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Quad and Hub exterior Due to Covid-19 disruption, NZQA have introduced a change to University Entrance requirements for those learners who have studied and achieved NCEA Level 3 dur...
iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2020 hero FillWzYyMywzNTVd Tickets are on sale now for the premiere of the iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2020 video and winners announcement! 7pm – 9pm Friday 7 August The H...
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Student Voice Symposium 2020 Manaaki Hoepo   “The opening day of this important symposium has been deeply empowering."That was the summary of Nathan Laurie, Otago Polytechnic Student Association pres...
CORP campus CampusStudents2016 053 Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin campus will be thrumming with student opinions, ideas, concerns and discussions this week.The inaugural Student Voice Symposium -...
MID profile RosieNaylor 012 10x small v2 All are welcome to join us for the Midwifery Research Seminar presentation on Monday 28 September at 1pm. This will be an adobe connect meeting: https://adobeco...
CORP symposium EducationWorkforce2016 027 Kia ora koutou Toi Ohomai is very excited to welcome you to the ITP Research Symposium this Thursday and Friday. Attached is the Programme and Book of Abstracts...
Oscar Hetherington new Otago Polytechnic photography student Oscar Hetherington has won the Grand Prize at the Sony Imaging 2020 Alpha Awards.Oscar, whose $10,000 prize comprises $800...
STEAM1 Otago Polytechnic has played host to more than 40 vibrant, visionary and, significantly, community-spirited projects developed by school pupils over the past tw...
Fotolia 24758350 S The New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) has joined forces with Swedish-based FutureGames and Otago Polytechnic, to develop new, world-class vocation...
Crop v5 Otago Polytechnic’s Auckland International Campus felt like home for Malde Keshvala, who came all the way from India to study the Graduate Diploma in Informat...
2010 Areta Wilkinson A small but significant exhibition, opening next week, provides a slice of history of the Dunedin School of Art.Commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Dunedi...
JennyCrop Willingness to learn and a can-do attitude are essential for succeeding in the New Zealand workforce, according to a recent graduate who is now working for a pr...
ENG gen EnglishClass 009 Otago Polytechnic’s Adult Learning Awards, to be held on Thursday 10 September, shine a light on learning paths strewn with personal challenges. From the imp...
Charlotte Reverley St Hildas Collegiate Celebrate Art overall winner The Celebrate Art Secondary Schools Art Awards 2020 have attracted a range of exciting and accomplished works.Now in its sixth year, the Dunedin School of Art e...
CCS A1 Exhibition Poster V4 crop The Complete Entanglement of EverythingExhibition dates: 28 September ― 2 October, 2020Exhibition Venue: Dunedin School of Art, Riego Street, (off Albany St...
Excellent Scholars3 Our most recent batch of Excellent Scholars are grateful to their lecturers for the support they’ve provided to help them succeed. Staff and students gathered...
ATEM v2 The Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) is a professional body in Australasia for tertiary education professional staff and managers. The Aotea...
CPL profile KylieEllis 4 Presentations are sought for a Professional Practice Symposium. WHEN: Tuesday 24th November 2020, 9am – TBCWHY: Celebrating and sharing our diversity and exp...
web 1433045 1920 Otago Polytechnic is organising Aotearoa New Zealand's contribution to ePIC 2020, the 18th International Conference on Open Education and Open Recognition techn...
Covid Level 2 Tuhono 002 v2 Otago Polytechnic will maintain its rigorous approach to learner and staff safety during Covid Alert Level 2.Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin and Central Campuses...
CORP staff JosieCrawley 005 Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing Lecturer Josie Crawley has won an Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award.  Josie is one of four teachers to wi...
116432994 10160002437844115 4827808039630610530 o Our students and new graduates had the opportunity to explore the job market at the Careers Expo at ASB Showgrounds last week. Three staff and about 25 students...
Covid Level 2 Tuhono 002 Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin and Central Campuses moved to Alert Level 2 operations as of 12pm on Wednesday 12 August in response to the Government’s Cov...
Hamish Robertson 5 Hamish Robertson didn’t let injury stand in the way of him playing a hand in the Otago Nuggets’ successful 2020 National Basketball League campaign. The...
CORP event TertiaryOpenDay2019 013 Otago Polytechnic will welcome prospective students to campus on Monday.   Dunedin Tertiary Open Day, on 10 August from 9am to 3.30pm, is an opportunity f...
CORP event TertiaryOpenDay2019 011 Find out the latest news across the RoVE programme here...
IMG 6855 2 We’re welcoming a new cohort of students to our Auckland International Campus this week. Our current students have gradually been returning to campus over the...
Stephen Town NZIST 6July2020 A message from Stephen Town, Chief Executive, New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology:  Kia ora koutou katoa. Over the past five months, since April 202...
CORP campus CampusStudents2016 033 Many staff likely will have heard about the Hardship Fund for Learners (HAFL), which provides temporary financial assistance for currently enrolled tertiary l...
Fotolia 40318870 XL Like so many within OP, our Occupational Therapy staff work hard to ensure learners have the best learning experience possible – this includes dealing...
CORP Campus Aerial 005 Work to redevelop aspects of Dunedin's student area has progressed with the awarding of a contract for preliminary design work and an indicative business case....
Crop2 v3 Alimahmad Hudda came to OPAIC to gain some international experience and pursue his interest in business. He previously studied Information Technology in his hom...
smoke and morrors This week Peter Cleverley talked to Rebecca Ryan from the Oamaru Mail about painting and a life centred on making art. Peter is a former Staff member at the Dun...
1280px Tamaki River With The Two Bridges 01 Congratulations to Kate Van der Drift who has won the 14th Estuary and Ecology Art Awards.   The Estuary and Ecology Art Awards are the only contemporary art...
Post banner Public Seminar2020 Green Dunedin School of Art Lunchtime Research Seminars Schedule Term 3, 2020  THURS 30 JULY, 12.00 – 1.00 PM, P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO ST, DUNEDIN  Ed...
20200711 020351237 iOS Winter is the planting season and OPAIC students and staff have joined Conservation Volunteers New Zealand to plant native trees to help restore parks and reser...
1920x1080 Announcement 24 July Otago Polytechnic welcomes the announcement of a multi-million-dollar Trade Training Centre, to be built at the heart of its Forth St Campus.Dr David Clark, Lab...
ABE gen Carpentry 015 Otago Polytechnic has witnessed a significant rise in student enrolments following the introduction of the Government’s Targeted Training and Apprenticeships...
This one v3 Management student Tavish Sehgal is thriving at OPAIC and helping other students to achieve. He’s grateful for the early challenges he faced during his Englis...
TOD 2020 Event tile Speak to our friendly tutors about your study options and career goals! We have a range of tutors from different subjects available in the in the Hub at Polytec...
close up photography of a red cherry fruit 162689 There are good summer jobs available for international students studying in Central Otago. Central Otago is the location of our boutique Cromwell campus, which...
Indian event The July issue of OPAIC staff newsletter, AIC Way, is out now. Check your inbox for your copy or read it online here. ...
2 v8 A cross-department team from Otago Polytechnic has reflected on their online teaching experiences for a new research paper. The lockdown pushed tertiary educati...
School of art 15 JULY, 2020 10:30am — 11:30am, DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY, THE OCTAGON, DUNEDIN.   JIM TOMLIN MNZO Head of School 1976-2000 and BRIDIE LONIE, Head of S...
Boon OPAIC’s partnership with an Information Technology professional with more than 30 years of experience in the industry is reaping benefits for everyone involve...
Tu hono DSA Student Story Tasked with the creation of the Dunedin School of Art’s 150th anniversary logo, Tiahli Curran-Hogg and Alysha Beattie pay tribute to the school’s long histo...
JC1 Juan Carlo Crispino came to OPAIC to gain a qualification that would back up his work experience. JC studied advertising back home in the Philippines and was a...
CORP DNDN CityBuidlings 002 v2 Otago Polytechnic has joined forces with a wide range of partners to offer two seminars for job seekers this week.The events, which will be held at Forsyth Barr...
Excellent Scholars Edit We would like to congratulate all of our Excellent Scholars and Student Ambassadors who were recognised at today’s awards ceremony. Excellent Scholars recipie...
AKL events PRIMZConference 16 Two OPAIC students had the opportunity to expand their knowledge of the project management industry and to network with professionals recently. Postgraduate Dip...
CORP campus CampusStudents2016 042 v2 Otago Polytechnic’s value to the Dunedin economy has increased by more than $100 million in the past five years.An economic impact report, commissioned by Ota...
Central pic v2 Covid-19 has certainly changed employment markets and work opportunities. In New Zealand, what were considered traditional skills areas are making a come back....
ABE profile AnnaWinskill 005 Otago Polytechnic welcomes the Government’s decision to scrap fees for a wide range of vocational education programmes.The Government this week gave more deta...
1 A Help us make a better world by contributing to a hot new project – OP’s new community composting station! Located between S Block and Te Pā Tauira Student...
wood light vacation picnic 60006 The latest issue of OPAIC staff newsletter, AIC Way, is out now. Check your email for your copy or read it online here. ...
Hardik2.Cropjpg Our new Student Representative is Bachelor of Applied Management student Hardik from Chandigarh, India. Hardik has already been an active Student Ambassador at...
JIMcrop Congratulations to Jim Tomlin, former Head of School, Dunedin School of Art who has been awarded ONZM for services to Art Education.   Jim Tomlin was the Head...
photo of person typing on computer keyboard 735911 Two of our Graduate Diploma in Information Technology students have recently built a business intelligence dashboard for a retail company as part of their studi...
CORP event TouchstoneBlessing 009 v2 KIA HIWA RĀ! KIA HIWA RĀ! The Māori Research Symposium: Kaitiakitaka will be held at Otago Polytechnic on 4 December 2020 and will showcase Māori research....
person writing on paper on top of table 544965 An OPAIC construction graduate who has gone on to a successful career in the industry has shared his wisdom with current students. Bruce Kang graduated from OPA...
Countdown2 OPAIC student Bhavdeep Singh is proud to be an essential worker helping to serve the community during Covid-19. He’s one of many students and graduates helpin...
person holding diploma 2293027Crop Our students were fortunate to hear stories and tips from successful graduates during an online Alumni Panel Discussion last week. Our Employability and Indust...
SikanderCrop  Sikandar Hirani enrolled in the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) to gain technical knowledge and grow professionally. He works for Auc...
RamandeepCrop Ramandeep Kaur is staying up until the early hours of the morning to attend online classes from her home in India. Ramandeep was unable to return to New Zealand...
CORP Staff SteveDowney 001 Otago Polytechnic Chaplain Steve Downey has seen plenty of elevated anxiety over the past several weeks of lockdown – “and that’s understandable”. But h...
CORP Staff DonTim 005 There’s a perception that the world of I.T. is all about numbers. In fact, it’s often about people helping people.That said, let’s examine some numbers fi...
OP Trades Centre 2 Otago Polytechnic has acted on the Government’s call to develop “shovel-ready” projects, proposing two multi-million-dollar developments aimed at stimulat...
CropLeaves The latest issue of OPAIC staff newsletter, AIC Way, is out now. Check your inbox for your copy or read it online here....
photo of person writing on tablet 3740234 Students are by and large happy with the way OPAIC has reacted to COVID-19 and are adjusting well to the new ways of learning. When COVID-19 restrictions came i...
ISA gen SargoodAerial 002 Otago Polytechnic has partnered with the Otago Cricket Association in an innovative and exciting project, a proposed $1.1 million world-class cricket and educ...
Thai 9900000000079e3c Eight international students from Thailand have been caught up in the COVID-19 lockdown and are staying at the Central Campus until flights become available. Th...
Ramadan Otago Polytechnic’s Muslim whanau are observing Ramadan differently this year. Ramadhan is a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community for Muslims ar...
RashmibenCrop Rashmiben Patel has been keeping busy in her bubble – attending online classes and helping a flower company connect with customers. Rashmi studies the Graduat...
CORP Gradprofile JemaShaw 001 Jema Shaw recognises that Covid-19 has prompted more than a few lifestyle changes since she graduated with a Bachelor of Culinary Arts from Otago Polytechnic on...
Milana Virtanen at home in Finland Finnish exchange student Milana Virtanen is back home in Helsinki, safe and well, thanks to the help of Otago Polytechnic staff who, like Milana, have gone the...
Crop v3 Graduate Joelle Li is enjoying life in sunny Nelson where she works as Marketing Representative for a New Zealand sea salt company. Joelle studied the Graduate...
Rachit Crop Graduate Rachit Kushwaha has been making his mark in New Zealand through his initiatives to help new migrants. Rachit came to New Zealand from New Delhi to stud...
CORP campus Abstract 018 v2 An OPAIC team has published a research paper about using virtual reality to promote sustainable buildings. Buildings made of raw earth are popular around the wo...
Alex2 Aleksandr Taran is making the most of the lockdown by engaging in online learning and using his spare time to practise his English. Aleksandr, who is from Russi...
Roman Roman Nazarov found himself unable to return to New Zealand when COVID-19 border restrictions came into effect, but he hasn’t let that get in the way of his s...
Excellent Scholars crop We’d like to congratulate all the students recognised at our Excellent Scholars award ceremony today. Excellent Scholars takes place every study block and rec...
Lip students A group of construction students have made OPAIC proud at a global online competition. OPAIC selected a team of four undergraduate construction students to part...
Lorraine Our lecturers are finding innovative ways of keeping their students engaged during the lockdown period. Senior Business Lecturer Lorraine Skelton has started us...
inside OPAIC student Alexey Zernov intended to take a short holiday in Russia between completing his English language programme and starting his Master of Applied Mana...
NUR gen EnrolledNursing 002 We're immensely proud of our London-based Bachelor of Nursing graduate Jenny McGee, who provided care to British PM Boris Johnson as he spent time in ICU with t...
woman girl silhouette jogger 40751 Our ICT & Facilities Manager Sonny Teio has complied his top tips for taking care of your wellbeing during the lockdown.   1. Be Tidy Keep to your normal routi...
CPL staff SamuelMann v2 Our very own Professor Samuel Mann is reaching out across the airwaves in an Otago Access Radio partnership with Otago Polytechnic titled “Blowing Bubbles”....
Don v2   When New Zealand went into lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, our staff needed to quickly adapt. For our academic staff, this meant moving all class...
Beer grad Michael S Until two years ago, Michael Seiler had never attempted to brew beer. Now the Otago Brew School grad is mixing with New Zealand’s top beer judges.Michael (pic...
COT gen campus 004 v2 Wayne King has been involved in nearly all aspects of Central Otago’s and New Zealand’s horticulture sector.The 73-year-old has owned an orchard, run a cons...
Online Orientation Pic v2 We took a new approach to Orientation at OPAIC last week. COVID-19 prevented our new students from attending their traditional on-campus Orientation. Fortunatel...
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Online Orientation Pic We took a new approach to Orientation at our Auckland International Campus last week. COVID-19 prevented our new students from attending their traditional on-ca...
TTEA 2017 Phil Ker 03 Although every Otago Polytechnic graduation ceremony holds a special place for those involved, today’s event at the Dunedin Town Hall was particularly notable...
IMG 5753 Students had the opportunity to learn about the Zero Carbon Act and its impact on New Zealand Businesses from Green Party MP Chloe Swarbrick yesterday. The Grad...
P2200058 Upskill, develop resilience, and be yourself, were among tips given to students at our BizTech event last night. The theme of the event was Skills for 2020 and...
Ben1 Our students had the opportunity to learn about sustainability in business from an industry expert yesterday. Ben Mayer, Climate Change and Sustainability Advis...
CORP campus CampusBuildings 009 v3 Our Dunedin campus welcomed staff and students from our partner institution South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) in the United States in early February....
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Central Campus Crop Our Central Campus hosted a delegation from the Mexican government in February. This was a ministerial group from Jalisco province, which made time to divert fr...
CORP staff DanielPfyl 003 Not everyone would choose lecturer Daniel Pfyl’s 60th birthday present to himself. He is about to spend 30 days cycling the length of New Zealand. “Some peo...
CHI2 Two OPAIC Graduate Diploma in Information Technology students, Konstantin Emanov and Andrej Hlasnik, are working on a Virtual Reality for Mental Health project....
hitesh choudhary t1PaIbMTJIM unsplash 1 Head of IT and Principal Lecturer Farhad was invited as a speaker to the AI Global Bootcamp held at AUT recently. Several speakers from the Microsoft MVP commun...
Japan Head of IT and Principal Lecturer Dr Farhad Mehdipour has participated in the 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech) which was held in Fu...
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nik macmillan YXemfQiPR E unsplash A research collaboration between OPAIC's Construction, Information Technology and Management departments has been recognised at a prestigious international conf...
the ramones Call for papers - Scope Contemporary Research Topics: Learning and Teaching #10 (Advances in Culinary Arts Learning and Teaching) Scope (Learning and Teaching)...
SCOPE HW 2019 COVER crop Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Health & Wellbeing) 5, “Collaboration” (November 2020) The fifth issue will provide the opportunity for authors to cons...
1 v7 English language student Jingyue Chen is loving her time at OPAIC and hopes to pursue further study here. Jingyue’s mum and dad wanted her to continue her edu...
3 v6 We celebrated the Lunar New Year on campus at lunchtime today.  Staff and students worked together to organise the event, which included traditional outfits, c...
6 v3 The latest issue of OPAIC staff newsletter, AIC Way, is out now. Check your inbox for your copy or read it online here....
COT gen campus 004 The Central Campus has recently hosted four ‘Train the Trainer’ learners from Chile. The learners were teachers from Agriculture Schools in Chile. They were...
3 v4 Graduate Sergey Ananyev loved the way he could forge his own path at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus. Sergey was born and raised in Moscow. He h...
IMG 5122 We’d like to introduce our new Student Representative - Pulkit Jain.  Pulkit is from Delhi, India. He is studying the Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management a...
JingPS Business graduate Jing Cao is thrilled to have landed a job at New Zealand telecommunications company 2degrees. Jing comes from China and has been in New Zealan...
3 v5 Information Technology student Andrej Hlasnik is learning new things each day at OPAIC and using his impressive work background to help other students succeed....
1 v6 We’re welcoming the decade’s first batch of new students to the campus this week. The students have come from as far afield as Russia, China, India, the Phi...
ART SYMPOSIUM Poster 2 Mapping the Anthropocene in Ōtepoti/Dunedin: climate change, community and research in the creative artsSYMPOSIUM: Saturday 26 September – Sunday 27 Septemb...
HOS profile FinnBoyle 006 When Finn Boyle learnt about the waste inherent in our food systems, he changed his own behaviour – but soon realised he wanted to make a bigger impact. As a...
IMG 0306 In November, the Liaison Team hosted 10 Career Advisors from lower South Island secondary schools at the Dunedin Campus. The Career Advisors had a great exper...
Hang Tian School at Education City Xian v2 OPAIC讲师杰伊·霍拉尼（Jay Hourani）最近应邀作为新西兰贸易代表团的一员出访中国成都和西安。 杰伊是OPAIC的应用管理专...
Conference photo 1 v2 OPAIC应用管理专业的老师Lydia Harrell和Dani Mao 10月中旬在中国的两次国际教育会议上进行了演讲和交流。 她们的“将可转移...
79108283 1245442185844340 643098879297847296 n Student speaker Olha Viazenko told our international graduates to think of themselves as new Kiwis, at yesterday’s graduation ceremony at the Auckland Town Ha...
IMG 5002 More than 300 graduates crossed the stage at OPAIC’s biggest ceremony to date at the Auckland Town Hall yesterday. Guest speaker Guy Howard-Willis told gradua...
jpeg for news Tuhono v5 Tapuae gym - Summer Hours Reduced hours - Mon 25 Nov 2019 to Sat 23 Feb 2020 Closed - 12:00 p.m. Sat 21 Dec 2019 Reopen -  6:00 a.m. Mon 13 Jan 2020 *********...
IMG 0173 OPAIC's students and staff volunteered their time to help the Cancer Society with its Walking Stars event on the weekend.  Walking Stars is a night-time walkin...
1 v5 Students received great advice on how to build their connections in New Zealand from six industry guests at last night’s BizTech Meetup: Connect for Success e...
Conference photo 1 Lydia Harrell and Dani Mao from the OPAIC Applied Management Team presented at two conferences in China in mid-October. Their abstract, titled ‘A model for in...
Hang Tian School at Education City Xian OPAIC lecturer Jay Hourani was invited to a NZ Trade Mission in Chengdu and Xi’an in China recently to represent his company as part of a New Zealand trade de...
3rdCollage We launched Movember on campus today. Movember is all about changing the face of health. It aims to tackle cancers, mental health and suicide. Movember takes pl...
20191031 013510128 iOS OPAIC staff visited the Cancer Society yesterday to establish a partnership with the not-for-profit organisation and discuss opportunities for our students to v...
1300x830 Fashion COLLECTIONS 2019 showcases fashion students from Otago Polytechnic School of Design.Join us as our graduating students send their latest fashion collections do...
IMG 3993 It was great to see so many students and staff at our Diwali celebration on campus on Friday. We hope you all enjoyed the event. You can check out the photos h...
1 v4 Abida Manzoor faced a big cultural change when she moved to New Zealand to study, but with the help of OPAIC’s team of staff she’s excelling here. Abida say...
IMG 3661 We’ve got more than 115 new faces on campus this week. Academic Director, Professor Leoni Schmidt, welcomed our new students, during a day of Orientation talk...
OPSA profile NathanLaurie 002 Nathan Laurie entered student politics on a whim – and now the Otago Polytechnic Students’ Association (OPSA) president is working with central government ...
Sam Management student Samuel Alonso has come away from his MediaWorks placement confident about his professional future in New Zealand. Sam says he was so keen to...
Mission pic A group of students and staff spent four hours volunteering at the Auckland City Mission on Friday. The group prepared food, served lunch to more than 120 peop...
Maori language week Phrase of the day 05 This week (9 – 15 Mahuru) is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week – and our Kaitohutohu Office has put together a suite of events and activities...
CORP Campus Aerial 002 The Dunedin City Council will be seeking suggestions on how to develop streets in the heart of the university and polytechnic area.The DCC’s Tertiary Precinct...
AIMGL3138ATPNZWEB The Executive Leadership Team sizzled at yesterday's Spring Breakfast, serving up a piping hot meal for staff as we welcomed spring.  Thank you to the ELT and...
Shanghai v2 A group of Otago Polytechnic students have expanded their horizons courtesy of scholarships from a Shanghai tertiary education institution.Bill Hendry, Whitney...
Default Tuhono Image Flower Plans to expand Otago Polytechnic's Central Campus have received approval from the Central Otago District Council. Construction of new facilities at our Bannock...
CORP campus Hblock 020 The Otago Daily Times is again providing extensive coverage and support of Otago Polytechnic in the face of the Government’s proposal to reform the vocational...
Default Tuhono Image Sea Otago Polytechnic is leading the charge to establish a United Nations Centre of Expertise for Sustainability in Otago – RCE Otago.OP has embedded the concept...
Hymie Information Technology lecturer Dr Suhaimi (Hymie) Latif brought his cultural background into his Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, which he recently comp...
IndraFinalCrop Principal lecturer Dr Indrapriya (Indra) Kularatne undertook the Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education to gain theoretical and practical knowledge in the field...
Don All of our teaching staff are experts in their fields, with academic and industry experience. Recently, many have been working to upskill themselves by completi...
Default Tuhono Image Flower Student Health is closed for appointments on the following days: Thursday 11th July Friday 12th July Thursday 18th July Friday 19th July   For any health advic...
coffee and korero dropin sessions for tuhono Monday – Friday, 10am - 11am 1st July - 12th July 2019 The Hub, Dunedin Campus   Nau mai, haere mai, ki te korero ki te rōpū Learning and Teaching Developm...
ABE gen HeavyAutomotiveEngineering 002 Fans of big rigs rejoice! Otago Polytechnic is opening a new avenue in its automotive programmes next month – a New Zealand Certificate in Heavy Automotive E...
1920x1080 MILK screening 14 May We are pleased to invite staff and students to an exclusive screening of Dunedin’s newest short film, Milk. Milk is set in 1945 Dunedin. On a lonely coastal f...
DyBeXRfVsAEnfZm v2 We need your help. Otago Polytechnic is rightly proud of our innovative culture.  We value our ability to try new things - from something quite small to new qu...
Graduation Polaroid December 2018 037 A record 740 people are graduating in person from Otago Polytechnic today.More than 320 graduands took the stage for the first of two graduation ceremonies at...
Errol Slyfield CEO Business Excellence NZ presents Otago Polytechnic CEO Phil Ker with the PESA Otago Polytechnic has been presented with a prestigious organisational excellence award — the Baldrige-affiliated Performance Excellence Study Award (PESA).Er...
Nga Kete 2 The blessing and unveiling of our new sculpture, Ngā Kete, was held on Monday 15 October. View the photo gallery on Facebook.  Watch a video from the event. C...
Learning and Teaching Development MT 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 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, administer a...
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...
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...