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Daniel, who graduated from the Open Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting in 2008 is now a Senior Supervising Accountant at Chatfield and Co. Chartered Accountants in Auckland. He is currently an Associate Chartered Accountant and is completing the final requirements to...
Finding her passion “Seventeen years before starting my Bachelor of Applied Science, I had started on a Bachelor of Business which was also through the Open Polytechnic. Unfortunately I only got through five of the papers before having to give up for family reasons,” Rhonda explains. Years...
This online course will give you the skills and knowledge to contribute as a member of a project team to the various stages of a project.
This online engineering course will enable you to gain introductory theoretical and practical concepts of land surveying.
teaching profession. The course develops ākonga abilities to assess information from a range of sources , undertake research, and write formally as required by a teacher. There will be an emphasis on locating and using resources in the local community.
When you are studying you will cover lots of new information, and it can be difficult to remember everything you read and hear. Taking notes is a useful way to help you recall the important information that you will need to refer to later. The basics of good note taking means that you will:...
Seeking out distance study options, Kilisi came across Open Polytechnic’s early childhood programmes. She now works full-time with the Auckland-based centre where she completed her practicum. Fresh start Kilisi arrived in New Zealand as a 34-year-old with her husband looking for a new life....
Learn how to include a reference list and in-text citations in your assignments so you can to acknowledge where your information came from.
Walking across the stage in front of friends and family at her graduation ceremony was a proud moment for Emma who says she was ‘stoked’ to have achieved her goal of graduating with a tertiary qualification. “I feel like I have come a long way and I have learnt a lot,” she says. “I...