Orientation events at Otago Polytechnic got under way
yesterday with a welcome and barbecue lunch held to greet
hundreds of new and returning students at the campus.
A new foundation programme launched as part of an Otago
Polytechnic Maori trades training initiative will help
counter New Zealand's significant skills shortage,
polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker says.
Otago Polytechnic wants to build on the industry success and
acclaim it garnered last year as part of a bid to become a
"great" tertiary institution, its chief executive has told
staff.
Otago Polytechnic will receive a funding increase of more
than $1 million as a result of a Tertiary Education
Commission decision to raise the institution's number of
students.
