Leadership and infrastructure workstream

Workstream four of the Disability Action Plan focuses on leadership and infrastructure. The Ihonuku Tōkeke | Pro Vice-Chancellor Equity is responsible for this workstream. Below are the strategic focus areas for this workstream, along with a summary of key deliverables as at June 2026. 

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

Completed:

• Accessible reporting made available to the DAPRG ahead of each meeting.

In progress:

• Associate Deans and Directors Equity and Diversity will co-create a dashboard for their equity data with support from OPVCE.

In progress:

• An efficient and effective system for receiving and responding to built environment accessibility complaints is being developed. 

Completed:

• Reasonable Accommodations Policy and Procedures developed and implemented.

Ongoing:

• All policies and procedures due for review are reviewed for accessibility and plain language.

Awaiting others:

• The Undergraduate Targeted Admissions Scheme Policy and Procedures are awaiting review.

Ongoing:

• Meetings with workstream leads, regular reporting, and meetings with the DAPRG.

Upcoming:

• Determine how to incorporate Kia Ōrite best practices into Cascade as part of the upcoming system migration to a newer version of Cascade.