Representative: AUTSA President

The Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP) considers academic matters across the university system, including the exercise of programme approval and moderation procedures, advice and comment on academic developments and encouraging universities to develop courses of study that will facilitate the transfer of students between programmes and institutions.

Representative:

The Committee on University Student Pastoral Care, is responsible for monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice in the New Zealand university sector. This committee, a part of Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara (UNZ), ensures that universities are complying with the Code and that student pastoral care systems are effective.

Representative:

The Interim Committee for Academic Quality is a short-term, independent sub-committee of the NZVCC’s Learning & Teaching Committee set up to steer university academic quality assurance between the winding-up of the Academic Quality Agency and the launch of a new audit model. Its mandate is to complete the final two Cycle 6 audits (Otago and AUT), sign off outstanding one-year follow-up reports, and run a comprehensive review of Cycle 6 that will feed directly into designing a leaner, lower-cost yet still rigorous Cycle 7. Structured with an independent chair to meet INQAAHE standards, the committee maintains sector credibility and provides continuity while future arrangements are developed.

Representative:

The Code Sector Advisory Group (SAG) is a cross-sector forum convened by NZQA in its role as administrator of the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021. It brings together national student associations, peak provider bodies and tertiary-education providers to give NZQA real-time feedback on how the Code is working, co-design guidance and resources, and flag emerging issues that affect learner wellbeing. Although it is not a decision-making body, SAG’s advice helps shape updates to the Code, NZQA’s compliance approach, and the way any proposed amendments are communicated to students and providers. In effect, it is the main channel through which the sector collectively “speaks into” the ongoing operation of New Zealand’s pastoral-care Code, ensuring the learner voice and provider practicalities stay at the centre of quality-assurance policy.

Representative:

The Student and Learner Advisory Committee is a standing forum convened by the Tertiary Education Commission to bring the lived experience of students and trainees into national tertiary-education policy. Made up of representatives from student unions and other learner networks across universities, Te Pūkenga subsidiaries, wānanga and private providers, the committee meets regularly to brief TEC on barriers learners face (cultural, financial, housing, health etc.) and to co-design guidance and initiatives that lift retention and success. Although advisory rather than decision-making, its insights shape TEC investment choices, learner-success policy and updates to frameworks such as the Code of Pastoral Care, ensuring the system stays genuinely learner-centred.

More information required

Education International, Global Campaign for Education,
International Council for Adult Education, Global Student Forum

Studylink & Ministry of Social Development

New Zealand Qualifications Authority

Tertiary Education Commission