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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...
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...
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...
National distance learning provider Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (OPNZ) is making its iQualify online platform available free-of-charge to tertiary providers having to stop face-to-face teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The offer is open to any New Zealand tertiary provider and is for...
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Open Polytechnic ākonga (learner) Hannah Hall has always enjoyed the design aspect of architecture, but it wasn’t until January 2024 that she decided to turn it into a career. Hannah, 21, had been working at her family’s coffee shop in Auckland before enrolling in the New Zealand Diploma in...
You will explore the rights and duties of citizens, identify legislation relevant to particular practice situations, and explain the implications of the law for practice. You will also: demonstrate an awareness of different cultural perspectives, including Māori perspectives for describing...
Study Social Work Practice anytime and anywhere you want with New Zealand's specialised provider of distance and online learning courses and qualifications, Open Polytechnic NZ
A new partnership agreement between two of New Zealand’s largest providers of distance learning will help upskill supervisors of school-age distance pupils. The partnership between The Correspondence School and the Open Polytechnic will provide supervisors of around 7000 full-time...