Higher Education – Dr Sherrie Lee

The Credential Trap: Why International Professionals Struggle to Get Hired in New Zealand

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:07:53 +0000

Many international professionals arrive in New Zealand with impressive qualifications and a decade of experience — and still can't get hired. Not because they're not capable, but because the local labour market screens for something credentials alone can't provide: community, local networks, and cultural familiarity. This article maps the credential trap, why it catches experienced professionals by surprise, and what career-changer migrants and the advisors who support them can do about it.

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International education – Not just an experience but the possibility of a new life

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:04:02 +0000

I’ve been reading the draft policy statement on high-value international education in New Zealand which aims to define what ‘high value’ means and minimise risks. Reading between the lines, the policy is responding to the growth of ‘low value’ and ‘high risk’ international education in the past decade or longer, most visible in the sub-degree…

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Language rights, agency, and cross-cultural understanding in international education

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:59:35 +0000

An invitation to multilingual educators and researchers to champion linguistic and cultural diversity.

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The ethical challenges of global connectivity – A response to Fazal Rizvi

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:12:46 +0000

In his keynote at the 2018 ISANA Conference, Fazal Rizvi calls for international education practitioners to recognise the competing forces of globalisation and protectionism, and to actively – reflexively – work against unproductive outcomes. Inspired to take up an ethical response to the current state of affairs, I first respond to a nagging and troubling aspect of international education that is seldom discussed.

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Being a Diasporic Academic – Identities in Flux

admin — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:29:44 +0000

Presentation at the ISANA NZ 2018 Symposium – The International Student Experience: Connecting Research and Practice held on 8 November 2018 at Victoria University of Wellington, Rutherford House, Wellington, New Zealand. Tēnā koutou. And in the four official languages of my country, Singapore, Good morning, da jia hao, selamat pagi, Vaṇakkam. I am a PhD…

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