Browsing by Author "Piercy, Gemma Louise"
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Access and equity: second chance education bring the policy directives into life
(School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University, 2001)This case study illustrates how, in a time of exclusion, some initiatives still attempt to embrace the traditional concerns of inclusion. The University of Waikato in 2000 decided to push the access and equity policy ... -
Baristas: The artisan precariat
(The University of Waikato, 2018)My research on the work identit(ies) of baristas demonstrates that different workplaces, in conjunction with individual biographies, produce different kinds of work identities. Connected to these differences are the actual ... -
The Carmichael vision and training reform: Some insights from across the Tasman
(The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), 2000)This paper provides insights into aspects of trans--Tasman union influences in the 1980s and early 1990s. In particular, it examines Laurie Carmichael’s influence on New Zealand unions, especially with respect to education ... -
Challenge’s of the Consumer Generation: Teaching experiences within the Certificate of University Preparation
(Manukau Institute of Technology, 2001)The University of Waikato’s Certificate of University Preparation (CUP) was offered for the first time in 2000. The purpose of CUP is to provide a second opportunity to students under 20 who failed to gain University ... -
Changing parameters of consultation in local government: loss or gain for democracy?
(2016)A key tenet of the Resource Management Act (RMA) when enacted in 1991 was to provide for significant rights of public participation in decision-making processes in district and regional planning processes. The Local ...
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"Experiences of families and professionals living/interacting with neurodivergent children while navigating the policy contexts of health, education and social services: The fight for accessible and suitable support"
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Families of neurodivergent children often end up interacting with policy contexts of health, education, and social services on a regular basis when they have unmet needs. My research investigates these policy contexts to ... -
Measuring the pedagogical shift: Small-scale review of the New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (NZDipLEX)
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This research focuses on the fully online New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (DipLEX) at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (TOIT) that was first delivered in 2017. The development of an online program was ... -
Insecure here, precarious there? Workfare-style welfare provision in the age of precarious employment in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Aotearoa New Zealand’s adoption of workfare, beginning in the late 1980s, was designed to reduce welfare dependency and reinforce employment as the pathway to greater wellbeing. Concurrent with these policy developments ... -
I want to be employable! Constructions of employability from university students and recent graduates in New Zealand.
(The University of Waikato, 2018)In the 21st century, due to changes driven by neoliberal ideology, global markets, and innovations in technology, the labour market has become more competitive in most industrialised countries, and people carry more ... -
Ora Kainga Rua: Experiences of Kura Kaupapa Māori Graduates
(University of Waikato, 2016)There is a wealth of indigenous scholarship examining the impacts of imperialist policies and ideologies on the learning identities of indigenous students. However, within the New Zealand context, there is a lack of ...
