Student experience workstream
Workstream 1 of the Disability Action Plan focuses on Student Experience. The Associate Director of Student Wellbeing and Engagement, Student and Scholarly Services, is responsible for this workstream. Below are the strategic focus areas for this workstream, along with a summary of key deliverables at June 2025. A more complete update will be available once the recently submitted Disability Action Plan Progress Update 2026-2028 is published.
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Supports are easy to find and access
Strategy element: Disability Supports are easy for students to find and access
Student Disability Services, in collaboration with HR, coordinate the roll-out of the University’s membership of the Hidden Disabilities global initiative.
Tracking: On Track
Status: Pilot completed, delivery underway
Supports for students are continuously improved
Strategy element: Disability supports for students are enhanced with a cycle of continuous improvement
Student Disability Services develop a system to measure and report the access to disability services by TEC-identified priority learner groups, which are Māori, Pacific, and learners with lower prior achievement.
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified
Survey of students with approved special conditions in tests and exams undertaken
Tracking: Complete
Student Disability Services will develop and deploy an anonymous disabled student survey and results will be used to identify and address gaps in disability service support provision.
Tracking: On track
Status: No issues identified, response collection window scheduled
Reviewing opportunities to enhance disability support services, especially notetaking support
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified
Improvements to the learner experience of Symplicity
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified
The environment is inclusive and welcoming
Strategy element: The University environment is inclusive and welcome for students with disability
Campus Life sets up support for the student-led Auckland University Disabled Students’ Association and promoted club membership to students who engage with Student Disability Services.
Tracking: Complete
Investigate existing mentorship programmes at the University with a view to establishing a mentorship programme for students with disabilities.
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified
Pathways to employment
Strategy element: Students with disabilities are supported into meaningful employment.
New disabled student success stories have been developed and promoted to coincide with graduation twice per year.
Tracking: Complete
Career Development and Employability Services and Student Disability Services investigate external sources of employment support for students with disabilities.
Tracking: Complete
Identify what is required to enable improved data collection on the transition of students with disabilities into meaningful employment.
Tracking: Not yet started
Status: Scheduled to begin in 2025