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BaselineMonitoringReport Collaboration ← Initiatives to Enhance Quality | Home Page | Initiatives to Support Increased Collaboration → An important aspect of the TES is to encourage greater collaboration between TEOs and between TEOs and key stakeholders. This theme is reinforced in the change messages and the objectives. It is intended that greater collaboration will help achieve a range of outcomes including:
Increased collaboration will contribute to these outcomes through:
Collaboration will involve development and extension of initiatives with:
A number of collaborative initiatives have been developed by TEOs over the last few years. Some examples relating to each of the outcomes mentioned above are set out below to illustrate the range of initiatives currently in place. More systematic data on TEO collaborations will be developed as part of future monitoring. Greater contribution to Māori developmentTe Tapuae o Rehua is a joint venture company between Ngāi Tahu Development Corporation, Christchurch Polytechnic, Lincoln University, the Christchurch College of Education, Canterbury University and the University of Otago. The focus of the company is to put in place high quality Māori curricula and increase Māori participation in tertiary education. Te Tapuae o Rehua facilitates the provision of high quality education opportunities to encourage scholarship, personal development and leadership by drawing on the collective skills and resources of the partnership. It aims to establish a reputation for excellence in the fields of mātauranga Māori, te reo, Māori education and in the professional and technical fields of industry to meet the needs of iwi, the region and the nation.
Greater contribution to Pasifika developmentThe Manukau Institute of Technology is working with churches in the local area and their Pasifika congregations in a community education outreach programme, entitled the Otara Future Learning Village. The initiative focuses on subjects that contain foundation skills. Classes are located initially at churches, moving to the Institute campus when extra facilities are needed. A key to the success of the venture is community ownership. The Institute first worked with church ministers and then took every opportunity to talk directly with the congregations and local Pasifika community groups about their learning needs.
Improved pathways from school to tertiary education and within tertiary educationAuckland University of Technology has formed a community partnership with 22 decile 1 to 4 schools with high Māori and Pasifika student bodies to assist Māori and Pasifika students to make the transition to tertiary education.
A group of Invercargill businesses formed the Southland Joint Funders Committee to help the Southern Institute of Technology establish its zero fees programme. The provision of zero fees for programmes has encouraged non-traditional users of tertiary education to participate. The benefits from this initiative include an increased proportion of students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. There has also been an increase in the number of female and Māori students.
The Tertiary Alliance between Bay of Plenty, Northland, Tairawhiti, Taranaki and Waiariki Polytechnics, and the University of Waikato aims to facilitate a range of access to tertiary education in the region that is as wide as possible by providing clear academic pathways through agreed articulation, credit and contractual teaching arrangements. Together, the institutions have developed programmes that reflect their co-operative approach to education. The Unitech certificate, for instance, allows students to study for a qualification offered jointly by a polytechnic and the University of Waikato. Another benefit is the agreed recognition of each other’s qualifications, providing students with much greater flexibility within their tertiary education.
Improved employment outcomes for graduatesPukapuka Training Academy has established a partnership with Rakon Ltd for students in its electronics course. The programme covers generic skills and production-specific training. Practical experience is delivered at Rakon Ltd’s premises. The programme has been particularly successful in attracting Pasifika trainees, with 80 percent of those completing the programme going into employment in electronics.
Meeting emerging and future skill needsLincoln University and the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) are working with the Marlborough District Council, the Marlborough Research Centre, and the Marlborough wine industry to launch a Centre of Excellence in Wine Education based on the Marlborough campus of NMIT. As part of the collaboration, an articulation has been created between the NMIT Diploma in Viticulture and Wine Production and the Lincoln University Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology that will enable students to take the degree in Marlborough.
The School of Engineering at the University of Auckland and the School of Forestry and Technology at Waiariki Institute of Technology have entered into a partnership to create a centre to meet the needs of the forestry industry. Forestry is moving from a production strategy dominated by commodity products to a value-added production and marketing strategy. The courses developed target both full-time undergraduate students and staff already working in the industry.
Improved contribution of research to national social and economic developmentResearchers at the University of Auckland have been actively collaborating with dairy scientists at Fonterra Research Centre to identify dairy active compounds that could provide improved ingredients and nutraceuticals.
Lincoln University and Massey University are working with Wool Pro? to maximise technology development and uptake in the sheep industry. Wool Pro? staff work closely with university staff on research and development, technology transfer, education and training. The initiative aims to keep the New Zealand sheep industry in its position as a world leader.
Improved development of professional practice in teaching and researchToi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, has implemented partnership and exchange relationships with the California Institute of the Arts, the University of Wisconsin and a number of other institutions with professional theatre programmes in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. These partnerships represent a shared commitment to performance research. The School’s relationship with the University of the Incarnate Word, Texas, is focused on creative and research work with ethnic minorities. Links are in development with La Mancha International School of Image and Gesture, Santiago, Chile, which shares an interest in the physical language of the actor. Through the international programme, Toi Whakaari students are able to undertake secondments throughout the world.
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