I have been Director of New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) since March 2010. I was previously Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (1998-2010), Dean of Arts (1996-98) and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Canterbury. My research background includes undertaking evaluations of social service agencies. Administrative responsibilities over the last decade at Canterbury spanned the spectrum of student and academic support services, including oversight of the Academic Quality Assurance Unit and the University Centre for Teaching and Learning. I managed the quality assurance and audit self-review processes at Canterbury over two academic audit cycles. I served for many years on the Committee for University Academic Programmes of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee (NZVCC), which approves all university programmes. I believe I can bring to APQN a broad experience of the university sector as well as an understanding of the principles of evaluation.

Contact Details:

Dr Jan Cameron
Director of NZUAAU
Add.: P.O. Box 5787,
Lambton Quay,
Wellington 6145,
New Zealand

Tel.: 64+4+801 7924
Fax.: 64+4+381 8501

Email 1: director@nzuaau.ac.nz
Email 2: jan@nzuaau.ac.nz