TE KOMITI WHAKAMANA HOTAKA HOU
Academic Approvals Committee
Type: Regular Meeting – Delayed
Time: 0830h – 1030h
Date: Wednesday, 2020-08-18 (Delayed from 2020-08-12)
Chair: Simon Tries
Location: Zoom Meeting
Password: 263836
1. Whakatuwheratanga | Opening
1.1. Karakia Timatanga | Opening Karakia
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 | Welcome Speech
- Committee Self-Assessment
- Today: (None)
- Important Target Dates
- Submissions Due (as per communications to Schools and PAQCs)
- COB Friday, 2020-08-28
- Submission recipients must include AAC@unitec.ac.nz
- COB Friday, 2020-08-28
- Review of Application Completeness
- COB Monday, 2020-08-31
Jackie Tims (Secretariat)- Front page of applications must record the date of PAQC approval.
- AAC cannot process applications which have no evidence of PAQC approval.
- COB Monday, 2020-08-31
- Agenda & Work Allocation
- COB Tuesday, 2020-09-01 (Reviewed from COB Thursday, 2020-08-27)
Daniel Weinholz (Secretary) – Agenda; (Chair / Secretariat) – Work Allocation
- COB Tuesday, 2020-09-01 (Reviewed from COB Thursday, 2020-08-27)
- Evaluation Form Feedback (OneDrive)
- Noon Monday, 2020-09-07
AAC Members – Refer to Work Allocation email.
- Noon Monday, 2020-09-07
- Response to Programme Teams
- COB Monday, 2020-09-07
Jackie Tims (Secretariat)
- COB Monday, 2020-09-07
- Meeting
- 0830h-1030h, Wednesday, 2020-09-09
AAC Members; Programme Team Representatives (notified by Secretariat)
- 0830h-1030h, Wednesday, 2020-09-09
- Submissions Due (as per communications to Schools and PAQCs)
- Chair Report, Te Poari Mātauranga
- Chair Report, Academic Approvals Committee
- Member/s Incoming
- Susan Bennett
- Member/s Outgoing
- Pedro Ilgenfritz – Replacement TBC
1.3. Ngā Whakapāha | Apologies
- Jayne Mercier
- Malama Saifoloi
- Prabhat Chand
- Quentin Williams – To depart at 1000h
- Rakesh Patel
1.4. Pitopito Kōrero o ngā Hui | Minutes of the Previous Meeting/s
1.5. Mahia Atu | Matters Arising
(None)
1.6. Committee Management
- Work Plan Tracker (Last review: 2020-07-31)
- Attendance Tracker (Updated: 2020-07-08 & 2020-07-22)
- Ngā Tautapu Arotake | Actions
- Source: AAC 2020-05-13, Item 2.1.1.
Action-001: Implementation of MIT HyFlex Model
Quentin Williams to engage with the School of Applied Business on the implementation of the MIT HyFlex Model within Unitec to support as well as to capture any lessons learned for Unitec.
(Next update: 2020-09-09)
* - Source: AAC 2020-06-12, Item 1.5.1.
Action-003: Programme Documents and Priority Group Strategies
Priority Group representatives to discuss whether Priority Group strategies should be represented within programme documents, and if so then what could be the best way to implement this representation.
(2020-08-12: Submission TBC)
* - Source: AAC 2020-07-08, Item 1.6.3.4.
Action-004: Programme Development Process Description
Jackie Tims to present the full programme development process and the key document templates which support that process.
(2020-08-12: Submission TBC)
* - Source: AAC 2020-07-08, Item 3.4.
Action-005: Confirmation of “Face to Face” Delivery
Simon Tries (Chair, AAC) to confirm anything marked as “Face to Face” with the relevant School and to clarify any confusion they may have had regarding how to indicate their mode/s of delivery.
(2020-08-12: Refer to Item 3.1.)
*
- Source: AAC 2020-05-13, Item 2.1.1.
2. Mea Hei Whakaae | Items To Approve
2.1. Applications for Programme Approval and / or Accreditation
(None)
2.2. Type 2 Development and Improvement Consolidated Requests
- Bachelor of Social Practice – BSP
PAQC Approval Date: 2020-06-24
Level: 7
Credits: 480
NZQA Programme: CA2404
* - Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing – BVN
PAQC Approval Date: 2020-06-26
Level: 7
Credits: 360
NZQA Programme: 124284-2
* - Bachelor of Computing Systems – BCS
PAQC Approval Date: 2020-07-16
Level: 7
Credits: 360
NZQA Programme: CA2209
Consolidated with:- Graduate Diploma in Computing – GDCMP
Level: 7
Credits: 120
NZQA Programme: CA2297
- Graduate Diploma in Computing – GDCMP
- Bachelor of Construction – BCONS
(Submission TBC)
2.3. Other Approvals
- Unitec Programme Delivery Modes
(Refer to Item 3.1.)
- Terms of Reference for Academic Approvals Committee (AAC) and Academic Approvals Committee Standing Committeee (AACSC)
Memo with:
3. Mea Hei Kōrero | Items To Discuss
- Programme Modes of Delivery
(Deferred in from AAC 2020-07-08, Item 3.4. Related to Action-005.)
Simon Tries
Memo with:- Spreadsheet 20200701 (original)
- Spreadsheet 20200806 (updated)
- NZQA Application Outcomes
Jackie Tims
Verbal update- New Zealand Diploma in Veterinary Nursing – NZDVN
Date received at AAC: 2020-07-07, 0728h
Level: 6
Credits: 120
NZQA Programme: 118437
NZQA Case: C43243 - New Zealand Certificate in Sport Coaching
Date received at AAC: 2020-07-08, 1453h
Level: 5
Credits: 60
NZQA Programme: 124006-2
NZQA Case: C43308 - New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation – NZCSC
Date received at AAC: 2020-07-09, 1729h
Level: 3
Credits: 60
NZQA Programme: 121182
NZQA Case: C43239 - Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing – BVN
Date received at AAC: 2020-07-09, 1706h
Level: 7
Credits: 360
NZQA Programme: 124284
NZQA Case: C43288
- New Zealand Diploma in Veterinary Nursing – NZDVN
4. Ngā Tukunga | Items To Receive
- Programme Development
Jackie Tims
RAG Tracker (Source: Academic Board 2020-08-05) - Programme Application Report
Jackie Tims
Verbal update - Portfolio Rōpū (PIC) Chair Report
Steve Marshall
* To be replaced by Standing Committee reports. - Reporting of Type 1 Programme Changes
Steve Marshall
Tracker of Type 1 Changes for Semester 2, 2020 - New STAR Standards
Sarah Sommerville
ACTION: That the Committee note the approval by Chair’s Actions of the addition of new ECE unit standards courses for contracted delivery activity with Schools under STAR (STLP) for 2020.
5. Kupu Whakamutunga | Closing
- Ētahi Kaupapa Anō | Any Other Business (AOB)
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* - Committee Self-Assessment
Topic: (None)
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- Karakia Whakamutunga | Closing Karakia
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!
Target: 2020-07-30
Released: 2020-08-06
Updated:
2020-08-11 // Meeting delayed from 2020-08-12 to 2020-08-18 // dweinholz
2020-08-07 // Item 2.3.2. Terms of Reference // dweinholz