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Taranaki resident Kylie Filbee-Cronin juggled working full-time while ticking-off a string of life achievements during her time studying towards a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with the Open Polytechnic.
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.
Online learning through the iQualify platform will soon complement on-the-job training for hundreds of hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy apprentices, industry trainees and gateway trainees throughout the country.
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.
Two IDEA Services staff who were among the first in New Zealand to enrol in the Open Polytechnic Graduate Diploma in Disability Sector Leadership (Level 7), have recently graduated.
Open Polytechnic has opened the Bachelor of Accounting for enrolment. It is the first unified degree programme to be offered across most NZIST business divisions.
Open Polytechnic is now accepting enrolments into its new online Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Reo Rua) (Te Kaupae 1) - New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo (Bilingual) (Level 1).
A new public relations textbook is the first to focus on New Zealand’s unique cultural, communication, and information environment, says its lead author Associate Professor Gary Mersham.
Enrolments are now open for Open Polytechnic’s new Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing. Offered through a mix of online learning and face-to-face workshops, the degree prepares graduates to work in the mental health, addictions and disability sectors.