Implementing and evaluating the Pasifika success toolkit within Canterbury tertiary organisations

This report documents the implementation and evaluation of a Pasifika Success Toolkit at three Canterbury Tertiary institutions.

Success could be defined quite differently for Pasifika students compared to how institutions measure success; so the study began by establishing what ‘success’ meant to Pasifika students. Once they were able to identify and better understand what Pasifika students saw as success, then effective strategies that would enhance and support Pasifika success within tertiary institutions could be developed.

The five Pasifika Success Indicators in the downloadable tool demonstrate quality practice that students identified as having a significant influence on their perceived pathways to success.

Each indicator has a list of suggested approaches that staff can use to either continue to support an existing initiative or to establish an approach in their department or institution.

Resource download:

Supporting videos:

A group of Pacific students talk about what success means to them.

Three students share their experiences of being Pasifika students at University.

University staff talk about what they learnt from the Pasifika success workshops and how it has impacted their practice.

University staff reflect on difficulties with enhancing Pasifika student success within their institutions and what can be done to improve Pasifika success in their institutions.

Background:

This two-year project builds on the finding of the project Change strategies to enhance Pasifika student success at three Canterbury tertiary institutions. It is a continuing collaboration of the University of Canterbury, Ara Institute of Canterbury and Lincoln University, and focused on amplifying the Pasifika student perspective through the completion and implementation of a Pasifika Resource kit as identified and recommended by the previous project.

Report prepared by Ashalyna Noa, Pauline Luafutu-Simpson, Lorraine Petelo and Sam Uta’I.

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Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)