March 2017 MASSEY EXPLORER AN UPDATE FOR SCHOOLS

UPDATES AND IMPORTANT DATES SPOTLIGHT ON DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES PASIFIKA @ MASSEY MÄORI @ MASSEY YOUR STUDENT RECRUITMENT TEAM FOR 2017 EVENTS CALENDAR INSIDE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDED SUBJECTS FOR 2018 INSIDE Gain over 200 hours of supervised clinical experience PREPARE FOR A CAREER GIVING with placements in a wide range of settings including schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, child INDEPENDENCE TO OTHERS WITH development services and community settings. MASSEY’S BACHELOR OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE EXPLORE AREAS LIKE THERAPY (HONOURS) C B DA Health Education Fluency With a degree in speech and language therapy you’ll be ready for a rewarding career with the skills to assess and treat Adult neurogenic Evidence-based Swallowing and speech, language and communication clinical practice feeding disorders swallowing disorders for disorders people of all ages.

Child language Voice disorders Self-guided and speech sound research Our degree is disorders internationally transportable and accredited by the New Zealand Speech-Language TOP 5 THINGS ABOUT THE BACHELOR OF SPEECH AND Therapists’ Association. LANGUAGE THERAPY (HONOURS) ACCORDING TO OUR STUDENTS

1. THE LECTURERS – The teaching staff are passionate, approachable and have Graduates work for organisations including: expertise across a range of diverse areas.

• District Health Boards 2. THE STUDENT COHORT – Small class sizes mean you get to know the students • Ministry of Education in the whole programme, which can create lifelong friendships and work closely together. • Special Units and Schools • Talklink Assistive Technology Services 3. THE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT – Everyone in the programme motivates you to achieve your best and are there for you every step of the way. • Private Practice 4. THE ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES – As a profession, Speech and Language Therapy has a lot of variety which is explored throughout the programme in a range of practical health and education settings, working with diverse clients and continuously making new connections.

5. THE PROGRAMME PACKAGE – Being recognised internationally means you can For more information about take the degree all over the world. Everything you learn builds on from previous years giving you a really strong understanding of the whole scope of speech and studying speech and language language therapy. therapy, head to MASSEY.AC.NZ/SLTHONS Gain over 200 hours of supervised clinical experience PREPARE FOR A CAREER GIVING with placements in a wide range of settings including schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, child INDEPENDENCE TO OTHERS WITH development services and community settings. UPDATES AND IMPORTANT DATES - MASSEY’S NEW VICE CHANCELOR NURSING UPDATE In past years, students have had to attain UE and 14 credits at level 3 in biology, this has now changed to BACHELOR OF SPEECH achieved UE and 14 credits or more in at least one of the following subjects: biology, chemistry or physics AND LANGUAGE EXPLORE AREAS LIKE (NCEA level 3). THERAPY (HONOURS) VET - THE TESTING WEEKEND C B This year will see the first time the students from the A pre-selection phase of the Vet programme go through to D a testing weekend with the aim to test those students in other areas. These areas include thorough testing of Fluency Health Education critical thinking, communication and problem solving With a degree in speech Our New Vice-Chancellor Jan Thomas through various scenario tests and interview procedures. and language therapy A veterinary scientist with an international reputation for her teaching, research The testing weekend will be on April 1st and 2nd you’ll be ready for a and academic leadership will be the next vice-chancellor of Massey University. 2017. For more information regarding this new process please visit website under the Bachelor of Veterinary rewarding career with the Professor Jan Thomas joins us from The University of Southern Queensland, where she was the Vice Chancellor. Her proven academic background and her programme page. skills to assess and treat Adult neurogenic Evidence-based Swallowing and skills as a sector leader made her a unanimous decision amongst the Massey speech, language and communication clinical practice feeding disorders University council. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT swallowing disorders for disorders Under the Bachelor of Arts, You can now minor in people of all ages. • Professor Jan Thomas was previously the Vice-Chancellor and President of Emergency Management. Emergency management the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Australia. (also known as civil defence or disaster management) explores the way individuals and communities respond to • Professor Thomas will be the sixth vice-chancellor to lead Massey disasters and emergencies. It aims to increase people’s University and the second woman, after Professor Judith Kinnear (2003-08). capacity to survive, and to rebuild social structures and Child language Voice disorders Self-guided community resilience. and speech sound research Our degree is disorders • She holds a Bachelor of Science in veterinary biology (1981), a Bachelor SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY internationally of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (1983), both from There will be two Interview intakes for students that in , Australia; a Master of Veterinary Studies in pathology from the are applying for 2018. If students choose take the transportable and (1986) and a Doctor of Philosophy from Murdoch accredited by the New opportunity to interview in the July intake and not do University (1997). so well, they will receive feedback from staff and can Zealand Speech-Language TOP 5 THINGS ABOUT THE BACHELOR OF SPEECH AND re-interview in the November/December intake later Therapists’ Association. LANGUAGE THERAPY (HONOURS) MASSEY SRA UPDATES that year. CHANGES TO TERMINOLOGY ACCORDING TO OUR STUDENTS PAPERS WILL BE RENAMED ‘COURSES’. Currently students enrol in papers, such as 176.102 New 1. THE LECTURERS – The teaching staff are passionate, approachable and have Zealand Society. From the beginning of 2017 ‘papers’ expertise across a range of diverse areas. Graduates work for organisations including: will be renamed ‘courses’. This means students will enrol in courses rather than papers for 2017. • District Health Boards 2. THE STUDENT COHORT – Small class sizes mean you get to know the students • Ministry of Education in the whole programme, which can create lifelong friendships and work closely together. • Special Units and Schools IMPORTANT DATES • Talklink Assistive Technology Services 3. THE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT – Everyone in the programme motivates you to achieve your best and are there for you every step of the way. • Private Practice 1 MAY 2017 Bachelor of Aviation Semester 2 Applications Close 4. THE ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES – As a profession, Speech and Language Therapy has a lot of variety which is explored throughout the programme in a 15 JUNE Bachelor Social Work range of practical health and education settings, working with diverse clients and Semester 2 Intake continuously making new connections. Firstly, Congratulations to Aisling Bartley who gave birth to a healthy baby girl in December 2016. Aisling is on maternity leave and will return in December this 10 - 14 JULY Speech and Language Therapy 5. THE PROGRAMME PACKAGE – Being recognised internationally means you can year. In the interim Faye Alailima will be our team Leader and support Stefan in the First Interviews For more information about take the degree all over the world. Everything you learn builds on from previous management of our team. We welcome Lara Husain to the student recruitment team. years giving you a really strong understanding of the whole scope of speech and 17 JULY Semester 2 Start Date studying speech and language She will be working in the Auckland area. We also welcome back Tania Jahnke from language therapy. Maternity leave.Lastly we farewell Meta Apu’ula and Sam Aesherbrock. therapy, head to 27 NOVEMBER Speech and Language Therapy MASSEY.AC.NZ/SLTHONS A lot have changes have gone on in the past year. For a full list of our team please see - 15 DECEMBER End of year interviews pages 6 and 7.

Massey University was founded as an QUICK FACTS ABOUT MASSEY UNIVERSITY agricultural college in Palmerston North in 1927. SPOTLIGHT ON DEFENCE AND SECURITY STUDIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE – STUDY FOR A BA, HOW CAN DEFENCE STUDIES OR SECURITY MAJORING OR MINORING IN DEFENCE STUDIES HELP ME GET A JOB? AND SECURITY STUDIES A major or minor in Defence Studies or Security Studies provides you with Do you want a career for the world of today and tomorrow? Do you want knowledge and teaches you the analytical and critical thinking skills that to study subjects that will prepare you for that? Every day, New Zealand employers need. Employers are increasingly looking for people who can and the international community is faced with security challenges like think critically and who have knowledge relevant to the working world. cybersecurity, crime, the threat of terrorism, civil wars, and competition Security issues affect all organisations, making your knowledge and skills for resources from global warming. We see the effects, like news reports potentially attractive to employers. of the refugee crisis from the wars in Syria and Iraq. You can make a High achieving students can also include a research internship at third difference by studying Defence Studies or Security Studies. year level. Students accepted for the internship will get direct workplace Our programmes can be the main focus of your university studies or they experience in a defence or security state agency or private sector can link in with your other interests such as history, politics, international organisation, and an opportunity to produce a professional research relations, environmental studies, or languages. With a Bachelor of Arts report for that organisation. This experience will help you gain contacts that includes either a major or a minor in Security Studies or Defence and references for future employment. A graduate said of their internship: Studies, you will be better informed and also equipped and prepared to “The internship programme is fantastic for ‘getting your foot into the door’ target potential employers in such areas as border security, intelligence, and becoming recognised in the real world of defence and security, whilst law enforcement and policing, defence, immigration, foreign affairs, allowing you to demonstrate to a potential employing agency that your business, civil defence, disaster relief and business. skills as an academic can immensely benefit their organisation.”

You will study with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, New With an undergraduate degree that includes Security Studies or Defence Zealand’s principal centre for education in defence and security studies. Studies, you could also have the option of higher level postgraduate study, in New Zealand or overseas, to further enhance your credentials. WHAT ARE THESE PROGRAMMES ABOUT? WHO WILL BE TEACHING ME? You will learn about current and emerging defence and security challenges, their historical backgrounds, and the key issues. You will get What makes studying these programmes through the Centre for Defence an understanding of national, regional and global perspectives and develop and Security Studies different from the experience at other universities analytical, critical thinking, and research and writing skills. is that our lecturers are a mixture of academics and current and former military and security sector professionals, so you will be taught by some These programmes are exciting because you are learning about challenges of the smartest minds as well as from those who have actually done what that are happening right now and will continue to happen. Complex events they teach, bringing academic theory to life from their own experience. like the rise of ISIS, the civil war and refugee crisis in Syria, the security implications of the Trump presidency, or what China’s claims in the South Our unique Teaching Fellows programme in the Centre for Defence and China Sea might mean for New Zealand are some of the things you can Security Studies ensures that you will receive up to date knowledge of learn about. defence and security practice. Current Teaching Fellows are from the New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Customs Service, and Ministry for Primary Industries. They are academically WHAT WILL I LEARN IN SECURITY qualified professionals seconded from their agencies to our Centre. STUDIES? You will learn how to analyse world and domestic issues and situations, getting in-depth knowledge about a range of contemporary security topics such as terrorism, intelligence, cybersecurity, globalisation, police and policing, border security, and security issues in the Asia-Pacific. Some courses draw from different fields of study, such as politics and international relations, psychology, and geography. WHAT WILL I LEARN IN DEFENCE STUDIES? With ever-present global conflict and constant threats to international peace and security, Defence Studies will develop your analytical skills and knowledge of the use of military forces and how they contribute to domestic and international security. You can learn military history, aspects of command and leadership, and challenges of the contemporary operating environment. You can also study key topics including irregular warfare, international peacekeeping, and strategy.

A University since 1964, it has had campuses in Auckland QUICK FACTS ABOUT MASSEY UNIVERSITY (at Albany) since 1993 and Wellington since 1999. MÄORI MASSEY Te Kunenga ki Pürehuroa Pasifika Massey

TE MANU TAIKÖ POLYFEST 2017 15-18 MARCH “Ko te manu e kai ana te miro, nönä te ngahere. Ke te Polyfest is the biggest cultural festival of its kind in the world. 2016 manu e kai ana te matauranga, nönä te ao. ”The bird who saw 9,000 performers from 64 Secondary Schools, culminating in a eats of the miro tree, his is the forest.The bird who eats 4-day event in Auckland. It is an opportunity for schools to showcase knowledge, his is the world. their cultural heritage through song and dance in a competitive, but community focused environment over six stages. More importantly, ’This year we have an exciting new programme taking it allows for the expression of student agency and leadership, place for rangatahi Mäori in the upper half of the North collaboration across all levels of the school, and a chance to connect Island.The program is called Te Manu Taikö for Mäori with culture and community. students in Years 11 – 13. Te Manu Taikö is an opportunity to develop your leadership skills, understand how The 2016 event held in March was very successful. For the first time you learn best and how to apply it and to experience a member of the Tongan Royal family visited the festival endorsing university through kaupapa Mäori related activites.This it. The visit of Princess Pilolevu not only proved an awesome cultural year we have a new programme for rangatahi Mäori in experience it gave us an unparalleled opportunity to connect with the upper half of the North Island. The program is called one of the most influential women in the Pacific. Te Manu Taikö for Mäori students in Years 11 –13. Te Manu Taikö is an opportunity for rangatahi to be engaged with MasseyUniversity. Te Manu Taikö will have various touch points across Year 11, 12 & 13. These are designed to equip rangatahi with the tools they will need through their final years at high school - so the transition from high school to university - ‘the known and unknown, is transparent. We will cover many aspects, developing rangatahi’s study skills (academic writing, scholarship writing, time management), leadership skills, and self- awareness tools; all with an emphasis on a Mäori world view. Epsom Girls Grammar Tauolunga It is the biggest opportunity to connect with the Pasifika community in Auckland and, as this year showed, even beyond to the Pacific. Once again Massey University is proudly sponsoring the Tongan stage for its 11th year at Polyfest this year. It will be the 42nd year for Polyfest and our team will be there to support all schools performing on the day. Youtube: Polyfest 2016 | Massey University

WE WILL ALSO BE RUNNING THESE EVENTS IN 2017 PASIFIKA HEALTH FOCUS Our Year 11 program is a Massey University Experience Want a career in Health but don’t want to be a doctor? Day on the Albany Campus and a Study Skills Day in Massey University’s Pasifika Health Day is a chance the regions. Our Year 12 & 13 program concentrates for prospective students to find out what other career on developing the knowledge on what it takes to get to university and how Massey University can support you opportunities are available in the Health Sector. as Mäori to get there. Each day runs from 8.30am–2.30pm with lunch and morning tea provided. AGANU’U After the success of 2016, Aganu’u will again be run in 2017 this time, WE ALSO HAVE WHÄNAU INFORMATION EVENINGS, on all 3 campuses. IN THE REGIONS COMING UP IN TERM 2! Please contact Mäori Student Recruitment Advisers Please contact our Pasifika Recruitment Advisers for more for more details: information regarding these programmes: Cambell Te Paa [email protected] Faye Alailima [email protected] Angelique Kouratouras [email protected] Andrew Wilson [email protected]

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It is Australasia’s leading university provider of distance education, with QUICK FACTS ABOUT MASSEY UNIVERSITY 14,000 of the 32,000 students it enrolled last year studying by distance. THE MASSEY UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECRUITMENT TEAM

Here is your Massey Recruitment team for 2017. We are looking forward to working with you all! Contact any of our team to set up visits, meetings and anything else regarding Massey University.

AUCKLAND

Stefan Smith Student Recruitment Manager National Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 43017

Faye Alailima Drew Wilson Team Leader - Pasifika Liaison Adviser Student Recruitment Adviser - Pasifika National Auckland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 43253 Ph: ext 43037

Rebekah Sulman Trish Matson Student Recruitment Adviser Student Recruitment Adviser (Northern) Northland & Auckland - Postgraduate Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 43254 Ph: ext 49038

Cambell Te Paa Lara Husain Mäori Student Recruitment Advisor Student Recruitment Adviser Northland & Auckland Auckland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 49048 Ph: ext 43431

Angelique Kouratoras Reti Simanu Mäori Student Recruitment Adviser Student Recruitment Adviser Bay of Plenty & Auckland Auckland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 49047 Ph: ext 43433

*Aisling Bartley is on Maternity leave until December 2017 PALMERSTON NORTH

Kemp Reweti Student Recruitment Adviser Post Graduate (Mäori and Distance) Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 83705

Kirk Tufuga Piopa Student Recruitment Adviser Wairarapa & Manawatü Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 86320

Phil Greig Tania Jahnke Student Recruitment Adviser Student Recruitment Adviser Waikato & Tauranga Gisborne & Manawatü Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 86049 Ph: ext 83707

WELLINGTON

Rachel Kershaw Student Recruitment Adviser & External Relations Representative (Southern) Wellington & South Island Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 63127 Belinda Weepu Student Recruitment Adviser (Southern) Wellington & South Island Email: [email protected] Ph: ext 63126 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE STUDENT RECRUITMENT ADVISER IN YOUR REGION massey.ac.nz/sra