AC – Te Komiti Mātauranga | Academic Committee

Description

Te Komiti Mātauranga | Academic Committee is our ‘top’ committee and is responsible for approving what we deliver, and for a ‘quality management system’ to ensure academic quality and student success.  It also provides advice to the Academic Board of Te Pūkenga | NZIST for decision-making, makes recommendations and provides reports to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).  ‘Governance’ is the responsibility of academic committees, while ‘management’ of the Unitec business is the responsibility of SLT.  While this is generally a cooperative relationship, it also has important tensions because decisions about academic quality need to be achievable within the resources available to Unitec.  Te Komiti Mātauranga meets monthly, is chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive Academic and its membership includes the Regional Executive Directors, the Deputy Chief Executive Learner Experience and Success, Directors for Research and Student Success, the Student President, and a number of Heads of School, Academic Programme Managers and Senior Academics.  Appointments are for two years.  Details of Te Komiti Mātauranga structure and functions are in its Terms of Reference.

Te Komiti Mātauranga oversees the following committees:

Te Komiti Mātauranga has a Standing Committee.  The business of the Standing Committee is reported regularly to Te Komiti Mātauranga.

Purpose

  • To advise Council on matters relating to Programmes of study or training, Qualifications, and other academic matters
  • To exercise the powers delegated by Council in Section 3 of the Terms of Reference.

Terms of Reference & Membership

Members List (Updated:  2025-02-13)

  1. (Chair) Martin Carroll
  2. Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga
  3. Toa Faneva
  4. Dr. Simon Nash
  5. James Meyer
  6. Marcus Williams
  7. Simon Tries
  8. Chris King
  9. Annette Pitovao
  10. Jocelyn Williams
  11. Eric Boamah (usually represented by Director, Reseach & Enterprise)
  12. James Oldfield
  13. Vivienne Merito
  14. Luka Crosbie
  15. Peter McPherson
  16. Laura Harvey
  17. Liz Rainsbury
  18. Sue Palfreyman
  19. John Pepere
  20. Guillermo Ramirez-Prado
  21. Muhammad Rayyan Hassan
  22. Irene Wu

Meetings, Submissions & Templates

Meetings – Meetings are normally held on the first Thursday of the month from 2pm to 5pm. For the latest meeting information, please contact Committee Support at AcademicCommittee@unitec.ac.nz.

Submissions – To present an item at a meeting, contact Committee Support (AcademicCommittee@unitec.ac.nz). The due date for submissions is two weeks before the meeting date (e.g. a meeting on 05 June 2025 would have a submissions due date of 22 May 2025).

Templates – Any submission should be accompanied by a Memo. Templates for memos are available for download from the Academic Governance Committees.

Agenda

2025 Agenda

02 February 2025

06 March 2025

03 April 2025

2024 Agenda

22 February 2024

04 April 2024

16 May 2024

27 June 2024

14 August 2024

18 September 2024

05 November 2024

12 December 2024

Minutes

2025 Minutes

02 February 2025

06 March 2025

2024 Minutes

22 February 2024

04 April 2024

16 May 2024

27 June 2024

14 August 2024

18 September 2024

05 November 2024

12 December 2024

 


 

For older Agendas and Papers, please refer to the E-Academic Library (Unable to hyperlink), or the links below.

  • H:\2. Academic Development\E-Academic Library\2.0 Committees\Academic Committee

2019 Agenda

Starting in September 2019, agendas upgraded from paper/PDF-based publication to web-based publication (below).  For older PDF-based agendas and papers, please refer to the E-Academic Library (above).

2020 Agenda

2021 Agenda

2022 Agenda

Minutes

2019 Minutes

2020 Minutes

2021 Minutes

2022 Minutes

  • Week 05:  2022-01-28 TKM Emergency Hui Minutes – Awaiting approval
  • Week 27:  2022-02-09 TKM Minutes – Awaiting approval
  • Week 13:  2022-03-23 – Meeting in progress
  • Week 19:  2022-05-04 – Submissions due 2022-04-20
  • Week 25:  2022-06-15 – Submissions due 2022-06-01
  • Date TBC:  Extraordinary Meeting:  Institutional Academic Evaluation and Planning (2022 Interim)
  • Week 32:  2022-08-03 – Submissions due 2022-07-20
  • Week 37:  2022-09-07 – Submissions due 2022-08-31
  • Week 43:  2022-10-19 – Submissions due 2022-10-05
  • Week 49:  2022-11-30 – Submissions due 2022-11-16
  • Date TBC:  Extraordinary Meeting:  Institutional Academic Evaluation and Planning (2022 Final)

Chair Reporting

The Chair reports to the Unitec-MIT Board of Directors and the Unitec Executive Leadership Team (ELT).

Enquiries & Records

Committee Support

Official records are maintained on the Unitec H drive.  (Unable to hyperlink.)

  • H:\2. Academic Development\E-Academic Library\2.0 Committees\Academic Committee

Last updates:

2025-04-24 // dgesche
2022-03-16  //  Agenda 2022-03-23  //  dweinholz
2022-02-04  //  Agenda 2022-02-09  //  dweinholz
2021-12-01  //  Agenda 2021-12-08  //  dweinholz
2021-10-27  //  Minutes 2021-09-08  //  dweinholz
2021-10-14  //  Agenda 2021-10-20  //  dweinholz