August 20, 2020
Marae part of teacher training shift
A new marae is included in plans to shift the University of Auckland’s education and social work faculty to the city campus.
The Government is giving the university shovel ready funding for the project, which will enable the faculty to move from the former Auckland Training College site in Epsom in 2024.
It involves refitting at least six buildings, including stripping back the current human sciences building in Wynyard St to the frame and rebuilding it as an environmentally sustainable, fit-for-purpose facility.
Associate Professor Mark Barrow, the Dean of Education and Social Work, says the marae, a Pasifika success facility, virtual learning spaces, multidisciplinary collaborative active learning spaces and other specialist spaces are part of the new approach to tertiary teaching and will also support engagement with Māori and Pasifika students and communities.
Up to 750 workers will be engaged in construction on site at the peak.
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