Tertiary Education Organisations generate significant amounts of data within the course of their primary activities and have multiple complex processes to manage the work of the Faculties, Student Support and Administrative Services. This makes knowledge management a critical necessity to ensure continuity across the organisation. The project examines the practices at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus which is as a joint venture and has a unique challenge of having to mer…
In 2020 COVID-19 and continuous lockdowns rapidly increased tertiary educational organisations’ interest in online education and student engagement techniques that effectively work for both blended and online delivery modes. Organisations that used to rely heavily on face-to-face delivery started experimenting with activities in their learning management systems to adapt their education methodology to the new realities, and Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus was among them…
In recent years the competition between higher educational institutions in recruiting international students has significantly increased. The universities and polytechnics are working on establishing their reputation, increasing trust and attracting more prospective students. Due to this reason, higher educational institutions have to improve and develop their marketing strategies. Digital marketing is identified as one of the most powerful tools in promoting educational services (…
The objective of this investigation is to explore the contributing factors that cause the high turnover rate of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Teachers in Auckland, New Zealand. ECE teachers in this sector who have a history of leaving their childcare centres were interviewed in order to collect primary data. Thematic analysis was applied to the interview data to elicit the factors that cause ECE teachers to leave or stay in their current childcare centre, and practical strategies tha…
The high level of dissatisfaction from an employability perspective and decreasing employment rate of international students in New Zealand is an increasing concern for higher education providers and their students. Education New Zealand research in 2019 and Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus Graduate Outcome report 2019 support these findings. It highlights a need for a strategy to develop and enhance international student employability skills.
This research examines psychological distress due to COVID-19 among immigrants with temporary visas. The literature review examined the impacts of COVID-19 on immigrants, primarily those with temporary visas residing in New Zealand and other countries, showing that immigrants are more vulnerable to COVID-19 in regard to job losses because the majority of them work in industries that were hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as retail and hospitality. The literature review also found…
Over the last 70 years, there have been numerous studies undertaken in an attempt to explain slant perception and underestimation. Research has shown that the optical slant is being viewed at a lesser value than that of the geographical slant counterpart. In other words, there is a lack of correspondence between what is being perceived and what is actually being presented. In order to understand the problem fully a number of terms need to be explained, such as optical vs geographical s…