Kia ora koutou,
Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ringa raupā hurinoa e whakatairanga ana i te ao o te ākonga kia eke, kia angitū – nei ahau ka mihi.
This week Te Pūkenga Council met to consider two Early Mover Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs). You may remember that Early Mover ITPs is one of four workstreams within the Operating Model work. It involves change-ready ITP subsidiaries moving into Te Pūkenga ahead of the development of functional designs.
Today, myself, and the Chief Executives at Toi Ohomai and Wintec, shared with their teams that they will formally dissolve and move, as they are, into Te Pūkenga on 1 June 2022. We’re now sharing this with everyone in the wider network.
Toi Ohomai and Wintec have decided they are ready to make this early change and have the support of their Boards and Te Pūkenga Council. Over the next six weeks, we will be working closely with them to identify all of the impacts of transition so we can smoothly move both organisations into Te Pūkenga.
This does not pre-empt decisions around the Operating Model, nor the wider regional structure of the sector. Equally it does not mean Wintec and Toi Ohomai kaimahi are in any way advantaged or disadvantaged with regard to ongoing Operating Model changes. It does mean we can refine the process for bringing other subsidiaries into Te Pūkenga. Further integration by additional subsidiaries into Te Pūkenga ahead of 1 January 2023 is still being considered. We have learnt from the transition of Industry Training Organisations into Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning Limited, which we are applying where possible.
Existing Toi Ohomai Chief Executive, Dr Leon Fourie will take on the role as Wintec / Toi Ohomai Transitional Executive Lead and existing Wintec Chief Executive Dave Christiansen will take on the role of Te Pūkenga ITP Transitional Lead. Both roles will report to Te Pūkenga and will be provided with support by Te Pūkenga management and Council through the establishment of an interim reference group consisting of two Te Pūkenga Council members and two Māori members to enhance our Te Tiriti relationships.
This early move will not affect the current brands, campus or building names. Along with the rest of the ITPs Toi Ohomai and Wintec recently began co-branding with Te Pūkenga and this brand transition will remain in place.
You can find further information here.
Nō reira, tēnā huihui mai tātou,
Stephen Town
Chief Executive
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The Tertiary Education Union is conducting a survey for all employees working in the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa, including anyone working in Te Pūkenga (including ITP subsidiary or work-based learning division).You do not need to be a union member.
The results of the survey will be used to share the experiences of workers in the sector with Ministers and employers. The survey takes 30-40 minutes to complete and closes 16 April.
Please select the survey link below that best aligns with your main job in Te Pūkenga.
Professional, general or allied survey
Select this link if your role is considered by your organisation to be professional/general or allied.
Academic survey
Select this link if your role is considered by your organisation to be ‘academic’. This will include all academic staff positions, clinical educators, researchers, research assistants, teaching fellows, tutors, and workplace assessors.
Free Pastoral Code 101 workshops
NZQA will be facilitating free Pastoral Code 101 workshops for tertiary providers on the second Tuesday of each month throughout the year. We encourage anyone who did not attend last year, and any new staff members to join these.
The next workshop will start on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 9am. You can register via the link here.
Please note: If minimum attendance/registration numbers (10) are not met, registered attendees will be invited to attend the next scheduled workshop.
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