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Open Polytechnic
New Zealand's specialist open and distance learning institution
Open Polytechnic is New Zealand's specialist provider of open and distance learning, enrolling over 30,000 mainly part-time students each year in a wide variety of certificate, diploma and degree programmes. The majority of students are adult learners combining work and study, making the Open Polytechnic one of New Zealand's major educators of people in the workforce.
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Cambridge Family Gets The Wheels In Motion For Gluten-free Food Business
Friday, 15 December 2023, 9:14 am | Open Polytechnic
Sabine Lang’s new gluten-free food business in the Waikato, Lang’s Little Bakery, not only provides for her family’s dietary needs it’s also giving those in the wider community with gluten intolerances a chance to try a range of delectable baked ... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Celebrates New Principal Academic Staff Members
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 9:37 am | Open Polytechnic
Four Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Academic Staff Members, Dr Melissa McMinn (Initial Teacher Education), Dr Mathew Thomas (Engineering), Dr Waireti Roestenburg (Social Health & Wellbeing), and Dr Indu Peiris (Management and Economics) were recently ... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Empowers Ākonga Choice With Business Degree Programmes Changing To Monthly Intakes
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:30 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga is providing greater access to courses for ākonga (learners) and increased flexibility to study at their own pace, by recently changing to a monthly enrolment intake for most of its business degree offerings in the Bachelor ... More >>
New Zealand Defence Force Staff Taking Command Of Their Careers Through Te Pūkenga Study
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 9:51 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have joined forces to recognise prior learning from on-the-job training for military-personnel who undertake tertiary education through Open Polytechnic... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Graduates Celebrate At Graduation Ceremonies
Monday, 29 May 2023, 11:36 am | Open Polytechnic
Seven hundred graduates from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand received their diplomas and degrees from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, either at graduation ceremonies in Auckland, ... More >>
New Accounting Degree Opens For Enrolment At Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 10:57 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga has opened the Bachelor of Accounting [Te Pūkenga] for enrolment. It is the first unified degree programme to be offered across most Te Pūkenga business divisions. The degree was developed over a two-year period by ... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Earns Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:49 pm | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has been working closely with Ako Aotearoa to gain the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) accreditation. To achieve the Ako Aotearoa DFQM , an organisation must build processes and create content ... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Partnership With Ministry Of Education For Teacher Education Refresh Programme Continues
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 9:52 am | Open Polytechnic
Over 1000 teachers have graduated from the Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Teacher Education Refresh programme since it was first launched in 2018, and the specialist online distance learning provider and business division of Te Pūkenga, has now signed ... More >>
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga Recognised With LearnX Platinum Awards
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 11:50 am | Open Polytechnic
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has received the Platinum LearnX awards for Best Learning & Talent Development and Best eLearning Project for Pandemic/ Emergency eLearning. The national online ... More >>
New Open Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga Te Reo Māori Certificate Provides A Foundational Step For Ākonga
Monday, 5 December 2022, 9:13 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga 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). This programme has been created for ākonga (learners) looking to upskill ... More >>
Open Polytechnic - Te Pūkenga Celebrates Recent Graduates
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 12:54 pm | Open Polytechnic
Over 360 graduates celebrated at three separate ceremonies in Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington recently as they graduated with qualifications from online distance learning provider Open Polytechnic - Te Pūkenga. Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood ... More >>
Open Polytechnic Launces New Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Programmes
Friday, 28 October 2022, 7:42 pm | Open Polytechnic
New programmes being launched by the Open Polytechnic are using an innovative network approach to widen national access to initial teacher education. Following approval from the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand and NZQA, Open Polytechnic, a subsidiary ... More >>
Open Polytechnic Recognised With Commonwealth Of Learning Award Of Excellence For Institutional Achievement
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 2:54 pm | Open Polytechnic
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Open Polytechnic Has Received The Commonwealth’s Top Award For Institutional Excellence In Distance Learning. The National Online Learning Provider And Te Pūkenga Subsidiary Received The Prestigious Award At The Recent ... More >>
IHC Staff First Graduates Of New Graduate Diploma In Disability Sector Leadership (Level 7)
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 3:41 pm | Open Polytechnic
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. IHC Specialist Trainer Learning and Development, Beth Wheeler ... More >>
Open Polytechnic Celebrates New Principal Academic Staff Members
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 2:35 pm | Open Polytechnic
Two Open Polytechnic Academic Staff Members, Dr Eric Boamah (Information and Library Studies) and Neil Ballantyne (Social Work), were recently promoted to the prominent position of Principal Academic Staff Member. Open Polytechnic Chief Executive, Dr ... More >>
ESA Publications And IQualify For Schools Relaunch As LearnWell
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 9:23 am | Open Polytechnic
ESA publications and online teaching and learning specialists, iQualify for Schools, both owned by Open Polytechnic, have combined their skills and expertise, and relaunched as LearnWell this week (25 July). ESA Publications has been the leader in providing ... More >>
Strong Performance Highlighted In 2021 Open Polytechnic Annual Report
Monday, 23 May 2022, 11:40 am | Open Polytechnic
The recently released 2021 Annual Report for Open Polytechnic highlights a second year of record enrolment growth, strong financial and course completion results, and significant progress towards closing the equity gap for priority learners. A ... More >>
Teacher Education Refresh programme fees free
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 12:25 pm | Open Polytechnic
The Open Polytechnic recently signed a new agreement with the Ministry of Education which will enable eligible teachers whose registration has lapsed to study the online Teacher Education Refresh (TER) programme fees free. More >>
Open Polytechnic Congratulates Murray Bain On Queens Birthday Honour
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 9:28 am | Open Polytechnic
Former Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Council Chair Murray Bain has been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He served as Council Chair from 2014 - 2020 and received the honour for his services ... More >>
Open Polytechnic 2020 Annual Report Highlights Record Growth
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 9:10 am | Open Polytechnic
Open Polytechnic’s recently released 2020 Annual Report shows the online and distance learning provider enrolled record numbers of learners, increased its overall learner satisfaction, and returned a strong financial result. Open Polytechnic, which became ... More >>
