Dear Jessica,

 

I refer to your request of 19 November 2023. At the time the FMHS FTP
policy was published, “DVC(A)” referred to the Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Academic). That position has subsequently been disestablished and an
updated policy, with the correct position to appeal to, is soon to be
published. The person to appeal to is the Provost:
[1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

From: Jessica Porteous <[2][FOI #24784 email]>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2023 9:41 AM
To: legal <[3][University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Clarification of details relating
to an FMHS FTP Committee decision appeal

 

Dear University of Auckland,

I am writing to file an Official Information Act request to seek
clarification of the details in the document ‘FMHS Fitness to Practise
Policy’ on the University of Auckland website.

In this document, under point 12, it states that “when the FMHS FTP
Committee panel decides that the student is not fit to practise or decides
to impose conditions on the student’s continuance in the programme, but
does not recommend to the Dean that the student’s enrolment in the
programme be terminated, the student may appeal to the DVC(A) against the
panel’s decision”.

According to the Management team page on the University of Auckland
website, there is no obvious position title which reflects the acronym
“DVC(A)”. This acronym is not otherwise clarified at the bottom of the
FMHS Fitness to Practise Policy document.

I am writing to formally request that the University of Auckland clarifies
what is meant by the acronym DVC(A), and further clarifies the accuracy of
the appeal process described in this document.

1. What University of Auckland position is represented by the acronym
“DVC(A)”?
2. What is the name and professional contact information of the DVC(A)?
3. Is the above quoted information true and correct about the current
appeal process for an FMHS FTP committee decision?
4. If the FMHS FTP committee appeal process differs from the above
description, or the answer to the above question is that this description
is not correct, could the University of Auckland please provide the most
updated and correct information describing this appeal process?

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Porteous

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