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UCOL Wairarapa cooks ready for the heat
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 4:05 pm | UCOL
There will be some hot competition for UCOL Wairarapa cooks at the New Zealand Culinary fare in Auckland early next week. Cookery students Thomas Pepper and Cheryl-Kay Phillips will cook in the live kitchen showdowns that take place between 18 – 20 August. More >>
High hopes for UCOL cooks
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 3:59 pm | UCOL
UCOL Chef Lecturer Mark Smith has high hopes for his all-female team of cookery students at this weekend’s New Zealand Culinary Fare. And Mark should know, he’s been training and managing successful UCOL teams for the prestigious event for the past ... More >>
UCOL Student Works to Revitalise Broadway
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:14 pm | UCOL
UCOL Student Works to Revitalise Broadway Kim Ross Is Not Trying to ‘Fix’ Broadway Ave. More >>
UCOL photographers shoot to the top
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:52 pm | UCOL
UCOL photography lecturer Kaye Davis has set an inspiring example for her students at this year’s Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards. Kaye was named 2013 NZ Professional Photographer of the Year and Creative Photographer of the Year ... More >>
Partnering up for community’s carers
Monday, 5 August 2013, 4:32 pm | UCOL
A group of students enrolled in the new jointly delivered National Certificate in Health, Disability and Aged Support were last week welcomed to Horowhenua Learning Centre (HLC) by representatives from UCOL’s Faculty of Health Science, and HLC. More >>
UCOL makes dramatic moves
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:35 am | UCOL
Palmerston North’s Youth Space will be a sea of movement tempered with a touch of narcissism this week. More >>
Whanganui UCOL seeks Underground talent
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 1:38 pm | UCOL
Budding fashion designers, hairdressers and makeup artists now have added incentive to launch their careers through Whanganui UCOL. In association with the Underground Youth Fashion Show on August 9 and 10, Whanganui UCOL will award $1000 scholarships ... More >>
UCOL student success on the up and up
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 6:35 pm | UCOL
The Tertiary Education Commission’s latest Tertiary Education Performance results show the number of students who successfully complete courses at UCOL is continuing to increase. More >>
UCOL arts student emerges as finalist
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 5:05 pm | UCOL
Irish born Quay School of the Arts student Triona Cooney has been selected as finalist in the NZAAT Emerging Artist Awards. More >>
UCOL strengthens community links
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 12:58 pm | UCOL
Jo Hayes has joined staff at Whanganui UCOL as Director of Community Relations to help strengthen links with the community and follow-up on recommendations from the Joint Wanganui District Council and UCOL Taskforce. More >>
NZ First for UCOL nursing education
Friday, 12 July 2013, 3:41 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Nursing students at UCOL will now have the best of the best. The nursing simulation lab at UCOL’s Palmerston North campus has this week been fitted out with a new hi-tech audiovisual system called SimView, created by Norwegian company Laerdal. More >>
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 >>
