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Open Polytechnic publishes annual Research Report 2023

Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, recently published its annual Research Report for 2023.

Open Polytechnic at the forefront of flexible learning

Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, and New Zealand’s leading tertiary online learning institution, is proud to sponsor and be involved in this year’s Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) conference, which started on Monday at the…

Open Polytechnic celebrates first graduates of Funeral Directing programme

Open Polytechnic and New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, celebrated the first graduates of its Funeral Directing programme at ceremonies held in Christchurch and Auckland recently.  

Open Polytechnic graduates celebrate at ceremonies around the country

Open Polytechnic celebrates first graduates of initial teacher education qualifications

More learners seek futures through online skills training

Interest in online vocational education continues to increase with specialist distance and online learning provider, Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, receiving over 11% more full-time student enrolments so far in 2024, compared with the same period last…

Open Polytechnic congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig on King’s New Year Honour

Open Polytechnic congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours.

Cambridge family gets the wheels in motion for gluten-free food business

Sabine Lang’s new gluten-free food business in the Waikato, Lang’s Little Bakery, not only provides for her family’s dietary needs it’s also giving those in the wider community with gluten intolerances a chance to try a range of delectable baked…

Open Polytechnic celebrates new Principal Academic Staff Members  

Four Open Polytechnic Academic Staff Members, Dr Melissa McMinn (Initial Teacher Education), Dr Mathew Thomas (Engineering), Dr Waireti Roestenburg (Social Health & Wellbeing), and Dr Indu Peiris (Management and Economics) were recently promoted to the prominent position of Principal Academic Staff…

Open Polytechnic empowers ākonga choice with business degree programmes changing to monthly intakes

Open Polytechnic 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…