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Hutt Valley STEMM event explores digital learning
Monday, 15 May 2017, 2:48 pm | Open Polytechnic
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. More >>
STEMM Festival
Monday, 8 May 2017, 4:03 pm | Open Polytechnic
Welcome back to the humanities - Professor says STEMM skills mean little without communication, collaboration skills. More >>
New degree will benefit mental health sectors
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:19 am | Open Polytechnic
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 ... More >>
New online course to help make New Zealand workplaces safer
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 11:36 am | Open Polytechnic
A new health and safety course, offered online through a collaboration between WorksafeReps and Open Polytechnic, will help workplace health and safety representatives gain the skills they need to promote safer work practices. More >>
Open Polytechnic wins at Wellington Region Business Awards
Monday, 7 November 2016, 2:53 pm | Open Polytechnic
The Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s largest provider of flexible distance learning at tertiary level, won the Professional Services category at Friday night’s (4 November) Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards. More >>
Open Polytechnic Launches New ECE Diploma
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 3:09 pm | Open Polytechnic
The launch of the New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5) by Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s leading provider of distance learning, is aimed at upskilling students who want to pursue a career in the early childhood education ... More >>
Two new fee-free adult education qualifications launched
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 1:29 pm | Open Polytechnic
The launch of two new fee-free qualifications in adult education by Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s leading provider of online and distance learning, are aimed at helping educators lift the skills levels of adults in the workplaces and communities they ... More >>
Open Polytechnic Interest in Online Delivery for Schools
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 5:12 pm | Open Polytechnic
New Zealand’s specialist provider of tertiary distance learning says it would welcome the opportunity to work with the school sector under proposed Government moves to create a new category of online learning delivery for schools. More >>
Open Polytechnic looking forward to Hutt STEMM Festival
Friday, 3 June 2016, 10:29 am | Open Polytechnic
For the second year, Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s largest provider of online and distance learning at tertiary level, is proud to support the Hutt STEMM Festival taking place from Saturday 4th –Sunday 12th June 2016 at venues around the Hutt ... More >>
Technology Valley renewal dependent on crowdfunding
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 2:24 pm | Open Polytechnic
Technology Valley renewal dependent on new forms of crowdfunding and crowd lending 2 June 2016 More >>
Open Polytechnic students celebrate graduation in Wellington
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:47 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s leading provider of online and distance education, held the second of their 2016 national graduation ceremonies yesterday (10 May) in Wellington at the Michael Fowler Centre. More >>
Open Polytechnic students top in nationwide examinations
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 10:35 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic student Denise Roux was recently named the top graduate in the New Zealand Law Society Legal Executive Diploma. More >>
Collaborative EnhanceR2P research project secures funding
Friday, 27 November 2015, 1:38 pm | Open Polytechnic
Researchers led by Open Polytechnic’s Neil Ballantyne have secured Ako Aotearoa funding for a collaborative sector-wide project into social workers’ readiness to practise in the field. More >>
Open Polytechnic student makes a difference in home country
Tuesday, 10 November 2015, 4:58 pm | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic Bachelor of Arts graduate Driden Kanuka is set to send over 40,000 books to underprivileged schools in his home country, Zimbabwe. More >>
Hutt City scholarship makes a difference to Hutt students
Friday, 6 November 2015, 3:31 pm | Open Polytechnic
Teachers making use of the Hutt City Mayoral Scholarship for the Open Polytechnic’s Graduate Certificate in Primary Science Teaching are not only improving their teaching of science, but have been able to purchase supplies for their classrooms that made ... More >>
No tuition cost increases for Open Polytechnic
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 1:51 pm | Open Polytechnic
Fee-paying students at one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary education organisations will have no increase in tuition costs next year. More >>
Open Polytechnic launches online learning platform
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 11:13 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic’s new digital platform, iQualify, will deliver world-class online learning for its students and open up new education and training opportunities for other organisations. More >>
Mathematics teaching on agenda at Hutt STEMM Festival
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 11:46 am | Open Polytechnic
Helping primary school teachers gain a solid grounding in mathematics teaching so that they can confidently teach the subject in the classroom was the focus of an Open Polytechnic hosted event held this morning (4 June) as part of the Hutt STEMM ... More >>
Open Polytechnic celebrates Auckland graduation
Friday, 29 May 2015, 12:13 pm | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic Auckland graduate Rhonda Munster first learned about distance education 40 years ago when her mother studied by correspondence. More >>
Open Polytechnic farewells Erima Henare
Friday, 8 May 2015, 4:12 pm | Open Polytechnic
Kua hinga te tōtara nui o te wao nui a Tāne-mahuta. A great tōtara tree from the forest of Tāne-mahuta has fallen. More >>