments from that. We know that when in New Zealand, 21 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: when unemployment is higher, we get more students accessing university 22 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: to increase their skill skills and obviously for international students 23 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: we put a lot of work into offshore partners and 24 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: new transnational agreements to attract students. So we compare very 25 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: well with other countries, and the government's immigration settings are 26 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 2: really helping too. 27 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: I was going to ask about that. Is that a 28 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: smoother run in for the internationals? Now? 29 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: It is so the country's student These are settings have 30 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: made New Zealand very attractive. University students can now work 31 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: twenty five hours per week, so up from twenty. The 32 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: supplies to exchange students too, and masters and PhD students 33 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: can stay here and work for up to three years, 34 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: which means that they can contribute their knowledge and expertise 35 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: to New Zealand companies. 36 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: Good good for your bottom line as well. Is there 37 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: more where that came from? Do you think? 38 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: Yes? Absolutely? But of course we're planning around what our size, 39 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: shape and composition should be and thinking about some of 40 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: the settings that we put in place, and so there's 41 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: a number of different factors at play there. 42 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: And do these kids, the locals who want to go 43 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: because the market's tighten up? Skill? I mean, is everyone 44 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: doing a bee common they don't really know what they 45 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: want to do or most of them got an actual plan? 46 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: I think range of you know, we've got we're the 47 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: size of a small city, so we've got you know, 48 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: as you said, forty seven thousand different students. They all 49 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: have different views. Some will know exactly what they want 50 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: to do and others will be still exploring what they 51 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: think they might want to do in the future. I mean, 52 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 2: the key thing is is that they leave the University 53 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 2: of Auckland with good transferable skills that make them employable, 54 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: and over ninety percent of our students gain employment. 55 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: Encouraging to hear Sarah appreciate us. Sarah Young, Deputy Vice 56 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: Chancellor of the Education at the University of Auckland. 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