Find out the latest news from Open Polytechnic.
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More learners seek futures through online skills training
Interest in online vocational education continues to increase with specialist distance and online learning provider, Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, receiving over 11% more full-time student enrolments so far in 2024, compared with the same period last year.
Posted on 27 February 2024
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Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig on King’s New Year Honour
Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, congratulates Dr Caroline Seelig who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours.
Posted on 23 January 2024
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Cambridge family gets the wheels in motion for gluten-free food business
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 treats.
Posted on 15 December 2023
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Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga celebrates new Principal Academic Staff Members
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 promoted to the prominent position of Principal Academic Staff Member.
Posted on 25 October 2023
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Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga empowers ākonga choice with business degree programmes changing to monthly intakes
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 of Business, Bachelor of Applied Management, and graduate qualifications in business.
Posted on 4 September 2023
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New Zealand Defence Force staff taking command of their careers through Te Pūkenga study
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.
Posted on 9 August 2023
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Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduates celebrate at graduation ceremonies
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, Wellington and Christchurch, or in absentia, in May 2023.
Posted on 29 May 2023
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Open Polytechnic helps floristry learner’s career bloom
Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga graduate Jessica Cooper has not only turned a hobby of picking and wrapping flowers into a career, but recently she attended the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show which ran from 29 March to 2 April 2023.
Posted on 4 April 2023
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New accounting degree opens for enrolment at Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga
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.
Posted on 29 March 2023
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Open Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga earns Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark
Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pūkenga, has been working closely with Ako Aotearoa to gain the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) accreditation.
Posted on 1 February 2023