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The Open Polytechnic celebrated graduation in May with ceremonies around the country. The nation’s specialist provider of distance learning, each year the Open Polytechnic holds ceremonies in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. For Auckland’s Sandra Johnson, graduating with a Bachelor of...

Open Polytechnic attended the Marlborough Tasman Veterans’ Support Forum in Nelson recently.  The event was hosted by Veterans’ Affairs and The Ranfurly Veterans’ Trust and was open to all current and ex-serving members of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and their families and...

James Cook High School in Auckland is working with The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand to move its courses online in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The two education providers have been working together for two years to explore innovative ways of enriching classroom teaching through online...

Lower Hutt-based distance learning provider the Open Polytechnic is celebrating being named a finalist in the 2011 Wellington Gold Awards.Announced this week (13th April), the Open Polytechnic is a finalist in the ‘Supporting Gold’ category.Enrolling around 29,000 learners nation-wide each...

The Open Polytechnic Council has appointed two new community representatives to Council.Open Polytechnic Council Chair, Graeme Hall, says new members Glenis Philip-Barbara and Sue Sutherland bring a wealth of tertiary education relevant sector experience and specialised skills to their new...

Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, has been selected by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) to develop their cross government intercultural competency programme. Open Polytechnic will be undertaking the educational design...

A new partnership agreement between two of New Zealand’s largest providers of distance learning will help upskill supervisors of school-age distance pupils. The partnership between The Correspondence School and the Open Polytechnic will provide supervisors of around 7000 full-time...

Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s leading provider of online and distance learning, has scooped the Technology and Innovation award at the 2018 Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards.The awards, organised by the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce, seek to showcase the diverse, progressive and...

                      Chief executives panel: Mike Hollings, CEO Te Kura, Dr Caroline Seelig, CEO Open Polytechnic, Hon. Steve Maharey, Vice-Chancellor Massey University.The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) 2012 conference kicks off today in Wellington and features an...

National distance learning provider Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (OPNZ) is making its iQualify online platform available free-of-charge to tertiary providers having to stop face-to-face teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The offer is open to any New Zealand tertiary provider and is for...