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MsUna Lightfoot

Doctoral Candidate

Faculty information pending upstream system upgrades

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  • Doctoral Candidate
    Faculty information pending upstream system upgrades
  • Curriculum Development Manager
    Teaching and Learning
  • Assistant Dean Academic
    Faculty of Business and Economics
  • +64-27-2805988 (Mobile)
  • SIR OWEN G GLENN BUILDING - Bldg 260, 12 GRAFTON RD, AUCKLAND CENTRAL, AUCKLAND, 1010, New Zealand

BIO

BA, DipTchg, Master of Professional Studies- Education (Hons)
Una is a Professional Teaching Fellow in the Innovative Learning and Teaching (ILT) Team in the Faculty of Business and Economics where she assists with programme development, assessment review, Assurance of Learning and professional learning for academic staff to support these activities. This includes training of GTAs and TAs. Previously she was a Learning Designer in the Business Masters Programme as part of the GSM. Prior to that an Assistant Lecturer in the Upgrade Programme which was designed to prepare teachers for Post-Graduate Tertiary Study. Before joining the University of Auckland Una was the Programme Leader for Tertiary Teaching at Manukau Institute of Technology and worked as a moderator for NZQA in Core Skills. Her teaching experience includes undergraduate Communication Studies, Post Graduate Tertiary Teaching and Professional Development courses in the Business Masters Programme. Una has also designed, delivered and critiqued courses for a number of New Zealand business and government sectors which include Carter, Holt Harvey, Fisher and Paykel , and Manukau City Council.
In her role as Curriculum Development Manager for the faculty, Una serves on the Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee, The Business Undergraduate Committee Staffing and the Core Working Group. She is also a member of the Faculty Staffing Committee which involves the review of academic appointments, the assessment of applications for continuation, research and study leave, and promotion.

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS

  • Doctoral Candidate
    Faculty information pending upstream system upgrades, New Zealand
  • Curriculum Development Manager
    Faculty of Business and Economics, Teaching and Learning, New Zealand
  • Assistant Dean Academic
    Faculty of Business and Economics, New Zealand

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Dean Academic( Quality Assurance)
    University of Auckland, Business School, Auckland, New Zealand4 Mar 2024 - 30 Apr 2026
  • Professional Teaching Fellow (Learning Design) Business Masters
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand3 Jan 2018 - 10 Nov 2020
  • Programme Leader Tertiary Teaching
    Manukau Institute of Technology, Tertiary Teaching, Auckland, New Zealand1 Nov 2016 - 10 Dec 2017

DEGREES

  • Bacheor of Arts
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Diploma in Teaching
    Auckland College of Education, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Master of Professional Studies-Education (Hons)
    The University of Auckland, Education and Social Work, New Zealand

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Myers Briggs Personality Indicator Consultant
    NZAPT- Myers Briggs Personality Indicator, Auckland, New Zealand
    A inventory that assists people to understand themselves and people in their lives more thoroughly. It can indicate career paths and work styles that suit you. It is based on the work of the psychiatrist Carl Jung, Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs,

FACULTY / INSTITUTE

  • Business and Economics

FIELDS OF RESEARCH