Academic Leadership Team

The Academic Leadership Team is currently in abeyance, and the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) forum has been established for 2024.

Terms of Reference

The Academic Leadership Team:

  • Provides advice to the Vice-Chancellor on strategic and operational planning and on strategic initiatives.
  • Engages and contributes to the strategic and the annual operational plans, policies and performance targets for the University and for each faculty and research institute within the University.
  • Receives and comments on periodic external reviews of each research institutes, University research centres and research platforms within the University.
  • Receives and comments on periodic reviews (by Budget Committee) of the principles and procedures by which annual resource allocations to faculties and research institutes are determined.
  • Advises the Vice-Chancellor and Budget Committee on the establishment of revenue targets for each faculty, research institute with respect to domestic EFTS, international EFTS, research and other operating revenues.
  • Advises the Vice-Chancellor on significant requests for faculty and research institute expenditure additional to that approved in annual operational budgets.

Membership

Vice-Chancellor
Provost
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Strategic Engagement
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Operations & Registrar
Pro Vice-Chancellor Education
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori
Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific
Pro Vice-Chancellor Equity
Director of Human Resources
Dean of Arts
Dean of Business & Economics
Dean of Creative Arts & Industries
Dean of Education & Social Work
Dean of Engineering
Dean of Law
Dean of Medical & Health Sciences
Dean of Science
Dean of Graduate Studies
Director of Liggins Institute
Director of Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive Officer UniServices

This committee reports to the Vice-Chancellor.

Committee members and terms of office

Vice-Chancellor Holds office until
Professor D Freshwater Ex-officio
Provost Holds office until
Professor V Linton Ex-officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Holds office until
Professor F Bloomfield
Ex-officio
Deputy Vice Chancellor Strategic Engagement 
Holds office until  
Dr E Lithander   Ex-officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Operations & Registrar Holds office until
Mrs A Cleland
Ex-officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor Education Holds office until
Professor B Kool
Ex-officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori   Holds office until
Associate Professor TK Hoskins Ex-officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific Holds office until
Professor J Tiatia-Siau Ex-officio
Pro Vice-Chancellor Equity Holds office until
Professor C Stinear   Ex-officio
Director of Human Services Holds office until
Mr A Phipps   Ex-officio
Dean of Arts Holds office until
Professor R Greenberg   Ex-officio
Dean of Business & Economics Holds office until
Professor S Watson   Ex-officio
Dean of Creative Arts & Industries
Holds office until
Professor N Gregory Ex-officio
Dean of Education & Social Work Holds office until
Professor M Barrow Ex-officio
Dean of Engineering Holds office until
Associate Professor R Clarke Ex-officio
Dean of Law Holds office until
Professor W Swain Ex-officio
Dean of Medical & Health Sciences Holds office until
Professor W Bagg Ex-officio
Dean of Science Holds office until
Professor J Hosking Ex-officio
Dean of Graduate Studies Holds office until
Professor C Daley Ex-officio
Director of Liggins Institute Holds office until
Professor J O'Sullivan
Ex-officio
Director of Auckland Bioengineering Institute Holds office until
Professor M Tawhai
Ex-officio
Chief Financial Officer Holds office until
Mr T Bluett
Ex-officio
Chief Executive Officer UniServices Holds office until
Dr A Shenk Ex-officio

Schedule of meetings

The committee meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at 11.30am.

Committee secretary

Ms J Tomov
Extn: 87751
Email: j.tomov@auckland.ac.nz