Academic Strategy(2)

Academic Strategy

Unitec New Zealand

An institutional culture of innovation and enterprise

Expected Rewarded

Committed to...Being student

centred in all our services and activities

Ensuring that the principles of Te Noho Kotahitanga inform all our activities

Understanding and responding effectively to the needs of Pacific peoples.

Access and equity

Our provision will .....Educate people for work, in work and

through work.

Be delivered through flexible study pathways

Include excellent academic and pastoral support

With our stakeholders we will....

Have active and responsive interaction with industry, professional and community groups to shape content, curricula and delivery modes.

Our curricula will....Demonstrate a commitment to open inquiry

Adopt a multiplicity of approaches and ways of being

Be based on ‘practice-focused’ educational experiences that are...

Contextualised and situated in practice

InterdisciplinaryFounded on and

advancing current practice

Theoretically grounded as well as guided

Both creative and critical

Promote collaborative learning

Value equitable, socially just and ethical practice

Have integrated approaches to Academic literacies

as a foundation for learning

Innovative assessment

E-learning content and support

Our teaching will

Be research-informed and inquiry-led

Acknowledge the reciprocity of teaching and research

Our graduates will....

Acquire a balance between specific, current content and lifelong learning capabilities

Achieve career-enhancing educational outcomes which are critically conceptualised and practiced.

Have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to face the challenges of the future and to live in a multi-cultural world

Have a capacity to contribute positively to society, manage their own careers and function competently in changing environments.