Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Ako Aronui: Focusing on caring for our people

In imagining how the HEA Fellowship framework would best suit AUT’s regional and cultural context underpinning Maori world views have become the core areas of focus. Recognising Aotearoa New Zealand’s bicultural origins but also supporting our multicultural world the concept of manaaki (mindful support) emerged as the central value for both students and academics. We describe the process of mapping the UKPSF (the credential central to Fellowship) to a core set of principles or values for the fellowship categories. A pilot programme enabled a refinement of these values which drive the University’s newly accredited fellowship pathway.