2nd annual New Zealand Higher Education Summit

New Zealand Higher Education Summit
10th  -  11th August 2010
Langham Hotel | Auckland | New Zealand

The New Zealand Higher Education Sector is currently going through a period of intensive reform. With the Tertiary Education Commission set up as a crown entity to oversee the development and implementation of reform and to monitor progress, the NZ Tertiary Education Strategy has been set out for 2010-2015.

It is in this context that Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technology, Wananga and private and industry training organisations will come together with government representatives at the 2nd annual New Zealand Higher Education Summit.

Featuring key presentations from:

• Professor Roger Field,Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University
• David Nicholson, Director Tertiary Investment and Monitoring, Tertiary Education Commission
• Jim Peters, Pro Vice Chancellor, Maori, The University of Auckland
• Dr Peter Brothers, CEO, Manukau Institute of Technology
• Bentham Ohia,Te Pouhere, Te Wananga o Aotearoa
• Professor Douglas Sutton, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Waikato
• Professor Rob Allen, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Auckland University of Technology
• Jean Pierre de Raad, CEO, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
• Professor Sheelagh Matear, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University
• Distinguished Professor Paul Moughan, Director, Riddet Institute
• Professor John Raine, Pro Vice Chancellor – Innovation & Enterprise, Auckland University of Technology
• Dr Nigel Johnson, Director – Innovation, University of Canterbury

View the rest of the outstanding speaker line-up and detailed agenda HERE

• The new tertiary education strategy
• Policy, Regulation and Governance
• Quality Assurance
• Learning and Teaching
• Student Engagement
• Innovation
• University Planning
• Equity and Access

Why should you attend the 2nd annual NZ Higher Education summit?

• Hear Top level national speakers and thought leaders at an event which is unique in its focus
• Benefit from different perspectives with insightful International presentations
• Focus on the new tertiary education strategy

Focus of this year’s summit

This year, the conference focuses on the new tertiary education strategy and the challenge for the sector to deliver the key priorities of the new strategy in a dynamic regional and international economic environment. It looks at the factors that underpin the sector's success in making tertiary education nationally and internationally relevant and responsive while increasing participation, engagement and access and becoming a driver for innovation and industry.

• Day one focuses on policy, governance, performance and quality assurance along with a special session on learning and teaching strategy.
• Day Two looks at innovation and research, planning and design and equity and access.

The programme considers these issues across sectors - Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technology, Wananga and private and industry training organisations.

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