Senate

The Senate's statutory authority derives from the Education Act, which empowers Council to establish an Academic Board (in the case of this University the Academic Board is called Senate) to:

• Advise the Council on matters relating to courses of study or training, awards, and other academic matters
• Exercise powers delegated to it by Council.

• Vice-Chancellor – Chair
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Strategic Engagement 
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations) & Registrar
• Pro Vice-Chancellor, Māori
• Pro Vice-Chancellor, Equity
• Pro Vice-Chancellor, Pacific
• All Distinguished Professors, Professors and Emeritus Professors employed on 0.1FTE or more
• Academic Heads
• Deans
• One Deputy Dean from each Faculty and School of Graduate Studies
• One Associate Dean Academic, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Associate Dean Research and Associate Dean Postgraduate Research from each Faculty
• One Associate Director Academic, Associate Director Research, Associate Director Postgraduate Research from each Large Scale Research Institute
• One Deputy Director from each Large Scale Research Institute
• Directors of Large-Scale Research Institutes
• Director of Learning and Teaching
• Director of Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education (CLeaR)
• Librarian 
• The two elected permanent members of Academic and Professional staff on Council, if not already members
• Elected Members of the Sub-Professorial Staff:
  • Two Faculty Members of Arts
  • Two Faculty Members of Business and Economics
  • One Faculty Member of Creative Arts and Industries
    
  • Two Faculty Member of Education
  • One Faculty Member of Engineering
  • One Faculty Member of Law
  • Two Faculty Members of Medical and Health Sciences
  • Two Faculty Members of Science
  • Six Sub-Professorial Staff at Large
• One additional member elected by the Faculty of Law and three additional members elected by the Faculty of Arts
• President Auckland University Students Association or alternate
• Five Student Members nominated by Auckland University Students Association
  • Four Undergraduate
  • One Postgraduate

Senate reports to Council.

Committee Secretary

Wendy Verschaeren
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 85782
Email: w.verschaeren@auckland.ac.nz.

Note: No meeting in December.

• Academic Programmes Committee
•  Auckland University Press Board
• Board of Graduate Studies
• Education Committee
• Equity Committee (previously Equal Opportunities)
• International Committee
• Library Committee
•  Research Committee
• Rūnanga.