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Subject: University of Otago International Education Consultant Newsletter | December 2023

Welcome to the University of Otago International Education Consultant Newsletter.

View this email in your browser Kia ora Partners, Welcome to the University of Otago International Education Consultant Newsletter - December update. Christmas greetings from New Zealand and our holiday hours IELTS One Take - accepted by Otago Late applications for Semester 1 2024 Check eVision tasks before chasing up an offer Regional Market Managers best placed to chase up offers Latest updates for your students with offers Student visa applications and Tuition fee receipts Accommodation Goin’ - connecting students with offers The University of Otago closes the afternoon of Thursday 21 December and reopens on Monday 3 January 2024. Please note that part of our International Marketing and Recruitment team starts back on 3 January, but the full team is back during the week of 8th January. We’d like to thank you very much for your ongoing support of Otago and wish you a very happy and healthy holiday period with family and friends. The University of Otago accepts IELTS One Skill Retake. Please note that we will not be accepting other combinations of scores from different tests, just the official One Skill Retake. The application deadline was 15 November for full degree studies and 1 December for Study Abroad applications. Admissions is currently prioritising applications that were submitted by the deadline. In case you have a very specific case with a complete application, please reach out to your Regional Market Manager to see if we can fast-track the offer. Our admissions team has reported that they are receiving many emails from education consultants chasing up offers, without having first checked their outstanding tasks or requests (which is holding up the offer being processed). Email alerts are sent to the assigned agency branch email, with the student details in the subject line and we do kindly ask that you check eVision before chasing up Otago. In a large majority of cases, the admissions team are waiting on the education consultant to provide information. If you have no outstanding tasks and are chasing up an offer, please kindly contact your Regional Market Manager (RMM) who is best placed to follow this up with our admissions colleagues. The admissions team is now in the peak processing period so it is more effective if you instead contact your RMM – they can fast track cases with admissions as appropriate. Please find our November and December updates for students who have full offers to study at Otago in Semester 1 2024. These updates focus on next steps and are sent directly to your students email addresses. We appreciate many of you help students to complete a number of these next steps on their behalf, so want to make sure you have awareness for our communication. Naturally, visa applications will be top of the list for you with Immigration New Zealand advising that applications should be submitted no less than 8 weeks before intended travel. A reminder that the official tuition fee receipt suitable for the visa application must be actively requested from the University of Otago (a screenshot from the eVision account is not sufficient). Please use this online form to request the official receipt – a copy can be sent to both you as the education consultant and to the student for their personal records. Note that the holiday season is coming – the University closes down at lunchtime Thursday 21 December and re-opens on 3 January 2024. Tuition fee receipts will not be produced during this time. A reminder, all you need from Otago is the unconditional Offer of Place and the tuition fee receipt (*) as part of their student visa application. You do not need to complete the declaration step in eVision before applying for the visa. Declaration does not take place until after the student is on campus and has attended an Orientation and Enrolment seminar. (*) not required for exchange students and those who have their fees paid on their behalf directly to the University of Otago At this point our UniFlats are full for semester 1 – if you have a Study Abroad or Exchange student who missed to apply by the 1 December deadline, please urgently reach out to your Regional Market Manager to alert us. The residential colleges are still able to consider late applications from full degree students – this is the best option for new starting Bachelor degree, Diploma students and Foundation Studies students. In addition, some of the colleges are also able to accept postgraduate students. If your student has missed to apply for accommodation, please do so urgently. Please note that in case you are working with a student bringing family, we do not have any options available from the university-owned accommodation. They will need to look for private options. The University of Otago has just gone live with Goin’ – a digital platform/app designed for new international students who have accepted their full offer to come to Otago, with other new international students. This platform is not for education consultants or university staff. Rather, it is a platform to help new students to connect and make friends and find interest groups, before they come to Otago! Invitations have been sent directly to students who have accepted their full unconditional offer of place at Otago. Ngā mihi nui - Kind regards, International Team University of Otago Our mailing address is: international.marketing@otago.ac.nz Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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