ie Limited Home Page http://www.ie-nz.com Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en © admin admin No No The Top 4 Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make When Starting Out http://www.ie-nz.com/the-top-4-mistakes-that-entrepreneurs-make-when-starting-out/ http://www.ie-nz.com/the-top-4-mistakes-that-entrepreneurs-make-when-starting-out/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:07:53 +0000 admin http://www.ie-nz.com/the-top-4-mistakes-that-entrepreneurs-make-when-starting-out/ It’s a hectic period of time from the moment you have made the decision to begin your own business and become and entrepreneur, until the moment that you have opened the door to your customers for the very first time. There are just so many things that you have to do, and too many things that you didn’t even know about that you have to do. And you are most likely extremely stress out most of the time. There are some ways to minimize the mistakes that you make by learning from people that have already made them before. (more…)

]]> http://www.ie-nz.com/the-top-4-mistakes-that-entrepreneurs-make-when-starting-out/feed/ ie Limited Home Page http://www.ie-nz.com/ie-limited-home-page/ http://www.ie-nz.com/ie-limited-home-page/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:31:23 +0000 admin http://www.ie-nz.com/2007/09/23/ie-limited-home-page/ ie Limited has been established in response to the national priority in New Zealand and overseas to further develop and invest in the quality of staff and support structures for international education. The company works collaboratively to:

  • Develop and facilitate delivery of professional development programs and resources

     

  • Establish and apply relevant research

     

  • Provide consultancy services for quality improvement

 

 

ie limited's latest activities:

 

Consultancy:

ie continues to offer independent advice on all aspects of the Code and insurance to several institutions.

 

Assessment of overseas medical and travel insurance policies. Click HERE to download further information

 

 

NEW PRODUCTS : In addition to the popular guide, "Insurance Demystified", ie limited has developed three new products:

  • CODEBUSTER - at last a tool to help you keep track of all those policies and procedures you need to review and audit to be Code compliant. Click HERE for further information
  • ieInsure lite - a list of over 120 insurance policies that have been assessed for compliance with the Code of Practice. Recommendations to approve or not approve are given. Click HERE for further information
  • ieInsure- a full database that incorporates ieInsure lite. It gives details on 120 insurances and can generate reports on why a particular insurance is or is not acceptable. Click HERE for further information.

 

Research: ie Limited researcher  regularly engages in research to enhance understanding of the needs of students, migrants, education providers and others. The most recent projects are:

 

 

Recent papers

Plagiarism and international students: A matter of values differences?

 

Click HERE

 

 

Practical solutions to barriers to effective pastoral care of Chinese students

 

Click HERE

 

 

Pastoral Care Survey

Models of Pastoral Care.

 

 

This research, funded by Education New Zealand, investigates the differernt models of pastoral care of international students employed by all types of education institutions. Click HERE or on the "The Survey" button on the left to find out more and to participate.

 

Report released

Engaging Asian Communities in New Zealand.

 

 

 

This research, funded by Asian New Zealand Foundation, investigated those programs and conditions that most aid Asian peoples to engage with the wider community. Asia New Zealand will be releasing the report in a series of public meetings soon. Click HERE to read the report.

 

 

Medical and Travel insurance in New Zealand – a lesson for Australia?

 

 

This paper was presented at the Australian international student association, NLC's, National Education Conference in Newcastle in July 2005. A copy can be downloaded HERE.

 

Professional Development:

 

Experienced Staff (Tertiary) Professional Development workshops in Pastoral Care

and

Code of Practice Seminar (both free)

These events are now complete. Thank you to all participants. Some of you requested a copy of the Removal Process flow chart for your own use. This is now available in MSWord format for download by clicking HERE.

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