TE POARI WHAI KOUNGA
Regular Meeting of Quality Alignment Board
Time: 0830h – 1030h
Day: Wednesday, 2020-05-20
Chair: Simon Tries
Location: Zoom Video Link
Password: 046337
Host: 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
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1.2. Mihi Whakatau | Welcome Speech
- Committee Self-Assessment
- Topic: (TBA)
- Important Dates
- 2020-05-27: Agenda submissions open
- 2020-06-03: Agenda submissions close
- 2020-06-10: Agenda target release date
- 2020-06-17: Next scheduled meeting
- Communications from the Chair of Academic Board
- Communications from the Chair of Quality Alignment Board
- QAB Subcommittee Report for April (2020-04-28)
Source: Academic Board 2020-05-06, Item 4.2.6.
- QAB Subcommittee Report for April (2020-04-28)
- Membership
- Darren Tolmie – Resignation from Unitec
- Rosemary Dewerse – Resignation
- Eric Stone – Replacing the role of Rosemary Dewerse
1.3. Ngā Whakapāha | Apologies
- Maura Kempin – Workload: Impact of Lockdown – Proxy: Maureen Perkins
- Chantelle Daniels
- Cris De Groot – Workload: Cover teaching a class
- Jake Curran – Workload: Impact of Lockdown
- Linda Aumua – Whanau health
1.4. Pitopito Kōrero o ngā Hui | Minutes of the Previous Meeting/s
1.5. Mahia Atu | Matters Arising
- Response to Questions Arising on QAB 2020-04-22 E-Meeting, Item 3.1. AQAP Updates
Simon Nash
Verbal response
1.6. Committee Management
- Attendance Tracker (Updated: 2020-04-22)
- Senior Academic – Building Construction: Role still to be filled.
- Senior Academic – Community Studies: Resignation from Unitec; member to be replaced.
- Work Plan (Updated: 2020-03-18).
For adoption by QAB as a working document: QAB Work Plan 2020 v2
Work items overdue, due and due soon include:- (April) Report on Process and Outcomes from PEP Process – Partially completed as 2020-04-22, Item 2.1.
- (April) Student Performance Report – Yet to receive. ETA June meeting of QAB.
- (May) Report on the IER – TBC due to impact of Lockdown
- (May) Report on Stakeholder Engagement- TBC between the Chair and the Stakeholder Engagement team
- (June) Results of Annual Attestation Compliance Process
- (June) PAQC Chair Reports for 2020-Q2
- (June) PAQC Thematic Report for 2020-Q2
- Ngā Tautapu Arotake | Action Items
2. Mea Hei Whakaae | Items To Approve
- Programme Evaluation and Planning Āta-kōrero (2020 Interim)
Simon Tries
Memo for discussion and approval
3. Mea Hei Kōrero | Items To Discuss
- Academic Quality Action Plan (AQAP)
Source: Academic Board 2020-05-06, Item 4.1.9.
Simon Nash
Memo to Academic Board and ELT along with: - Managing Academic Risk
Simon Tries
Memo with Summary Report - Activities to Support a Positive EER 2020 Outcome
Simon Tries
Memo - Progress Report for Online Course Evaluation and Planning (CEP)
Rosemary Dewerse / Sue Crossan
Memo with Snapshot of Online CEP Form
4. Ngā Tukunga | Items To Receive
4.1. Rīpoata a te Kaiwhakahaere o ngā Rōpū Whakaarotau | Priority Group Director Reports
- Māori
Source: Academic Board, 2020-05-06
Author: Toni Rewiri
Presenter: Te Hau Hona
Report
- Pacific
Source: Academic Board, 2020-05-06
Author: Falaniko Tominiko
Presenter: Lupeti Fihaki
Report - International
Source: Academic Board, 2020-05-06
Presenter: Tracy Chapman
Report - Under-25s
Source: Academic Board, 2020-05-06
Presenter: Andrea Thumath
Report
4.2. Oversight Reporting
- Programme Academic Quality Committees (PAQCs)
Steve Marshall
Memo with Late PAQC Quarterly Reports:- ARCH – Architecture
- BESL – Bridging Education and Supported Learning
- CONS – Building Construction
- ENGG – Engineering and Applied Technology
- ELEC – Electrical and Applied Technology
- CSTUD (revised report) – Community Studies
- LAND – Landscape
- PASA – Performing and Screen Arts
- SOCP – Social Practice
- TRADES – Trades and Services
- UPC – Unitec Pathways College
- PAQC Actions for QAB
Reporting from 2020-Q1 produced four Actions for QAB. Format of reporting and tracking within QAB is TBC. Options include another Actions Table, or a “Memo with Tracker” format.- (2020-04-22, Item 4.2.1., Recommendation)
That the Affected Performance Consideration Student Evidence Form include a specific place, and requirement for a GP to affix their Stamp. - (2020-04-22, Item 4.2.1., Recommendation)
Further assistance to Medical Imaging staff to support them to successfully encapsulate Mātauranga Maori within their courses - (2020-04-22, Item 4.2.1., Escalation)
Medical Imaging have identified a need to increase computer lab availability at Waitakere, if even on a temporary basis. - (2020-04-22, Item 4.2.1., Escalation)
Design and Contemporary Arts wishes to inform the QAB that the provision of fit-for-purpose facilities; no confirmed facilities beyond 2021; as well as the ongoing shift of technical workshops for Design is seen as a significant risk. The PAQC requests some commentary regarding proposed timelines for decision making regarding this issue.
- (2020-04-22, Item 4.2.1., Recommendation)
- Degree Monitoring
Te Korowai Kahurangi
Verbal update - Consistency Reviews
Te Korowai Kahurangi // Jackie Tims
Memo with Tracker
(Verbal: Note from NZQA)
4.3. Ētahi Atu Rīpoata | Other Reports
(None)
5. Kupu Whakamutunga | Closing
- Ētahi Kaupapa Anō | Any Other Business (AOB)
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* - Committee Self-Assessment
Topic: (TBA)
* - Karakia Whakamutunga | Closing Prayer
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First release: 2020-05-15
Updates:
2020-05-19, 1210h // Item 1.4. Draft Minutes; Item 3.2. Academic Risk; Item 4.2.2. PAQC Actions for QAB // dweinholz
2020-05-18, 1155h // Item 4.2.1. PAQCs // dweinholz