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academyEX is New Zealand's only private postgraduate institute for mid-career professionals. We design Masters programs and micro-credentials that build strategic, technological and leadership capability for the realities of modern work.
The volume of change is relentless, but the advantage belongs to those with genuine fluency. This AI synthesis of our 90-minute quarterly update shows exactly how fast the landscape is shifting.
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Prepare for the future of work
Starts 07 July 2026.
Back by popular demand - and to the delight of our community - Frances Valintine is returning with another round of Disruptive Technologies: The AI One.
This isn’t theory. It’s a real-world masterclass on what AI is actually doing to business, leadership, and the systems we all work within. This time, she’s joined by some of the sharpest minds in the field.
Starts 31 August 2026. 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.
Part 1 starts 13 July 2026 and part 2 starts 31 August 2026. Designed for educators, leaders and learning designers who want rethink what learning can be and create a future ready educational system. It's less about theory for theory's sake and more about action, impact and purpose.
Starts 24 September 2026. Understand the technology shaping your world. Then shape it back. This course equips senior leaders who need to make real decisions in a world that's changing faster than the briefings.
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Empowering organisations to lead in the age of AI
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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!
New Zealand's place in the global AI shift is specific and worth understanding. Frances Valintine's quarterly briefing is the clearest account you will find.
Ideas with evidence behind them.
The people studying at academyEX are already out there doing remarkable things. Converge Research Symposium 2026 is your chance to get inside their thinking. A full day of research presentations, workshops and open discussion from current students, alumni and academic staff, all of it grounded in real practice, real organisations and real impact. Come with plenty of curiosity and leave with imagining what's possible.
Join us in-person for the Master of Contemporary Education Symposium and hear directly from educators sharing the practice-based research and change projects they have developed through their Master's studies. This free full-day event is an opportunity to explore real projects created by educators working across diverse learning contexts in Aotearoa and beyond. We cant wait to see you there.