Awards and More

 

Awards History

2014 28th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities
Best Paper Award, Silver Prize
2010 Selected as Superior NPO in the Educational field by MEXT
2010 CRM (Customer-centric Relationship Management) Association Japan, Best Practice Award
2004 JUCE (Japan Universities Association for Computer Education) Research Presentation of Nationwide Universities on Computer Education, Minister of MEXT Prize

Status of Competitive Fund-Raising

Name of program Name of project
Support Program for Strategic University Partnerships to Enhance University Education Expansion of “knowledge areas” in cooperation with universities in Hokkaido, Kanto, Tokai, and Kinki areas (2009)
High-quality University Education Promotion Program Cultivation of student academic ability, humanity, and sociality (2008)
Cyber Campus Improvement Project(Ongoing) Expansion of industry-academic-government e-learning education on a global scale focused on cooperation between universities (2007)
Endorsement Program for University Education with Predominant Features An educational learning support system to enhance student autonomy- Utilizing TIES live tutoring school and cyber tutor – (2004)
Cyber Campus Improvement Project Collaboration and sophistication of university education corresponding to the era of mega-competition (2003)

Media Coverage

Media Subject
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun(28/01/2011) Delivery of Management Seminar video clips

Osaka Prefecture and Tezukayama University collaborate in continuing education

MSN, Yahoo News, Nikkei Career Collage, Livedoor News, iZA, Education. com, Shushoku・Tenshoku News etc.(25-30/12/2010) Winner chosen for University Senryu Contest
Sankei Shimbun(25/12/2010) Results presentation for the TIES Senryu Contest
Asahi Shimbun(18/10/2010) Access to university lectures anytime online
Asahi Shimbun(17/09/2010) 【Keijiban(bulletin board)】University lectures delivered online
Nagoya Living(03/09/2010) Okay to audit valuable university professors’ lectures for free
Asahi Shimbun(03/09/2010) Cultural Seminar connecting Nara and Ainu in Hokkaido
My Town Nara(02/09/2010) Diverse array of university lectures able to audit for free of charge using e-learning system
Nara Shimbun(16/08/2010) University lectures delivered free online
Nara Shimbun(08/07/2010) Preliminary online typing contest
Sankei Shimbun(28/03/2010) Announcement of the final judge for the TIES Senryu  (humorous poem) Contest
Seikyo Shimbun(15/08/2009) Universities as a “Hub of Knowledge” for regional development
The Hokkaido Shimbun Press(07/31/2009) Learn from 5 universities out of Hokkaido in Sapporo University