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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...
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...
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (OPNZ) has today, (Tuesday 31 March), confirmed it will take responsibility for Tai Poutini Polytechnic from 1 January 2027, securing the future of vocational education and training on the West Coast. Sharon Cooke, Chief Executive, Open Polytechnic Chief Executive...
Role at Open Polytechnic I am an Academic Staff Member for the Diploma in Funeral Directing. My role is to support learners with their online study and provide assessment guidance, whist providing the inspiration and motivation to achieve the qualification. My goal is to make the learning...
Role at Open Polytechnic I am the Academic Staff Member for the Interior Décor course - IDE400, and I provide academic support to students. In my role, I bring my wide range of experiences in Fine Arts, the industry, having exhibited both nationally and internationally. Subject areas taught...
Terms and Conditions – Draw - ‘Bachelor of Social Work Survey’ Information on how to enter the draw forms part of the conditions of entry. Entry is only open to the recipients of the email inviting participation. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries....
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