Student experience workstream

Workstream one of the Disability Action Plan focuses on Student Experience. The Associate Director of Student Wellbeing and Engagement in 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 by June 2025. A more complete update will be available once the recently submitted Disability Action Plan Progress Update 2026-2028 is published.

Please email all feedback and suggestions to Vicki Watson, Manager – Equity.  

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

Strategy element: Disability supports for students are enhanced with a cycle of continuous improvement.

Student Disability Services develops 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. 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 note-taking support.
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified

Improvements to the learner experience of Symplicity.
Tracking: On Track
Status: No issues identified

Strategy element: The University environment is inclusive and welcome for students with disability.

Student and Scholarly Services 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

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