Te Komiti Whakamana Hotaka Hou

Academic Approvals Committee

Type:  Regular Meeting
Time:  0830h – 1030h
Date:  Wednesday, 2020-10-14
Chair:  Simon Tries

Location:  180-2043

1. Whakatuwheratanga | Opening

1.1. Karakia Timatanga | Opening Karakia

1.2. Mihi Whakatau | Welcome Speech

1. Committee Self-Assessment
   • Topic: How well does the way Te Komiti Whakamana Hotaka Hou evaluate applications align with the objectives of the Learning and Teaching Strategy?
2. Key Dates toward the November Meeting
   1. Submissions Due
      • COB Friday, 2020-10-23 emailed to AAC@unitec.ac.nz (brought forward due to Public Holiday)
   2. Te Korowai Kahurangi Pre-Check of Applications
      • COB Tuesday, 2020-10-27 (delayed due to Public Holiday)
        Jackie Tims (Secretariat)
   3. Agenda & Work Allocation
      • COB Wednesday, 2020-10-28 (delayed due to Public Holiday)
        Daniel Weinholz (Secretary) – Agenda; (Chair / Secretariat) – Work Allocation
   4. Evaluation Form Feedback (OneDrive)
      • Noon Monday, 2020-11-09
        AAC Members – Refer to Work Allocation email.
   5. Response to Programme Teams
      • COB Monday, 2020-11-09
        Jackie Tims (Secretariat)
   6. Meeting
      • 0830h-1030h, Wednesday, 2020-11-11
        AAC Members; Programme Team Representatives (notified by Secretariat)
3. Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga
   • Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (September 2020)
     Source:  Te Komiti Mātauranga 2020-10-07, Item 1.2.3.
4. Chair Report, Academic Approvals Committee
   • Chair Report, Te Komiti Whakamana Hotaka Hou Chair Report (September 2020)
     Source:  Te Komiti Mātauranga 2020-10-07, Item 4.2.4.

1.3. Ngā Whakapāha | Apologies

1. Pedro Ilgenfritz
2. Prabhat Chand
3. Steve Varley

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

1. 2020-09-09  AAC Minutes (Draft)

1.5. Mahia Atu | Matters Arising

(None)

1.6. Committee Management

1. Attendance Tracker (Updated:  2020-09-09)
2. Work Plan Tracker (Updated:  2020-09-25)
   1. OCTOBER:  Planning for AAC Annual Report 2020
3. Ngā Tautapu Arotake | Actions Tracker (below)
   1. Source:  AAC 2020-05-13, Item 2.1.1.
      Action-001:  Implementation of MIT HyFlex Model
      Maureen Perkins (formerly 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.
      *
   2. 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.
      *
   3. 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.
      [Related:  Item 3.2.] *
   4. Source:  AAC 2020-09-09, Item 2.2.1.
      Action-006:  Te Noho Kotahitanga and Programme Documentation
      Jackie Tims to look at options for a pragmatic approach to how Unitec can ensure its culture, flavour and Te Noho Kotahitanga remains strong in programme documentation on the delivery of shared programmes through Unitec. Target completion by March 2021.
      *
   5. Source:  AAC 2020-09-09, Item 2.2.1.
      Action-007:  Learning and Teaching Strategy
      Simon Tries to present the Learning and Teaching Strategy to Te Komiti Whakamana Hotaka Hou 2020-10-14 and facilitate a discussion on how it relates to the business of this committee.
      *
   6. (Next TBA) Action-008

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

1. New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation – NZCSC
   Level 3 // Credits 60 // Programme 121182-3 // Qualification 2863-1
   *
2. New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 4) – NZCSP4
   Level 4 // Credits 60 // Programme 122816-2 // Qualification NZ2860-1
   *
3. New Zealand Diploma in Landscape (Design) – NZDL
   Level 5 // Credits 120 // Programme 121642-2 // Qualification NZ2888-1
   *

2.3. Other Approvals

1. Site Approval for New Zealand Diploma in Cybersecurity – NZDCS
   Presenter/s:  Dila Beisembayeva
   Memo with:
   1. Memorandum of Understanding between Unitec and NMIT
   2. NZQA Delivery Site Application Form

3. Mea Hei Kōrero | Items To Discuss

1. NZQA Application Outcomes
   Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
   Verbal update
2. Programme Development Process Description
   Related:  Action-004
   Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
   Live presentation through OneDrive
3. Learning and Teaching Strategy
   Presenter/s:  Simon Tries
   Source:  Te Komiti Mātauranga 2020-09-02, Item 2.1., Strategy (2020-08-28)

4. Ngā Tukunga | Items To Receive

4.1. Regular Reports

1. Programme Developments
   Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
   Tracker (Updated:  2020-09-30)

4.2. Other Reports

1. Commercial Water Heating Short Course
   Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
   Memo with Teaching Plan
2. Approval Responses:  Graduate Diploma in Construction Project Management (GDCPM) and New Zealand Certificate in Automotive Engineering (NZCAE)
   Presenter/s:  Jackie Tims
   Verbal update

5. Kupu Whakamutunga | Closing

1. Ētahi Kaupapa Anō | Any Other Business (AOB)
   *
   *
2. Committee Self-Assessment
   Topic: How well does the way Te Komiti Whakamana Hotaka Hou evaluate applications align with the objectives of the Learning and Teaching Strategy?
   *
   
3. 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!

Released:  2020-10-14
Updated: