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As part of its nationwide graduation celebrations, the Open Polytechnic will hold its Wellington graduation ceremony today (16 May) at the Michael Fowler Centre. Starting a National Diploma in Architectural Technology at 17, Open Polytechnic graduate Kevin Hagen originally intended on going to...

The retiring Chair of the Open Polytechnic, Douglas Langford, has welcomed the announcement of new ministerial appointments to its Council by Steven Joyce, Minister of Tertiary Education.  The new appointments include Graeme Hall (Chair), Dr Alan Barker (Deputy Chair), Sue Duncan and Dr Ray...

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...

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...

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...

education performance indicators, the need to embrace the future and other changes all point