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• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga empowers ākonga choice with business degree programmes changing to monthly intakes

  Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga is providing greater access to courses for ākonga (learners) and increased flexibility to study at their own pace, by recently changing to a monthly enrolment intake for most of its business degree offerings in the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Applied Management, and graduate qualifications in business. 

  Posted on 4 September 2023

• New Zealand Defence Force staff taking command of their careers through Te Pūkenga study

  Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have joined forces to recognise prior learning from on-the-job training for military-personnel who undertake tertiary education through Open Polytechnic.

  Posted on 9 August 2023

• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduates celebrate at graduation ceremonies

  Seven hundred graduates from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand received their diplomas and degrees from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, either at graduation ceremonies in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, or in absentia, in May 2023.

  Posted on 29 May 2023

• Open Polytechnic helps floristry learner’s career bloom

  Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduate Jessica Cooper has not only turned a hobby of picking and wrapping flowers into a career, but recently she attended the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show which ran from 29 March to 2 April 2023.

  Posted on 4 April 2023

• New accounting degree opens for enrolment at Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga

  Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga has opened the Bachelor of Accounting [Te Pūkenga] for enrolment.  It is the first unified degree programme to be offered across most Te Pūkenga business divisions. 

  Posted on 29 March 2023

• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga earns Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark

  Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has been working closely with Ako Aotearoa to gain the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) accreditation.

  Posted on 1 February 2023

• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga partnership with Ministry of Education to deliver Teacher Education Refresh Programme continues

  Over 1000 teachers have graduated from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Teacher Education Refresh programme since it was first launched in 2018, and the specialist online distance learning provider and business division of Te Pūkenga, has now signed a new contract with the Ministry of Education (MoE) to continue delivering the programme.  

  Posted on 19 December 2022

• Open Polytechnic Chief Executive completes tenure

  Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga General Manager, Dr Caroline Seelig, completed her tenure with the specialist distance learning organisation in December 2022.

  Posted on 14 December 2022

• Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga recognised with LearnX Platinum Awards

  Aotearoa New Zealand’s Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has received the Platinum LearnX awards for Best Learning & Talent Development and Best eLearning Project for Pandemic/ Emergency eLearning.

  Posted on 6 December 2022

• New Open Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga Te Reo Māori certificate provides a foundational step for ākonga

  Open Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga is now accepting enrolments into its new online Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Reo Rua) (Te Kaupae 1) - New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo (Bilingual) (Level 1).

  Posted on 5 December 2022