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A collaboration between Open Polytechnic’s iQualify online learning platform and the New Zealand branch of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) will see local engineers able to upskill through micro-credentials.IPWEA NZ is the peak association for professionals who...
ESA Publications, a subsidiary company of The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Ltd, has printed thousands of workbooks and distributed them to the Ministry of Education to help school pupils who do not have access to devices or the internet as part of the Ministry’s COVID-19 learning from home...
Open Polytechnic has seen a significant increase in enrolments in its online offering of the New Zealand Certificate in Financial Services (Level 5) since it opened version 2 of the programme in 2019. New Zealand’s specialist provider of online and distance learning, Open Polytechnic has been...
Open Polytechnic hosted a technology focused event called ‘Bring your science teacher to breakfast’ on Friday 12 May, 7.30-8.30am, at its Lower Hutt campus, as part of the 2017 Hutt STEMM Festival.During the event, NCEA science students and teachers from the Hutt Valley explored the...
The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is calling for submissions to present at their bi-annual conference ‘Shift Happens – Resilience, Relevance and Reform’.To be held in Wellington, 11-13 April 2012, the DEANZ conference is New Zealand’s premier event for leaders and...
Nobody’s too sure – that’s why the Mental Health Foundation is working with Open Polytechnic researcher Dr Peta Wellstead on a new project called “The information seeking behaviour of New Zealand men who may be experiencing life stress”. Part of the project is a Kiwi men’s survey....
Maximising learning opportunities and reducing barriers to success are key objectives in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between The Skills Organisation and the Open Polytechnic. The two organisations have been working together since 1992, with the relationship being further...
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand is celebrating receiving two international accolades at the Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning being held in Nigeria this week (2-6 December 2013). Under the Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) Excellence in Distance Education Awards the Open Polytechnic...
Open Polytechnic Lecturer for Information and Library studies, Sarah Welland, has been awarded the Ian McLean Wards Scholarship of $10,000 to support her community archives research project. “This scholarship will provide a wonderful opportunity to research an area of archives management that...
A recently signed Memorandum of Intent between The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, the Funeral Service Training Trust of New Zealand and Auckland Institute of Studies will see the three organisations collaborating to develop programmes of study for the funeral services industry.The...
