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DSC01813  Dunedin potter Marion Familton, a graduate in fine art from the Dunedin School of Art, will take up a month long residency at Montana University.
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madison life drawing tutor in studio Life Drawing Drawing is a fundamental skill for all artists which expands their perception and ability to express that perception through drawing. It is also on...
Monarch butterfly emerging from pupa nate2b 19 Jan 2014 CC BY NC ND 2.0 We are now calling for papers for Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Flexible Learning) 4.
The theme for this issue is Transformation and Change, exploring...
Michael Findlay DPAG talk Michael Findlay, lecturer in architectural history and theory in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies at Otago Polytechnic, and a director of Museograph, will...
CORP other ButterflyProject 005 A pair of Otago Polytechnic lecturers have given wings to a project that mixes cultural history, artistic flourishes and design nous.Inspired by a series of ico...
COT event SeafoodAdventure2018 161 Students from Otago Polytechnic’s Central Otago Campus recently spent four days in Dusky Sound, where they fished and foraged for Fiordland delicacies as part...
NHNZ Wildlife Hosp series Award-winning company Natural History New Zealand is set to produce a television series focusing on all the great work that goes on at the Wildlife Hospital Dun...
Facebook Information Day Tile Date: Wednesday, January 23
Time: 3.30pm to 6.00pm
Venue: The Hub, Ground Floor, H Block, Forth Street
We are accepting applications for a number of ou...
Rough Rock opening Otago Polytechnic has appointed two highly experienced and talented brewers to help drive its exciting new Central Otago beer brewing facility – Rough Rock B...
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...
Scope1 Scope Contemporary Research Topics (Learning and Teaching) is an open access, peer reviewed journal published annually by Otago Polytechnic/Te Kura Matatini ki...
Leadership and Global Citizenship Programme 1 A group of Indian students and teachers and their Kiwi counterparts are this week immersing themselves in a range of water-related issues in Central Otago as pa...
CORP graduation December2017 001 A record 1580 people will graduate from Otago Polytechnic on Friday 14 December.This includes 740 people graduating in person, up from 644 last year.
The...
DES profile RohinaBrinsdon 023 Otago Polytechnic Product Design graduand Rohina Brinsdon has taken up an internship at award-winning Dunedin company Fisher & Paykel Ltd.Rohina has been in...
8534271444 d4b40051bb k 1 Tuesday 22nd, Thursday 24th, Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th January 2019
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
The Hub, Dunedin Campus
 
Nau mai, haere mai, ki te ko...
EIT HB Campus 1700x800 We're seeking abstracts for presentations and artworks for the 2019 national ITP symposium by 10 February.
Read more and submit your abstract online here....
Central Otago opening Otago Polytechnic celebrated the opening of its new craft brewery and trades building at its Central Otago Campus on Saturday 1 December.Rough Rock Brewing Comp...
ABE event charityhouse2018 002 Otago Polytechnic’s annual Charity House auction has raised $176,000.Each year for the past 12 years, Otago Polytechnic carpentry students have built a four-...
1300x830 Camp news banner Finished school and deciding what to do next? Keen to see first-hand what careers you could choose?
Come to this hands-on three-day camp and get a taste of...
Otago Polytechnic students off to Mumbai A trio of Otago Polytechnic students are preparing to leave for India, where they will spend the next four weeks teaching children a range of sports-related act...
ISA AsiaScholarship2018 001 A quartet of Otago Polytechnic Sports and Exercise students have recently expanded their horizons courtesy of the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia prog...
ART profile HopeDuncan 012 Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art student Hope Duncan has won the Rembrandt Fashion and Textile section of the 2018 ECC NZ Student Craft and Design Awards...
Street art Otago Polytechnic School of Occupational Therapy students are bringing Dunedin’s street art to rest home residents this week.The year-1 Bachelor of Occupation...
DES Event iDFW2018 OtherDesignersnot Polytech 002 iD Dunedin Fashion Week has announced a stellar designer judging panel for the 2019 iD International Emerging Designer Awards.The iD Emerging Designer Show ...
Photography Share in the innovation and creativity of Otago Polytechnic’s Digital Photography students this week. Experience the best of the year’s work in a striking...
Rough Rock logo Otago Polytechnic has announced the name of its new Central Otago beer brewing facility – Rough Rock Brewing Company.The name is a nod to the landscape of Ce...
Hannah Joynts Oturehua IMG 9789 Scope (Art & Design) is seeking papers for its 2019 issue.
Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Art & Design) is peer-reviewed and published annually...
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).E...
CORP event NgaKeteBlessingandUnveiling 025 Kia Tu Ki te Tahi.  When we stand, we stand as one. 

Call for Papers: Junctures: The Journal of Thematic Dialogue. Issue 20. Theme: indigenisation
A...
CORP campus CampusStudents2016 20 Otago Polytechnic will be presented with a prestigious organisational excellence award — the Baldrige-affiliated Performance Excellence Study Award (PESA) —...
StaffhubCrop2 A team of information technology and construction students have been hard at work preparing a Virtual Reality (VR) building project ahead of next month’s Auck...
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 ev...
DES event Collections2017 153 We are pleased to announce our call for papers and proposals for the next special Fashion issue of Scope (Art and Design) to be published in November 2019. Refl...
Congratulations to Tatyanna Meharry, Dunedin School of Art Alumni and Ceramics Diploma tutor.*
 
WAR sTOrY by Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry (Chris...
SIT IMG 0377 The 2018 joint annual research symposium for Otago Polytechnic and the Southern Institute of Technology was held in Invercargill on Monday 26 November.
This...
HOS profile PenelopeBaldwin 001 Otago Polytechnic Culinary Arts graduate Penelope Baldwin is continuing her quest to educate others about the benefits of bitter flavours.Penelope, who graduate...
Chaos and Order6 Otago Polytechnic has claimed multiple medals at the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards 2018.Bachelor of Design (Product) graduate Tania Ture...
CORP accommodation StudentVillageBlessing 19 Te Pā Tauira – Otago Polytechnic Student Village has won a NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Award.Te Pā Tauira, the first five-storey, all-timber building to be...
MID gen MidwiferyClass 025 As part of our 'Make it Yours' enrolment campaign, we're getting great media coverage about our great programmes. The below article is currently featured on the...
COT staff AlexHuffadine 001 ODT talks to Alex Huffadine about education and development at Central Campus. Read the article ...
DES profile GeorgiaFerguson 002 Otago Polytechnic student Georgia Ferguson is preparing to leave Dunedin for a nine-month study exchange in Vienna, where she will work on her Master of Design...
Maori language week v1 Otago Polytechnic staff are embracing the opportunity to hone their Māori language development as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week.More t...
CORP event AlumniCelebration2016 074 Anna Ross3 Otago Polytechnic Fashion graduate Anna Ross has teamed up with global giant Disney, creating a range of nail polishes to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthd...
CORP campus CampusAerial 13 If you missed the staff forum about our campus development plans, you can watch the video below. 
There were a few technical glitches during the forum...
Vanuatu brothers 0029 Dunedin brothers Cameron and Conrad Sinclair are set to roll up their sleeves and get stuck into a range of infrastructure projects on a remote Vanuatu island.T...
Mikayla Simpson2 Otago Polytechnic student Mikayla Simpson has been accepted into the Future Deer Farmers Experience being hosted by Deer Industry New Zealand.Mikayla, who is st...
Maori language week Phrase of the day 05 Kia ora whanau, and welcome to Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week! 
To celebrate, we're sharing a rerenga korero mō te rā (phrase of the day)...
NUR gen VRNursingTechnology 015 Otago Polytechnic’s School of Nursing has entered the head-turning field of augmented reality.Otago Polytechnic is working with international company Pearson,...
DES Event iDFW2018 DYLANMCCUTCHEON PEAT008 Iconic experience iD Dunedin Fashion Week is joining forces with the city’s ornate Regent Theatre to create a stunning environment for its 2019 shows.As iD p...
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...
Tom and beer Feb 2015 opt Over the next few weeks we'll introduce you to some of the key players from our new Rough Rock Brewery. First up is Tom Jones, Brewery Operations Manager (Commi...
Milk Punakaiki Productions Photo by Bruce Hunt Otago Polytechnic staff members and a graduate have been involved in the production of a short film, Milk.Stefan Roesch, who works as an Analyst in Otago Polyt...
IT profile HeatherMcDonald 002 Otago Polytechnic has awarded its 2018 “Women in I.T.” scholarship to Heather McDonald.Heather, who is in her second year of studying for a Bachelor of Info...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...