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:
- QAB – Te Poari Whai Kounga | Quality Alignment Board
- AALTC – Ako Ahimura | Learning and Teaching Committee
- AAC – Te Komiti Whakamana Hōtaka Hou | Academic Approvals Committee
- PGRSC – Te Komiti Whakahaere a ngā Pia | Postgraduate Research & Scholarships Committee
- URC – Te Komiti Rangahau o Unitec | Unitec Research Committee
- UREC – Te Komiti Tikanga Matatika | Unitec Research Ethics Committee
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)
- (Chair) Martin Carroll
- Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga
- Toa Faneva
- Dr. Simon Nash
- James Meyer
- Marcus Williams
- Simon Tries
- Chris King
- Annette Pitovao
- Jocelyn Williams
- Eric Boamah (usually represented by Director, Reseach & Enterprise)
- James Oldfield
- Vivienne Merito
- Luka Crosbie
- Peter McPherson
- Laura Harvey
- Liz Rainsbury
- Sue Palfreyman
- John Pepere
- Guillermo Ramirez-Prado
- Muhammad Rayyan Hassan
- 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
2024 Agenda
Minutes
2025 Minutes
2024 Minutes
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).
- 2019-09-11 Academic Board Agenda
- 2019-10-09 Academic Board Agenda
- 2019-11-13 Academic Board Agenda
- 2019-12-11 Academic Board Agenda
2020 Agenda
- Week 06: 2020-02-05 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 10: 2020-03-04 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 15: 2020-04-08 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 19: 2020-05-06 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 23: 2020-06-03 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 27: 2020-07-01 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 32: 2020-08-05 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 35: 2020-08-26 Academic Board Agenda (Extraordinary Meeting: Using the Academic Risk Register)
- Week 36: 2020-09-02 Academic Board Agenda
- Week 41: 2020-10-07 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 45: 2020-11-04 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 49: 2020-12-02 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
2021 Agenda
- Week 07: 2021-02-10 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 13: 2021-03-24 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 19: 2021-05-05 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 25: 2021-06-16 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 27: 2021-06-30 Extraordinary Meeting: Institutional Academic Evaluation and Planning (2021 Interim)
- Week 31: 2021-07-28 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 37: 2021-09-08 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 43: 2021-10-20 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
- Week 50: 2021-12-08 Te Komiti Mātauranga Agenda
2022 Agenda
- Week 7: 2022-02-09 TKM Agenda
- Week 13: 2022-03-23 TKM Agenda
- Week 19: 2022-05-04 TKM Agenda
- Week 25: 2022-06-15 TKM Agenda
- Week 31: 2022-08-03 TKM Agenda
- Week 37: 2022-09-07
- Week 43: 2022-10-19
- Week 49: 2022-11-30 – Submissions due 2022-11-16
- Date TBC: Extraordinary Meeting: Institutional Academic Evaluation and Planning (2022 Final)
Minutes
2019 Minutes
- 2019-02-13 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-03-13 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-04-03 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-05-08 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-06-12 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-06-19 Academic Board Minutes (Extraordinary Meeting: EPI Targets)
- 2019-06-26 Academic Board Minutes (Extraordinary Meeting: Governance)
- 2019-07-10 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-08-14 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-09-11 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-10-09 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-11-13 Academic Board Minutes
- 2019-12-11 Academic Board Minutes
2020 Minutes
- 2020-02-05 Academic Board Minutes
- 2020-03-04 Academic Board Minutes
- 2020-04-08 Academic Board Minutes – Zoom + E-meeting via OneDrive
- 2020-05-06 Academic Board Minutes – Zoom + E-meeting via OneDrive
- 2020-06-03 Academic Board Minutes – Two sessions via Zoom
- 2020-07-01 Academic Board Minutes – Two sessions in-person
- 2020-08-05 Academic Board Minutes
- 2020-09-02 Academic Board Minutes
- 2020-10-07 TKM Minutes
- 2020-11-04 TKM Minutes
- 2020-12-02 TKM Minutes
2021 Minutes
- Week 07: 2021-02-10 TKM Minutes
- Week 13: 2021-03-24 TKM Minutes
- Week 19: 2021-05-05 TKM Minutes
- Week 25: 2021-06-16 TKM Minutes
- Week 27: 2021-06-30 TKM Extraordinary Meeting: Institutional Academic Evaluation and Planning (Interim)
- Week 31: 2021-07-28 TKM Minutes
- Week 37: 2021-09-08 TKM Minutes
- Week 43: 2021-10-20 TKM Minutes
- Week 50: 2021-12-08 – Awaiting approval
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).
- 2019-06-22: Special Reporting – EPI Targets
- 2019-08-16: Chair Report, Academic Board (August 2019)
- 2019-09-13: Special Reporting – CPGFT
- 2019-09-15: Chair Report, Academic Board (September 2019)
- 2019-10-11: Chair Report, Academic Board (October 2019)
- 2019-11-15: Chair Report, Academic Board (November 2019)
- 2019-12-13: Chair Report, Academic Board (December 2019)
- 2020-03-07: Chair Report, Academic Board (February and March 2020)
- 2020-04-19: Chair Report, Academic Board (April 2020
- 2020-05-31: Chair Report, Academic Board (May 2020)
- 2020-06-30: Chair Report, Academic Board (June 2020)
- 2020-07-30: Chair Report, Academic Board (July 2020)
- 2020-08-27: Chair Report, Academic Board (August 2020)
- 2020-09-24: Chair Report, Academic Board (September 2020)
- 2020-10-29: Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (October 2020)
- 2020-11-26: Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (November 2020)
- 2021-02-25: Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (December 2020 ~ February 2021)
- 2021-05-24: Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (May 2021)
- 2021-06-16: Chair Report, Te Komiti Mātauranga (June 2021)
Enquiries & Records
Committee Support
- (Secretary) Delphine Gesché
AcademicCommittee@unitec.ac.nz
Official records are maintained on the Unitec H drive. (Unable to hyperlink.)
- H:\2. Academic Development\E-Academic Library\2.0 Committees\Academic Committee
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