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GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY LEARNING

Your career’s evolving. So will you.

At academyEX, you’ll find Master’s degrees, micro-credentials, and hands-on workshops designed to help you lead AI adoption, drive sustainable innovation, and build high-performing teams. All delivered through flexible learning built for working professionals.


Because you’re not done yet. 

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PROGRAMMES STARTING SOON

Prepare for the future of work

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Postgrad Cert
Hybrid learning
Leadership
Education
Technology

Starts 11 August. You can take this dynamic post graduate certificate as a stand alone qualification - or use it as part one of your Master of Contemporary Education. As social and technological changes accelerate, educators must continually update their skills to keep pace. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming education by challenging traditional assessments and prompting a reevaluation of educational purposes. To navigate these changes, both teachers and learners need to develop new skills and critical perspectives.

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Microcredential
Online
Technology
AI

Starts 19 August. Led by Frances Valintine, academyEX’s Disruptive Technologies: The AI One micro-credential provides hands-on, real-world learning in AI and emerging tech. Gain critical skills to lead through innovation and solve complex industry challenges.

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Free
Microcredential
Online
Business
AI

Starts 19 August. Skillup in essential AI & Digital Tools in 7 weeks. Designed for immediate application, this Micro-credential is your ticket to levelling-up in the digital world and unleashing your true potential in the ever-evolving workplace landscape.

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Postgrad Cert
Hybrid learning
Leadership
Sustainability

Starts 1 September. Learn how to create impactful change in your organisation and community and explore new ways to create positive change in your community, iwi, business, organisation or industry.

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WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

We learn by doing together.

Leading Change for Good Postgraduate Certificate

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Upcoming events

EXperience it for yourself, join us at an event!

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Free
Online
Business
Education
Sustainability
Technology
Converge Community Meetup
Every Tuesday

Keen on learning more about the innovative research happening at academyEX? Connect with us at Converge!

Designed as a dynamic hub to cultivate the research culture at academyEX, Converge is a safe and supportive environment where students, alumni, staff and industry professionals come together to collaboratively discuss and critique research ideas. It’s a great opportunity to learn and unlearn!

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Online
Alumni
Alumni EXchange

When was the last time you gave yourself a WOF?

Join us for a relaxed online event with your fellow academyEX Masters and Postgraduate alumni - full of good conversation, good company, and a little space to check in with yourself.

Our new Director of Learning, Debi Futter-Puati will talk with our very own Perrin Rowland about why wellbeing matters more than ever in how we live, learn, and lead. She’ll also guide us through a light, reflective activity (inspired by the hauora model) to help you tune into what’s going on for you - think a mid-year WOF inside and out.

It’s a chance to reconnect, recharge, and leave feeling a little more in sync. We’d love to see you there.

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Online
Technology
Cathy Hardinge is EXceptional!

What happens when you stop waiting for the system to catch up—and build a new one instead?

Cathy Hardinge joined the Master of Technological Futures with no business, no clear roadmap, and just four days' notice. Today, she leads a national movement tackling two of Aotearoa’s biggest challenges: the senior digital divide and ageism.

Through her organisation, Digital Seniors, Cathy has created a volunteer-powered model that provides free, one-on-one digital support to thousands of older New Zealanders. And she's doing more than bridging gaps—she’s flipping the script on how we think about ageing, inclusion, and leadership itself.

Join us for this powerful conversation with a founder who’s proving that leadership doesn’t require a corner office. It requires courage, community, and the conviction to lead from wherever you stand.

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In-person
AI
AI Hackathon

This year's AI Hackathon Festival aims to solve problems based on the five key UN Sustainability Goals. And we’re hosting one of their events!

Use cases from NGOs and citizen science groups will be used to provide real problems to solve that are relevant to each location.

Participants are also welcome to bring their own problems to solve and encouraged to share their ideas early so that data sets and technology support can be arranged.

You'll learn many new skills, meet like-minded peers, and network with other participants, sponsors and mentors. At the end of the hackathon, teams will pitch their solution in front of a judging panel who select the winner for that venue.

The best four winners have a chance to pitch their idea at the AI Summit 2025.

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RECOGNITION

We are award-winning

Innovation of the Year

Innovation and Impact Award

Best Contribution to the NZ Tech Sector

Outstanding Contribution to Technology & Business in New Zealand

Education Category

Digital & Collaborative Learning Programme

Educational App Award

Asia Pacific Talent Unleashed Awards

TESTIMONIALS

Hear from our EXceptional learners and partners

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Amanda Nicolle
Director Industry Partnerships, MSD - Digital Passport
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Rio Hemopo-Hunuki
Master of Technological Futures
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Malcolm Luey
Director, MBIE - Digital Boost
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Lara Nettle
Master of Change and Organisational Resilience
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Katie Desai
Master of Change and Organisational Resilience
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Lynne Miller
Master of Technological Futures
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Kate Lewis
Master of Contemporary Education
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Sumandana
Master of Contemporary Education

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