Queen's is a proud member of the Matariki Network of Universities, an international group of leading, like-minded universities, each amongst the most historic in its own country, and recognised as being:
- A premier place of advanced learning, nationally and internationally;
- Research-intensive across a broad subject base;
- Focused on providing a high-quality student experience;
- Flexible, modern, innovative, comprehensive and globally-orientated.
The 2023 Matariki Leadership Programme
This Matariki program saw great success in its second year in bringing together senior professional managers from four different Matariki partners to take part in synchronous and asynchronous online sessions from April 18th/19th to May 30th/31st. The participants for the 2023 cohort came from a wide range of backgrounds, working for Durham University, University of Otago, Queen's University, and Uppsala University.
The final event for the 2023 Programme consisted of a panel chaired by Shannon Hill from Queen’s University and featured the following panellists: Durham – Joanne Race (Director of Human Resources & Organisation Development), Otago – David Thomson (Director of Strategy, Analytics, and Reporting), and Queen’s – Sultan AlMajil (Director, Queen’s International Centre). The panel discussed their own experiences and insights on fulfilling their leadership positions, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and now in the post-pandemic world.
Plans are already underway by the Leadership Programme Planning Committee for continuing the programme in the future, as well as developing an alumni programme for past cohorts.
Matariki Librarians' Summit
Library Directors and Special Collections experts from the seven Matariki universities visited Dartmouth in late July for professional development and networking.
The Library Directors met over two days to discuss strategic planning, working with Indigenous communities, the changing scholarly publishing landscape, and artificial intelligence and libraries. Meanwhile, the Special Collections experts participated in a four-day Librarians Active Learning Institute for Archives & Special Collections (LALI program).
LALI helps Librarians and Archivists develop and refine their skills as learner-centred teachers, instructional designers, and collaborators. Participants were introduced to active learning pedagogy through which students are active collaborators in the joint endeavour of research instruction.
Following several productive and stimulating days together, the Library Directors reaffirmed their commitment to the Matariki partnership and are actively planning for a 2024 meeting at Otago.
Front row (left to right): Elizabeth Hadley (Dartmouth), Johanna Hansson (Uppsala), Peter Carini (Dartmouth), Judy Burg (Durham).
Second row: Marianne Dörr (Tübingen), Katie Mills (University of Western Australia), Jill Benn (University of Western Australia), Laura Barrett (Dartmouth).
Third row: Catherine Hammond (Otago), Timo Blocksdorf (Tübingen), Cindy Rosalbo (Dartmouth), Mike Wall (Otago), Susanne Mehrer (Dartmouth).
Fourth row: Mark Asberg (Queen’s), Maria Berggren (Uppsala), Brendan Edwards (Queen’s), Regina Keyler (Tübingen), Danielle Westerhof (Durham).