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OPEN DAY AND WORKSHOPS

The Dunedin School of Art is offering FREE workshop experiences in their world-class fac...
Public seminar green Term 3 - Public Seminar Programme 2018 
THURSDAY 26 JULY 2018, 12 NOON - 1PM, P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO STREET, DUNEDIN
Public Art, Art/Science...
Public seminar red THURS 23 AUG 2018, 12 NOON - 1PM, P152 LECTURE ROOM, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO STREET, DUNEDIN
Capturing Light– Roy Miller New Zealand Stained Glass Art...
Hospitality Kayla Green and Cassandra Hislop A team from Otago Polytechnic’s Central Campus has won silver medals in both the Kitchen and Front of House sections of the prestigious annual Nestlé Toque d...
beeswax wrap image Missed Plastic-Free July? Never fear – Otago Polytechnic has organised a Plastic-Free August.Organised by Seeds (Students Enriching, Educating and Developing...
Chaos and Order2 Otago Polytechnic features strongly at the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards 2018, to be held in Auckland on September 22.Nine Otago Polytec...
CORP research LindaRobertson 007 Alexa Andrew will present this week's occupational therapy webinar.
TUESDAY 21 AUGUST 2018, 12.15 - 1.00PM
ONLINE: CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE
Alexa's to...
Capture earring 1 Otago Polytechnic fashion student Alesha Pyers is on a head-turning mission — to raise awareness of mental health issues through her funky jewellery designs.A...
DES event Fuse 003 Otago Polytechnic Bachelor of Design students will showcase a range of innovative projects next week.Appropriately titled “Fuse”, the exhibition at the Hu...
World Sight Day 2016 Holly H This symposium is an opportunity for professionals and lay people alike to expand their knowledge of eye health.
SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 10.00AM TO 4.00PM
T...
Toque DOr image 2018 A team of top hospitality students from Otago Polytechnic Central Campus will be looking to slice, dice and cook their way to success at this year’s Nestlé...
cropped 21 - 31 AUG, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY
 
Celebrate Art 2018
Otago Secondary Schools
Art Awards Exhibition
Ground Floor, P Block, Riego Stree...
Photo credit: Vanessa Rushton Otago Polytechnic lecturer Jade Morgan has earned a highly commended citation at the Arts Access Corrections Maui Tikitiki a Taranga Awards 2018.Jade received t...
My Learning HEA LTD We are delighted to announce a new initiative for academic staff to support recognition of dual professional practice as part of our staff capability enhancemen...
argentinian flag large Three Otago Polytechnic students have been selected in the latest round of Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America.Sammy Crawford, Joshua Taylor and J...
tuhone EI Symposium 02 Join us for the 2018 Emotional Intelligence Symposium.
FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2018, 8.30AM to 5.00PM
SARGOOD CENTRE, LOGAN PARK DRIVE, DUNEDIN
COS...
CORP campus CampusStudents2016 18 Otago Polytechnic has won a prestigious organisational excellence award — the Baldrige-affiliated Performance Excellence Study Award (PESA).
Otago Polytech...
Sonny Bill Williams 2013 1 opt Sonny Bill Williams has a new goal – to graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree from Otago Polytechnic while continuing his illustrious sporting career.No strange...
trades bldg 230x210 The roof is on, the students are on their way. Read full article...
Default Tuhono Image Dunedin Campus Every few months Academic Board hold an open discussion meeting lead by a member of our Professoriate.
Come along to this week's discussion meeting to part...
Default Tuhono Image Hill Anyone that is involved with Placements, Internships, Work experience or apprenticeships is welcome to come along to a quick overview of the project and a demon...
MID profile RosieNaylor 012 10x This month's Midwifery seminar is presented by Tina Hewitt, a Midwifery Masters student.
MONDAY 20 AUGUST 2018, 1PM
ONLINE VIA ADOBE CONNECT: CLICK HERE T...
CORP campus CampusBuildings 005 Writing's role in research is discussed in this Young Writers' Festival event.
THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2018, 12 NOON to 1PM
P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEG...
Brennan Honour best Otago Polytechnic Sports Turf learner Brennan Honour has been selected to attend the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics 2018 World Congress Young Lea...
Sophie Stevens design1 In her first year of Fashion Design at Otago Polytechnic, Sophie Stevens is once again busily preparing for the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, to be held in Go...
CORP campus CampusStudents2018 006 Local businesses are being encouraged to take on tertiary students for internships over the 2018-2019 summer break.The Enterprise Dunedin business internship p...
ABE gen Carpentry 27 The $1.4 billion new Dunedin hospital project will require trade training for hundreds of Dunedin people so they can help build the facility.Local Advisory Grou...
News banner CelebrateDesign CELEBRATE DESIGN 2018 
Secondary Schools Awards Exhibition                                                                ...
IMG 6758 adjusted "Before this course, my avalanche knowledge was don't get caught in one, cause you can die," says Winter Olympian Jossi Wells, who is among a group of snowspo...
FOYDAT Following many weeks of intensive training, the Football Otago Youth Development Academy Trust (FOYDAT) under-17 team left Dunedin for Northern Ireland at the w...
open plan office John Blower 13 Dec 2011 CC BY NC ND 2.0 Abstracts are invited for a Professional Practice symposium to be held in Dunedin on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The aim of this symposium is to celebrate and sha...
Marion Wassenaar Untitled Dunedin artist Marion Wassenaar has won the Estuary Art and Ecology Prize 2018.The only contemporary art prize in New Zealand with ecology at its core, the comp...
CORP event ScienceinActionDay2018 028 Talking robots, drones tasked with sports analysis, paper rockets, computer game coding, interactive architectural, engineering and product design displays and...
ken silburn 1 Renowned science educator and communicator Ken Silburn will share his passion and expertise at Otago Polytechnic’s Science in Action Day on Tuesday 10 July.P...
IMG 6758 A posse of snowsport stars are gaining expert insights into avalanche risk management through Otago Polytechnic.Winter Olympians Jossi Wells, Migeul Porteous...
ABE event CharityHouse2015 004 United Way, Otago Polytechnic and the Dunedin City Council celebrated community spirit with a grants award ceremony at Otago Polytechnic on Thursday 5 July.Dune...
ABE profile HanrideBruin 004 Hanri de Bruin is preparing for what she describes as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.The second-year Otago Polytechnic Bachelor of Engineering Technolog...
9 July - September 2018, Otago Polytechnic
 
We invite all future students and their families to visit our campus or try one of our short courses! Learn mo...
02A13WX2 More than a dozen Otago Polytechnic students will expand their horizons courtesy of Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia.Three Sports and Exercise students...
Chills students 0005 A group of Otago Polytechnic Communication Design students have been tuning into the kaleidoscopic world of Dunedin band The Chills in recent weeks. Six third-...
CORP event ShadowTech2017 012 Otago Polytechnic will become “tech heaven” for more than 30 secondary schoolgirls from Dunedin and South Otago on Tuesday 26 June, during the region’s an...
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Do you see yourself working in a community career where people come first?
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Property Council NZ 2018 Awards2 Te Pā Tauira — Otago Polytechnic Student Village has won a 2018 Property Council New Zealand Excellence Award.The project claimed the Excellence prize in the...
DSI Symposium 2018 This symposium explores the emerging intersection between Design, Social and Impact in Aotearoa New Zealand.10 - 11 OCTOBER 2018
THE HUB, OTAGO POLYTECHNIC,...
948x393 alumni and friends 02 15x2 Distinguished Alumni Awards 2018
Otago Polytechnic’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni are notable for their contribution to society. Sixteen former students were...
HollyZandbergen 006 op Distinguished Alumni Awards 2018
Otago Polytechnic’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni are notable for their contribution to society. Sixteen former students we...
CORP staff RachelDibble 005 The Māori Research Symposium, Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing, to be held on 9 November, aims to showcase Māori research undertaken at Otago Polytechnic. The sec...
DES Event iDFW2018 DYLANMCCUTCHEON PEAT013 Dylan McCutcheon-Peat has been turning a few heads in London this week, his innovative fashion collection subverting more traditional notions of masculinity.The...
Phil Ker and Lance OSullivan sign MOU Otago Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lance O’Sullivan’s Navilluso Medical Ltd this week, strengthening the ties between two innovativ...
Samoa PM visit 3 The Prime Minister of Samoa, Rt Hon Tuilaepa Dr Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, is visiting Otago Polytechnic today, Thursday 7 June.The Prime Minister was welcomed...
CORP accommodation StudentVillageOpening 016 Te Pā Tauira – Otago Polytechnic Student Village was officially opened by the Hon Dr David Clark today, 1 June. The Minister of Health and MP for Dunedin No...
NUR profile DevonKilkelly 005 Devon Kilkelly can’t wait to return to Africa.The third-year Bachelor of Nursing student at Otago Polytechnic heads to a small fishing village in northern Mal...
Raro dogs 1 Holly Kendrick has no plans to pack lightly for her forthcoming trip to Rarotonga.The Otago Polytechnic School of Veterinary Nursing lecturer heads to the bigge...
EVENT Texpo2018 003 TEXpo — a showcase of local innovative tech research, products and technology industries held at Otago Polytechnic and the University of Otago Business School...
Anna Higgins2 Anna Higgins’ decision to continue her studies at Otago Polytechnic just got a big boost.Having completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Performance A...
DES Event iDFW2018 DYLANMCCUTCHEON PEAT014 Otago Polytechnic Fashion Design graduate Dylan McCutcheon-Peat is packing his bags — along with a whole bunch of clothes, of course — and heading to the p...
CORP accommodation StudentVillageBlessing 18 Te Pā Tauira – Otago Polytechnic Student Village will be officially opened by the Hon Dr David Clark on Friday 1 June at 2pm. The Minister of Health and MP...
NUR gen Nursingclass 067 Following confirmation a University of Otago student contracted meningococcal disease and was hospitalised in a serious condition the weekend of 19-20 May, Publ...
News image Blessing 230x210 The first stage of site works for the new Central Campus development at the Bannockburn Road site, was blessed in the weekend.  Francie Diver of Alexandra perf...
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HOS profile DylanMalcolm 3 Otago Polytechnic learner Dylan Malcolm is relishing the opportunity to soak up others’ ideas and energy at the Global Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovatio...
CORP event AlumniAwards2018 DerekForbes 002 Otago Polytechnic’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards, held last week, marked a coming together of people with a passion.
The 16-strong list of nominees ran...
CORP staff KenWyber 12 We are adding a new topic, Technologies, to the suite of issues of our Scope: Contemporary Research Topics journal. Scope (Technologies) is a journal that prov...
CORP 50th HubOpening 6 In the second half of 2018 we are holding a series of seminars aimed at discussion and dissemination of research-informed education practice.  
26 JUNE 201...
Holly Robinson2 New Zealand sporting stars Kelly Brazier and Holly Robinson have a few things in common.Both shone at the recent Commonwealth Games, Kelly grabbing gold in the...
Jaynes Corp visit 3 Representatives from high-performing US construction company Jaynes Corporation are visiting Otago Polytechnic, bringing with them their performance excellenc...
Learning and Teaching Development CAB This module is part of the Moodle Training Suite | Creator Series. The Creator Series is designed to provide guidance on how to build a course, administ...
Learning and Teaching Development COER This module is part of the Moodle Training Suite | Start Up Series. The Start Up Series is designed to give you a foundational knowledge of Moodle before...
AYA phone prototype RGB Otago Polytechnic learners have been working with the Southern DHB develop a prototype app aimed at helping adolescents and young adults who are living with can...
CORP event orientation2017 006 Visiting Associate Professor Carla Houkamau presents preliminary findings of the Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Survey.
13 SEPTEMBER 2018, 1 - 2 PM...
CORP event Graduation Dec 2015 32 This week Auckland International Campus (AIC) will celebrate the graduation of 145 of its international students.
 Gagan Sachdeva, Chief Executive AIC, says...
ABE gen EV 033 Otago Polytechnic is rolling out a wide-ranging series of Electric Vehicle (EV) short courses and micro-credentials under our EduBits brand aimed at meeting a g...
Forsyth Barr Otago Polytechnic and Dunedin Venues Management Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will provide Otago learners with important, real-world wo...
Casey Daniells2 Otago Polytechnic’s Veterinary Nursing learners are taking a walk on the wild side.This year we have introduced an on-campus New Zealand Diploma of Veterinary...
IMG 8931 The efforts of the wonderful experts at the Wildlife Hospital have been recognised in a large feature in British newspaper The Guardian.Photographer Murdo MacLe...
CORP staff GenericStaff 112 At Otago Polytechnic we have an online Student Hub filled with resources for our learners. We have a similar space called Tūhono for our staff. From midday Mon...
CORP WLH 10kDonation 001 Otago Polytechnic continues its strong support for the Wildlife Hospital, donating $10,000 to the Dunedin facility yesterday.The donation is timely, too. Saturd...
NUR gen NursingClass 009 Otago Polytechnic’s latest Graduate Destination Survey has found that 96% of our graduates are either employed or undertaking further study.
For Otago Poly...
CORP accommodation StudentVillageBlessing 020 It might be brand-new, but Te Pā Tauira-Otago Polytechnic Student Village has connections that reach back through generations.The names for each level of Te P...
IMG 4324 Keen to get stuck in and help the Wildlife Hospital? Want to know more?Come along to Orientation Week, when the Wildlife Hospital Students’ Association (WHSA)...
Tianjin OP trio “Inspirational” is the first word that comes to mind for three Otago Polytechnic students who have recently returned from the Sino-New Zealand Model Program...
1300x830 Fees free The introduction of the Government’s Fees Free tertiary policy in 2018 is an exciting prospect for students as well as Otago Polytechnic, says Chief Executive...
CTANZ Otago Polytechnic will host the 2018 symposium of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand.
21 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2018, THE HUB, OTAGO POLYTECHNIC, DUN...
IMG 6282 x As part of a joint collaboration to showcase Riversun Nursery’s Pinot Noir varieties, this week Otago Polytechnic Viticulture students are planting 240 Pinot...
Kayla Green 230x210 Kayla Green has created a career pathway that has been surprising even to herself! Kayla was a student at Cromwell College, and her interest in Home Economics a...
ashleigh Smith Queen Otago Polytechnic Nursing student, Ashleigh Smith has received a ‘Queens Young Leaders Award’ from Queen Elizabeth II for her work with 'Sticks n Stones' a...
NewsBarista Our next 2-day Barista course starts 23 August 2018. Enrol early as spaces are limited!...
Fotolia 105404175 L Otago Polytechnic Central Campus in Cromwell is planning a new programme in brewing beer.Marketing Manager, Melanie Kees, says the new qualification would begin...
Food safety 230x210 chopping Apply now for our next courses on  Thursday 13 September 2018.  
Working with food? These programmes are a legal requirement in some workplaces, and are ...
A gastronomic tour of Europe will give three staff from Otago Polytechnic inspiration from some of the world's best chefs.Associate Prof Richard Mitchell, Tony...