Te Ropu Awhina Putaiao

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Te Ropu Awhina Putaiao (Awhina)
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SUMMARY All universities graduate stats 1999
2003 (Source MOE)     All grads all degrees
133,968 All non science grads 113,687
(85) All science grads 20,281 (15)     MPN
1153 (5.7) of all science grads M 852 (4.2)
of all science grads PN 301 (1.5) of all
science grads      MPN science grads 0.8 of
all grads M 0.6 of all grads PN 0.2 of
all grads
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• All Maori Pacific Nations students supported
  by
• student mentors
• staff mentors
• career mentors
• community mentors
• whanau
• Kaumatua Matai

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• 3 fully resourced, secure whanau rooms
• printers
• free printing
• computers and study stations
• tutorials
• 24/7 access
• telephones (free local calls)
• Library of prescribed text books past exam
  papers
• 65,000 a year for Faculty Awards

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Summary 1999 2004 (Sept)
217 mentors 1341 mentees 267 staff mentors 209
graduates 31 increase in MPN science degree
enrolments Post graduate numbers risen from 2 to
32 Significant positive student perceptions of
Awhina and faculty staff
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• Scholarships (Total value 900,000)
• 14 Foundation for Research Science
  Technology Tuapapa Putaiao Maori Fellowships (5
  PhD, 9 MSc)
• 4 HRC (1 PhD, 3 undergrad)
• 1 VUW postgrad (PhD)
• 27 other scholarships
• (4 postgrad, 23 undergrad)

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Awhina Off Campus

• lifting Maori Pacific Nations pupils
  achievements in science maths
• since 2000, 60 Awhina mentors have supported
  400 Maori Pacific Nations pupils in five local
  low decile secondary schools
• mentoring involves whanau is unique to each
  school
• campus visits for hands on laboratory work
  to shadow mentors are key components

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Campus Component

• laboratory work in
• Computer science
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Technology

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• Biological sciences
• Statistics
• Earth Sciences
• Psychology

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Awhina Off Campus successes

• Pupils report
• enjoying science maths
• positive comments (cool to succeed)
• Teachers report
• better behaved working harder
• significant improvement across all subject areas

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• Whanau report
• home environment focused on learning
• helping tamariki to achieve educational goals
• empowering experience
• Pupils aiming for tertiary study in science and
  technology!

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Keys to Awhina success

• top down and bottom up initiative
• faculty owned and funded
• total buy in from mentors, students, staff,
  
  whanau,
  communities organisations
• robust monitoring and evaluation
• research informed