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Associate Professor Richard Coll, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning)“Like most jobs being a PVC has its ups and downs. A real ‗up‘ forme was attending the Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching ExcellenceAwards in Wellington on 04 August.It was great to see such a wonderful celebration of teaching excellence inour tertiary education institutions.As you might imagine the competition for such awards is intense, and thecalibre of awardees truly impressive. Winning against this level ofcompetition is a real testament to the capability of our two winners, Dr.Alison Campbell from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and TeKahautu Maxwell from the School of Māori and Pacific Development. Italso is a real compliment to those who supported their nominations andapplications.The awardees were plainly passionate and highly dedicated teachers. Aparticularly interesting observation was that the teachers held highexpectations of their students, but were very much prepared to go the extramile in encouraging, supporting and cajoling a highly diverse bunch ofstudents. These teachers bring about life changes in their students, but areamazingly humble about the influence they have on their students‘ lives.Our winners, like other awardees, are so inspirational that students makeenrolment choices based on who is teaching the papers.What I think is fascinating in terms of personal attributes of our ownawardees, is that they feel privileged to teach some wonderful students.In my opinion the University is privileged to have such capable and trulydedicated teaching staff.I would like to congratulate Alison and Te Kāhautu; they have donethe University and their students proud. I am sure they willprovide genuine inspiration for students and staff alike..”SEPTEMBER 2010 • TDU TALK• 4 •
Professor Giselle Byrnes, PVC (Postgraduate)“Just a little over two years‘ ago, I took up the leadership role of ProVice-Chancellor (Postgraduate), with the aim of enhancing thepostgraduate research culture of the University, building our capacity andcapability in the area of postgraduate supervision and maintaining theUniversity‘s national and international reputation for quality in thisimportant area. I think that we‘re well on the way to achieving these goals.My role, like that of all the Pro Vice-Chancellors, has a strong strategicfocus. We work as a team to support each other in our respective portfolios.My particular role has two aspects. First, on behalf of the PostgraduateStudies Committee I consider applications for enrolment, extensions,nomination of examiners, completions and so on. This puts me in contactwith supervisors, students and postgraduate advisers on a near-daily basis.As part of my role, I also chair the University Scholarships Committee, andwork with colleagues in the Scholarships Office on a range of initiativesdesigned to enhance our support and commitments in that area. I workclosely with the staff of the Postgraduate Studies Office, whoseresponsibility it is to support students from enrolment right through tograduation. During 2010, I will be running 17 workshops for students andsupervisors, working with colleagues from around the University inaddition to the activities planned for Postgraduate Research Month inOctober.Second, I‘m working at present on a range of projects aimed at realizingour objectives of growing our research capacity and capability—such as,how to build sustainable relationships with external research organizationsthrough postgraduate supervision, how to support part-time candidates andthose staff enrolled in a higher degree, and how to best ‗scaffold‘ andsupport new and emerging supervisors into the important role ofpostgraduate supervision. I am working with colleagues to advocate for theneeds of students and supervisors, to guarantee that we deliver high qualityoutcomes in postgraduate research and training, and to ensure that oursystems, processes and practices around postgraduate research andsupervision are robust, sustainable and support excellent quality.• 5 • SEPTEMBER 2010 • TDU TALK
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