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UCOL welcomes Chinese students
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 4:21 pm | UCOL
Twelve Chinese students were welcomed with a Mihi Whakatau to Whanganui UCOL this week. More >>
UCOL chef lecturer sweetens his audience
Monday, 8 July 2013, 4:31 pm | UCOL
UCOL’s Palmerston North teaching kitchens were a chocolate lover’s heaven last week as UCOL Cookery Lecturer Ian Drew held a master class featuring the decadent ingredient. More >>
UCOL joinery students nail top apprentice awards
Monday, 8 July 2013, 4:30 pm | UCOL
Jonny Browne from HR Jones in Feilding won the Central Regional award for his special fitment entry, a computer module. He has won the Top Apprentice awards in his ‘time’ category for the past three years. More >>
Students to ‘launch’ exhibition
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:17 pm | UCOL
Who doesn’t want to build a real catapult? The 16 local school students who have taken up the chance to build scale Roman Onager torsion catapults do, that’s for sure. More >>
UCOL scholarships reward excellence
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 5:07 pm | UCOL
UCOL student Jo Berry returned from the Amazon jungle just in time to collect a semester one student scholarship at a ceremony held on the Palmerston North campus today. More >>
UCOL drives recruitment campaign
Monday, 24 June 2013, 7:06 pm | UCOL
Starting today, UCOL is taking the enrolment process out into the community, to make it easier for people to enrol for programmes with mid-year start dates. More >>
UCOL offers Free and Easy
Monday, 24 June 2013, 4:39 pm | UCOL
It may sound too good to be true, but UCOL Wairarapa can help you brush up on your computer skills – for free! More >>
Students scramble for cooking prize
Friday, 21 June 2013, 11:18 am | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa will run a junior masterchef competition for local schools at the end of the month, in the hope of finding an egg-ceptional omelette maker. More >>
Lecturer nourished by overseas travel
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:54 pm | UCOL
A dedicated Whanganui UCOL Cookery Lecturer has used the money from a staff award to travel all the way to India to learn about Indian cuisine to bring her knowledge back to New Zealand. More >>
Search For Design Talent Widens
Friday, 7 June 2013, 4:31 pm | UCOL
Last year’s Design Distinction Awards ( dDawards ) were such a success; they have been made even bigger. More >>
Prague on a string
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 10:18 am | UCOL
The answer to a student’s innocent question took Whanganui UCOL Art and Design Lecturer Leigh Anderton-Hall all the way to the Czech Republic recently to attend a 12 day ‘Puppets in Prague’ workshop. More >>
UCOL cooks bring home a pot of gold
Monday, 27 May 2013, 4:49 pm | UCOL
UCOL Cookery and Hospitality students from the Palmerston North and Wairarapa campuses have returned from Friday’s Wellington Culinary Fare competitions laden with medals. More >>
UCOL Cookery Students Ready For More Hot Competition
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 5:05 pm | UCOL
Fresh from first time competition success in Hawkes Bay’s Salon Culinaire, the group will represent UCOL Wairarapa in several trainee and Open competition classes at the Wellington Culinary Fare this weekend. More >>
UCOL graduate exercises business know-how
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:07 pm | UCOL
A UCOL postgraduate student has started up a group-oriented community health initiative for overweight individuals in the Manawatu District. Jonathan TeRauna, a UCOL student studying towards the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Exercise Physiology, Level ... More >>
Hot Kitchens and Hot Action For UCOL Students
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 4:39 pm | UCOL
There is a huge weekend of frantic activity and stress ahead for three groups of UCOL students as they compete in two national competitions this weekend. More >>
Young visitors to UCOL get the drift
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:40 pm | UCOL
A group of year 7 and 8 Newbury School students visited UCOL’s Palmerston North campus yesterday to learn about how engines work, with the aim of building their own drift-kart. More >>
Whanganui UCOL scholars rewarded
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 4:50 pm | UCOL
Fourteen Whanganui UCOL students representing nine different programmes received scholarships at a ceremony at the Rutland Street campus today. More >>
UCOL Fashion Student Designs Knight Wear
Monday, 13 May 2013, 12:15 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Medieval Armour was the inspiration for Whanganui UCOL Bachelor of Fashion student Chloe Sanson’s men’s wear collection Excalibur . More >>
Medals icing on the cake for cookery students
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 5:47 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa cookery students have picked up a number of prizes at the Hawkes Bay Central Salon Culinaire competition over the weekend. More >>
New learning option tailored for youth
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 4:59 pm | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL is piloting a fashion course especially for school students undergoing sewing tuition. More >>
