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QA News - October-1999

New Faces on the Board

Government has announced four new appointments to the Board of the Qualifications Authority.

The new members are Doug Armstrong (formerly CEO of UNITEC), Joan Baker (Director of Scholastic NZ Ltd and past director of school management development at colleges of education in Dunedin and Auckland), Jennifer Button (formerly headmistress of Wellington's Samuel Marsden Collegiate School), and Tina Olsen-Ratana, from the Association of Māori Private Training Establishments, and Manager of Kokiri Marae Seaview.

Dr Frank Wood (Vice-Chancellor at Lincoln University) was appointed chair of the Board, succeeding Sir Neil Waters who resigned in June.

Other members of the Board are David Moloney, Tony Hall, Catherine Gibson, Judith Carter and John Morris.



Two new managers took up positions in the Qualifications Authority recently.

The new Quality Assurance Manager is Fiona McLeod. Fiona, formerly general manager of Good Health Wanganui, is already heavily involved in preparing for the Authority's new Quality Assurance System.

The new General Manager for Corporate, Customer and Support Services is Flora Gilkison. Flora, formerly acting chief executive at Hutt Valley Polytechnic, has overall responsibility for the Authority's finance, planning and audit, call centre, human resources, information systems, corporate support services business units and the Qualifications Recognition Service.




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Thumbs up from Schools in the know

From the ITOs

National Certificates Alive and Well in Schools

Call Centre Qualifications

Māori and National Certificates

Wellington Stadium Staff on the Framework

New National Certificates and National Diplomas

In the News - National Certificates

Internationally

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Examination Results & Rewards

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