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Agenda 2021-03-10

Te Poari Whai Kounga

(Terms of Reference and Membership are located on the main page for Quality Alignment Board.)

Type:  Regular Monthly Meeting
Chair:  Simon Tries
Time:  0830h – 1030h
Date:  Wednesday, 2021-03-10

Location:  170-1012

1. Whakatuwheratanga | Opening

1.1. Karakia Timatanga | Opening Prayer

Manawa mai te mauri nuku
Manawa mai te mauri rangi
Ko te mauri kai au
he mauri tipua
Ka pakaru mai te pō
Tau mai te mauri
Haumi e, hui e, taiki e!
Embrace the power of the earth
Embrace the power of the sky
The power I have
Is mystical
And shatters all darkness
Cometh the light
Join it, gather it, it is done!

1.2. Mihi Whakatau | Opening Remarks

  1. Committee Self-Assessment:  Topic
    • How do we as a committee evaluate our quality assurance systems?
  2. Important Dates
  3.  Chair Reporting, Te Komiti Mātauranga
  4. Chair Reporting, Te Poari Whai Kounga
    1. Chair Report, Te Poari Whai Kounga (November 2020)
      Source: Te Komiti Mātauranga, 2020-12-02, Item 4.2.6
    2. QAB Annual Report 2020
  5. Incoming, Outgoing and Returning Members
    1. Incoming
      1. Bryan Davis
      2. Falaniko Tominiko
      3. Martin Carroll
      4. Norberto Ricacho
      5. Rebecca Wood
      6. Tahreem Zia
      7. Wesley Verhoeff
      8. Yusef Patel
    2. Outgoing
      1. Arun Deo
      2. Lupeti Fihaki
      3. Simon Nash
    3. Returning
      1. Andrea Thumath – Ex officio
      2. Anna Wheeler
      3. Antoinette Wessels
      4. Aroha Dykes
      5. Diane Fraser
      6. Eric Stone
      7. Linda Aumua
      8. Maura Kempin – Ex officio
      9. Mirjana Bogosanovic
      10. Paul Jeurissen
      11. Sadegh Aliakbarlou
      12. Simon Tries
      13. Steve Marshall – Ex officio
      14. Steve Varley
      15. Te Hau Hona

1.3. Ngā Whakapāha | Apologies

  1. Andrea Thumath – No proxy available
  2. Aroha Dykes
  3. Bryan Davis – Lateness
  4. Maura Kempin – Lateness
  5. Steve Varley (Proxy:  Sally Conway)
  6. Te Hau Hona – Lateness

1.4. Pitopito Kōrero o ngā Hui | Minutes of the Previous Meeting/s

1.5. Mahia Atu | Matters Arising

(None)

1.6. Committee Management

  1. Attendance Tracker (Updated:  2020-11-18)
  2. Work Plan (Updated:  2021-03-04)
  3. Ngā Tautapu Arotake | Actions Tracker (Updated 2020-11-18)

2. Mea Hei Whakaae | Items To Approve

  1. Course Evaluation & Planning 2020-2021
    Presenter/s:  Sue Crossan
    Memo with Report (and Recommendations)
  2. Graduate Survey – Planned approach for review
    Presenter/s:  Trude Cameron
    Memo with:

    1. PGRSC Memo Graduate Success Survey 20200624
    2. PPT Graduate Surveys Institutional Summary 2020 v2
    3. Analysis of Survey Questions 2021

3. Mea Hei Kōrero | Items To Discuss

(None)

4. Ngā Tukunga | Items To Receive

4.1. Strategic Reports

  1. Māori Success
    Presenter:  Te Hau Hona
  2. Pacific Success
    Presenter:  Falaniko Tominiko
  3. Under-25s Success
    Presenter:  Andrea Thumath
  4. International Success 
    Presenter:  Tahreem Zia

4.2. Oversight Reporting

0. Memo for Oversight of Academic Quality Assurance Systems, including:
Consistency Reviews + Degree Monitoring + Programme Review

  1. Consistency Reviews
    Presenter/s:  Eric Stone
    Tracker (Dated:  2021-03-03)
  2. Degree Monitoring
    Presenter/s:  Steve Marshall
    Tracker (Dated:  2021-03-03)
  3. Programme Reviews
    Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
    Tracker (Dated:  2021-03-01)
  4. Programme Closures
    Presenter/s:  Eric Stone
  5. Te Komiti o ngā Hotaka | Programme Academic Quality Committees (PAQCs)
    Presenter/s:  Steve Marshall
    Memo with Escalations Tracker and PAQC Chair Reporting (Round 1, 2021):

    1. APPBUS Applied Business
    2. ARCH Architecture
    3. COMM-STUD Community Studies
    4. COMP Computing
    5. DACA Design and Contemporary Arts
    6. LAND Landscape and Interior Design
    7. LANG Language Studies
    8. MI Medical Imaging
    9. NZCEE-BAT Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
    10. Trades and Services
  6. Academic Risk Management
    Presenter/s:  Trude Cameron
    Memo

4.3. Ētahi Atu Rīpoata | Other Reports

  1. Unitec Managed Apprenticeships – Schools of Trades and Services
    Presenter/s:  Aroha Lewin; Steve Marshall
    Memo with:

    1. Memo to PAQC Trades & Services
    2. Improvement Process Report
    3. Action Plan Priority Focus Areas

5. Kupu Whakamutunga | Closing

  1. Ētahi Kaupapa Anō | Any Other Business (AOB)
    *
    *
  2. Committee Self-Assessment:  Discussion
    *
    *
  3. Karakia Whakamutunga | Closing Prayer
    Ka wehe atu tātou
    I raro i te rangimārie
    Te harikoa
    Me te manawanui
    Haumi ē! Hui ē! Taiki ē!    		We are departing
    Peacefully
    Joyfully
    And resolute
    We are united, progressing forward!

 

Released:  2021-03-04
Update: