The University of Auckland Business School Short Courses programme is celebrating 30,000 attendees, highlighting its value to the business community.
Axis Intermodal manager of planning Sam Ewing attended the “Change Management” course and became the 30,000th person to attend Short Course earlier this year.
The Short Courses programme began in 1996, providing relevant, practitioner-focused business and management courses, based on the practical application of theory.
Short Courses director Darren Levy says nearly 300 two-day Short Courses across all areas of business, management and leadership, are scheduled every year and with enrolment numbers increasing steadily, the programme is well positioned to keep delivering on its vision of “Lifting the Competency of the Nation”. Courses are taught in Auckland, Tauranga and Wellington. M

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