Our Strategic Goals
Ō Mātou Whāika ā-Rautaki
Achieve excellent outcomes for our learners
- provide best practice, research-engaged learning and teaching to maximise learner success - academic and employment
- provide fit-for-purpose and attractive learning and teaching facilities (space, IT, equipment) for all campus locations
- provide a comprehensive and integrated set of support services for learners to maximise academic and employment success
- develop academic staff as skilled and suitably-qualified educators
- ensure our learning and teaching is informed by research
- ensure our graduates are prepared for a global workforce
- improve secondary-tertiary participation
Lead the way in sustainable practice
- embed education for sustainability in all undergraduate programmes so that our graduates may practise sustainably in their chosen vocation
- operate sustainably in all that we undertake, maximising staff and student wellbeing, minimising our environmental footprint and expanding our environmental hand print
- encourage sustainable practice in our communities, trees planted in sustainable forestry, volunteering
Be a responsive treaty partner in meeting the educational aspirations of mana whenua
- ensure an effective partnership with Kāi Tahu and Ngāti Whātua
- attract, support and retain Māori staff proportionate to Māori learner participation
- ensure staff develop a baseline cultural competence: Māori cultural practices, Te Reo, Tikaka, Treaty, inclusive pedagogies, etc.
- ensure Māori learners participate and succeed as Māori, achieving at the same or a better rate as non-Māori
- embed Māori knowledge and perspectives in all programmes of learning
- foster Māori research and contribute to the advancement of mātauranga Māori
Note: Kāi Tahu is Mana Whenua in Otago, Ngāti Whātua in Auckland.
Be a committed and agile organisation
- make a consistent and annual operating surplus to fund future investment
- continue to diversify revenue through consultancies and microcredentials (EduBits)
- improve the viability and sustainability of Central Campus
- grow Auckland International Campus as a profitable and long term sustainable business
- achieve world class quality management in both learning and teaching, and research, in organisation and management
- secure the confidence of our stakeholders
- strengthen our culture as an innovative, caring, accountable organisation committed to excellence
Attract and sustain exceptional staff who make a difference
- provide an outstanding and satisfying work environment, supportive of high performance, and staff engagement
- develop staff as globally-informed and expert practitioners in their fields
- recruit and retain a diverse workforce reflective of student demographics.
Our Service Offering
- provide programmes which meet local and regional training and education needs
- provide programmes of national and international relevance
- provide access to learning at a distance and in workplaces (open learning)
- provide opportunities for staff and learners to help solve community and industry problems