E-learning has become a growth area for the Bay of Plenty Polytech.
By developing niche qualifications available nowhere else, the polytech has cornered specific markets and tapped into demand beyond its regional and national boundaries.
The School of Business had developed two such programmes - the Graduate Certificate in New Zealand Immigration Advice, and the Diploma in Conveyancing, head of school David Lyon said. The Diploma in Conveyancing was developed after a law change in 2006 and an agreement with the New Zealand Association of Conveyancers to develop a qualification which would be available nationally.
The Graduate Certificate in New Zealand Immigration Advice was developed after a successful tender with the Department of Labour in 2011.
The online course ran for the first time last year and attracted 60 full-time domestic and international students.