Thank you.

Good morning Katie

Yes I also have a meeting room booked so you can all meet either before or after the tour.

Kind regards

Anita

Perfect thanks. Will there also be time for a meeting Susan, Duncan, and Peter?

Katie

Hello Katie

I have managed to arrange the clinic tour for Friday 20^th April at 3pm. I hope this works better for you all. Please let me know if it is not suitable.

The address is

AUT Health

Northmed

3 Akoranga Drive

Northcote

AUT is next to the café located in the courtyard area.

Many thanks and kind regards

Anita

Kia ora Anita,

The 24^th doesn’t suit most of us at Unitec. How about the 20^th April, anytime?

Katie

Hello everyone

I have arranged a clinic tour for Tuesday 24^th April at 2pm. Hopefully this will work with your diaries. If this does not suit, please advise a more suitable day/time and I will see if we can get into the clinic then.

Many thanks and kind regards

Anita

Hi Katie

Thanks for your email

We will get back to as soon as we can about the statement

We are very happy to continue talking and to host meetings

Anita will negotiate with our diaries to organise a clinic tour

Regards

Sue

Morena Susan,

I met with our communication manger yesterday and we came up with a strategy to address our situation. We propose that we agree to a reactive holding statement along the lines of:

“AUT and Unitec confirm that they are discussing options for osteopathic education in Auckland. AUT has indicated it is interested in offering a programme in osteopathy. Both institutes are committed to growing this important health profession and ensuring that students can access the best training. AUT and Unitec will be consulting with Osteopathic Council New Zealand.”

This statement would be deployed reactively to anyone who asks about our programme or hears rumours about AUT’s new offering. If/when we get to a stage where our partnership is more formalised, then we can advise the Osteopathic Council and work through other details that would follow.

It would be good to tentatively organise a series of meetings to continue to evolve the conversations. Are you okay to organise and host the next meeting so that a tour of the clinic can be included? I am thinking the agenda items could include 1) terms of reference 2) tentative meeting schedule 3) clinic availability and usage 4) clinic tour.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Katie

Hi Katie

Following on from our conversation earlier today I have spoken with our Dean

He agrees in principle with the idea of a joint statement but would discuss it with the Vice Chancellor before giving it is final approval

My suggestion is that it simply says that Unitec and AUT are jointly discussing the future of osteopathic education

Regards

Sue

Dr Susan Shaw
Associate Dean (Academic)

Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences

Auckland University of Technology

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