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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...
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...
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...
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2016 Kua Hii Ake Te Ata Study Award. Our Study Awards are aimed at encouraging and supporting our Māori students towards completing a Level 5 or above qualification. There were twelve students who were successful in the final intake during November. The...
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...
An international organisation dealing with water issues is calling for researchers to make submissions on water issues with a New Zealand flavour. The 17th Congress of the Asia Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research will be held in Auckland next...
The Open Polytechnic has opened provisional enrolments for its new nationwide early childhood education teaching degree. The Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) is currently pending accreditation and approval from the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Quality (ITPQ) and the...
National online learning provider Open Polytechnic of New Zealand recorded a significant increase in learner enrolments for 2019.Open Polytechnic recorded a 4% increase in equivalent full-time student (EFTS) numbers in 2019 to reach 5641 EFTS.Open Polytechnic is the sector’s largest provider...
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...