University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work

Division of the University of Auckland, NZ

The University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work (Māori: Te Kura Akoranga me Te Tauwhiro Tangata) is the educational faculty of the University of Auckland. It was created in September 2004 through the merger of the University of Auckland and the Auckland College of Education. Since 2018, the Faculty has been headed by Dean Mark Barrow.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The Faculty of Education was established in 1 September 2004 through a merger of the University of Auckland's School of Education and the Auckland College of Education. The Auckland College of Education had been established in 1881 to provide teacher training in the Auckland region. In 1977, the University of Auckland had established its own School of Education to compete with the Auckland College after the New Zealand Government relaxed its policy on teacher training providers. The Faculty of Education's first Dean was Dr John Langley, who had previously headed the College of Education. In 2008, he was succeeded by Graeme Aitken, who served until late 2017. In 2015 the Faculty changed its name to Faculty of Education and Social Work to better reflect the research and qualifications offered.^[1] In 2018, Mark Barrow became the Dean of Education and Social Work.^[1]^[3]

On 30 September 2018, the Dean of Education Mark Barrow confirmed that the Faculty would be relocating from its Epsom campus to the University of Auckland's City Campus in 2020. An article in The New Zealand Herald noted there are plans to sell the site to the Māori tribe Ngāti Whātua.^[4]^[1]^[5]

In addition, a new education campus was established in Ōtara in partnership with the Manukau Institute of Technology in early 2020.^[6]

Later, the relocation of the Faculty of Education and Social Work from Epsom to the City Campus was postponed to late 2023, with teaching to resume at the refurbished Building 201 in 2024. The refurbished Building 201 will be funded through the Government's "shovel-ready" funding.^[7]^[8]

Locations and facilities

The Faculty of Education and Social Work's main campus is in Epsom, a suburb in central Auckland.^[9] The Faculty also has satellite campuses in Manukau in South Auckland and in Whangarei in Northland.^[10]

Courses and programs

The Faculty of Education and Social Work consists of five schools: the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, the School of Critical Studies in Education, the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice (LDPP), and the School of Māori and Indigenous Education (Te Puna Wānanga). Other associated institutions include the Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education (CLEaR) and the Kohia Centre, which focuses on professional development for educators and social workers.^[11] The Faculty also offers a range of bachelor, graduate diploma, postgraduate diploma, MA, and PhD education programs at early childhood, primary, and secondary education levels.^[12]

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Faculty History". University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Maharey, Steve (29 July 2004). "Auckland University and Auckland College of Education to merge". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Reid 2008, p. 86.
^ "University of Auckland to quit $80m Epsom campus by 2020". New Zealand Herald. 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ Gu, Brian (29 July 2019). "University Prompts Faculty to Move Home Base for First Time Since 1881". Craccum. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "New University Campus in South Auckland". University of Auckland. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Relocation from Epsom Campus to City Campus". University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "University project gets green light with shovel-ready funding". University of Auckland. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Epsom Campus". University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Our campuses". University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Our schools and departments". University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Teacher education (ECE, Primary, Secondary)". University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work. Retrieved 13 March 2019.