Open Polytechnic Reviews 8

As a final year student at Open Polytechnic (OP), completing the Bachelor of Applied Science in Psychology, I have found that through-out my degree, I have had to predominantly teach myself. Recently, AI has become available to the public. AI has taught me more than OP, and I believe I should be paying AI to teach me NOT OP. Academic staff, textbooks, and course content have a tendency to explain things in the most complicated way, while AI explains things in the most simplest way. Course content is often not supportive of assignment expectations, and often outside support is required in order to obtain information to complete the assignment. If you are willing to teach yourself, than OP is the right platform to learn from. However, I believe that I'm paying OP to teach me, and I should not (at any level) have to use outside resources to teach me.

Open Polytech does not provide sufficient information in its course notes to comprehensively teach a subject. Instead, I have to research extensively online to find the information I need in order to complete assignments. This is a considerable time waster.

I realise there is usually a certain amount of research you must do in a course while learning a subject, but this is ridiculous.

I've studied at Wintec before and they cover everything you need to know in order to pass the course. I'm paying good money for Open Polytech to teach me this subject and if they leave stuff out of the course notes or they cover a subject too lightly, then I'm not learning what I need in order to pass the course. Open Polytech is failing me and I'm not getting value for money.

They don't even have course text books, which would be good considering how useless the course notes are, I have to find the information from somewhere.

I would never study through Open Polytech again and as it stands I might have to do redo some papers through Wintec because they teach to a much higher level than Open Polytech do.

I have studies up to Masters in Professional Accounting and in a number of Tertiary Institutions and I have found Open Polytech as the worst in terms of policies and customer services. If you want a good learning experience go to another institution but not this one. They have yet to learn to practice what they preach! 1 star is more than what they deserve!

Awful!

I’m studying a diploma currently. I have a 4-6 month gap in between papers where I picked up a certificate. The grades for my certificate were 70-94% with one comment saying “this is better than most postgraduates I mark”. Yet my marks for open polytechnic are just 50% or above with very VERY negative comments little to no positive comments and awful with communication. Also very confusing when they give back feedback. Definitely will NOT be going back. I could honestly write a 2000 word essay on how sh*t open polytech is.

Unfortunately it made me wanted to write a blog because I came across Open Polytech is a self learning provider and the other student's don't bother to help others out in terms of advise in saying that I was left to work on my own and try to do my best as I am not working for time. I been applying for work but no success and the employer are judgmental all they care is disrespect, don't want to give a person an opportunity to have a chance in life why I choose to study with Open Polytech due to studylink can't help and wins as well so I'm on my own and also due to unforeseen personal barriers. A few times I been starting from 4 Am or 6 Am Mostly 11 Hours or 8 Hours a day I still struggle with comprehension and also writing my strongest is listening skills in terms of learning style how I write is by understanding what I can understand that's how I write. In life as much as I can I stay humble but been putting others before myself first that no one in the world that pushes there limit to spend time for that person I been moving from place to place in NZ trying to help myself that no one will help or give me an opportunity. In the future I wanted to start Vlogging, I choose Open Polytech to improve my IT knowledge in terms of IT extensive years of experience and also hacking as well I wish that someone out there will give me an opportunity for internship or sponsorship or employment.

I’ve been studying with OP for 5 years full time. Like any business there have been a few things here and there but for the most part it’s been a great experience. I did have an issue with a rude member of staff but it was resolved very, very well and I’m happy to recommend this establishment, especially for the stay at home parents that find themselves outdated when they return to work. Studying with these guys from home is a great way to avoid that. Hit the ground running so to speak.

If you are wanting to study an IT qualification I would recommend going anywhere but through Te Pukenga, or open poly tech. I have completed 3 qualifications already and I really struggled with the learning provided here. I ended up withdrawing from the qualification after I continued to struggle after seeking assistance. The learning material provided may well have just been a glossary and then we were expected to write masses of code, and make a working Gui with minimal practical guidance. I had an IT professional have a look at the assignments required and they were mortified it that that was what was expected for a 1st year paper. Would not recommend.

I studied for the NZ Dip. Arch. Tech. through the Open Poly post-Covid under the govt's fees free scheme, and found it a constant struggle, as did other students. They do not teach CAD skills, and we had to learn either Revit or ArchiCAD online independently, which is like adding in three separate 3-month-long papers, for beginner skills, intermediate skills and then adding to those. It's a really patchy way of learning an essential skill.
There were also issues with the course materials not matching the assignments. The course also seemed to be designed backwards, with two of the early papers encouraging creativity, and giving scope for individual design, but the final three 'just' requiring replication of existing designs from incomplete information. I lined up to take this course as a total newbie wanting to join the housing design industry, but after two years and 9 months I can't think who would want to employ me or how I can turn this qualification to good use right now. My advice is study this qual at an in-person provider where you can get helpful tutor feedback when you need it. I also don't think it's a suitable entry qualification if you don't have either knowledge of or a role in the industry before you start. If you are a newbie who wants to design buildings, it's probably better to spend an extra year, go to university, and get a straight out B.Arch. to enter the industry with.