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Agenda 2019-10-31

TE POARI WHAI KOUNGA

Regular Meeting of Quality Alignment Board
0930h – 1130h, Wednesday, 2019-10-31
Building 180, Room 2043
Chair:  Simon Tries

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

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 | Welcome Speech

  1. Important Dates
    • Next submissions due:  2019-11-14
    • Next meeting:  2019-11-28 (Final meeting for 2019)
  2. Committee self-assessment
    • Today:  Performance of Chair
    • Next meeting:  Summative QAB Self-Assessment for 2019
    • Immediate future:  View toward EER
  3. Calendar for 2020

1.3. Tae Ā-tinana, Ngā Whakapāha & Kōrama | Attendance, Apologies & Quorum

Apologies

  1. Simon Goodlud
  2. Maura Kempin – Proxy nominated as Maureen Perkins
  3. Aroha Lewin

1.4. Mahia Atu | Matters Arising

(None)

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

1.6. Committee Work and Actions

  1. Committee Work Plan (2019) – Under review to align with the Academic Quality Action Plan
  2. Ngā Tautapu Arotake | Actions for Review 20191031

2. Mea Hei Whakaae | Items To Approve

  1. Programme Academic Quality Committee (PAQC) Generic Work Plan 2020
    Steve Marshall
    Related:  Quality Alignment Board 2019-09-26, Item 3.2.1.  //  Review of the PAQCs and Approved Recommendations
    Related:  2019.QAB.Action-017  //  Priority Group, IAC & PAQC Reporting System
    Memo with supporting Visual
  2. Programme List for End of Year 2019 Programme Evaluation and Planning (PEP) Reporting
    Rosemary Dewerse
    Related:  Quality Alignment Board 2019-09-26, Item 5.1.  //  Proposed Approach to 2019 End of Year Programme Evaluation and Planning
    Memo with List
  3. Template for End of Year 2019 Programme Evaluation and Planning (PEP) Reports
    Rosemary Dewerse
    Memo with Template

3. Ngā Tukunga | Items To Receive

3.1. Rīpoata a te Kaiwhakahaere o ngā Rōpū Whakaarotau | Priority Group Director Reports

  1. Māori
    Toni Rewiri – Verbal update
  2. Pacific
    Falaniko Tominiko
    Report cascaded from Academic Board 2019-10-09
  3. International
    Tracy Chapman
    Report cascaded from Academic Board 2019-10-09
  4. Under-25s
    Andrea Thumath – Verbal update

3.2. Oversight Reporting

  1. Programme Academic Quality Committees (PAQCs)
    Steve Marshall – Verbal update

    1. Report from Community Studies
    2. Report from Environmental and Animal Science and Research
  2. Degree Monitoring
    Simon Tries – Verbal update
  3. Consistency Reviews
    Simon Tries
    Memo with Tracker

3.3. Ngā Rīpoata | Other Reports

  1. Graduate Survey Ownership and Review Process
    Rosemary Dewerse – Verbal update
    Related:  Quality Alignment Board 2019-09-26, Item 5.2.  //  Graduate Survey Working Group
  2. Resolution of Preferred Graduate Survey Email Addresses
    Rosemary Dewerse – Verbal update
    Related:  Quality Alignment Board 2019-09-26, Item 5.2.  //  Graduate Survey Working Group
  3. Āta-tuhi: Te Korowai Kahurangi Analysis of the 2019 Interim PEPs
    Rosemary Dewerse / Simon Tries
    Memo with Report

3.4. Academic Quality Action Plan (AQAP) Updates

Simon Nash
(Source:  Academic Board 2019-10-09, Item 3.4. AQAP Updates)

  1. Memo from Director Ako to Academic Board, ELT and the Commissioner
  2. AQAP Progress Overview
  3. Full AQAP Project Plan

4. Mea Hei Kōrero | Items To Discuss

  1. Postgraduate Representation on Relevant Programme Academic Quality Committees
    Marcus Williams
    Memo with related Policy and Guidelines

5. Kupu Whakamutunga | Closing

  1. Ētahi Kaupapa Anō | Any Other Business (AOB)
    *
    *
  2. Committee Self-Assessment
    Topic:  Performance of Chair
    *
  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!

 

First release:  2019-10-23
Updates:
2019-10-24  //  Apologies – Simon Goodlud  //  dweinholz
2019-10-30  //  Apologies – Maura Kempin  //  dweinholz
2019-10-31  //  Apologies – Aroha Lewin  //  dweinholz