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Photo: Rebekah Tuileto'a Pule Ma’ata – Pasifika (left) with Tessa at the Christchurch graduation ceremony in 2025. Christchurch-based Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood Education (ECE) graduate, Tessa Karati is grateful for the important role that Open Polytechnic, New Zealand's...
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to: Evaluate project management techniques to inform decision making in an organisation Apply techniques to manage a project within scope, resources, and time, to meet organisational objectives Develop techniques to contribute to high...
The aim of this online course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to apply project management tools, techniques and methodologies, and manage stakeholders.
requirements and demonstrate the workshop skills required for casket presentation, in a funeral services setting.
This online course will help you to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to apply research methods within a business environment.
Open Polytechnic supports the Government’s reforms to create a more collaborative, integrated national network for vocational education in New Zealand.Chief Executive of Open Polytechnic, Dr Caroline Seelig, said the reforms will drive better, more flexible lifelong learning pathways for...
In 2015 Open Polytechnic was a finalist in the Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards for the Excellence in Leading – Atakura Award. The nomination acknowledged the work Open Polytechnic is doing in helping teachers to become more skilled and confident to teach science and mathematics...
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The aim of this online course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to complete an accounting project that contributes to organisational decision making