Ako Aotearoa leads New Zealand's tertiary sector in building educational capability for learner success.
Manako
The Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark Award Ceremony 2024
We warmly invite you all to celebrate the organisations who have achieved the Dyslexia-Friendly Quality Mark (DFQM) in the past year.
Video
Te Whatu Kairangi Awards Ceremony 2024
Watch the recording of the 2024 Te Whatu Kairangi Awards Ceremony, hosted by Hon Penny Simmonds on 4 November 2024 at Parliament Buildings.
Ako Aotearoa News
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Announcement
Ako Aotearoa announces six successful projects in 2024 contestable funding round
The Ako Aotearoa Research and Innovation Agenda (AARIA) has awarded research funding to six innovative, ako-centered Tertiary education projects in 2024.
News
Two outstanding educators receive the Prime Minister’s top tertiary Award for 2024
Kerry Davis, a Principal Lecturer in Nursing at Otago Polytechnic, and Hiria Tumoana, a Senior Lecturer for Te Ūranga Waka at Eastern Institute of Technology were announced as this year’s recipients of the Te Kaiako Ngātahi o te Tau a Te Pirimia | Prime Minister’s Joint Educator of the Year award in 2024.
Information session
Webinar with Ms Torunn Gjelsvik from the ICDE
Ako Aotearoa was pleased to be able to support a webinar with Ms Torunn Gjelsvik, Secretary General of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), to talk about the work of the ICDE and international trends in distance/open education related to access, equity and scalability.