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 >>

UCOL video student Amazon bound

Monday, 6 May 2013, 4:50 pm | UCOL

UCOL Videography student Jo Berry Loughrey is going to great extremes to film her third year project – all the way to the Amazon jungle in fact. More >>

Bushy Park video means working together worldwide

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 2:59 pm | UCOL

Two students from the Whanganui School of Design have created a video for a Colorado environmental group, showing the release of native stitchbirds (hihi) into Bushy Park Sanctuary. More >>

Whanganui UCOL gets closer to schools

Monday, 22 April 2013, 1:39 pm | UCOL

Whanganui UCOL will be more accessible than ever to their future students with the launch of a new webpage for school career advisors early next month. Schools’ Link will become live at an official launch on Wednesday 8 May at Whanganui UCOL from ... More >>

UCOL cookery students turn up the heat

Friday, 19 April 2013, 12:28 pm | UCOL

There is a buzz of nervous excitement in the teaching kitchens at UCOL Wairarapa as five cookery students prepare for their first ever cooking competition. More >>

51 Whanganui secondary students jump start their careers

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 3:59 pm | UCOL

Whanganui secondary students have jumped at the chance to make a start on a tertiary qualification during 2013. More >>

More secondary students jump starting their careers

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 3:09 pm | UCOL

Secondary students have jumped at the chance to start a tertiary qualification during 2013. UCOL reports a big increase in students enrolled with its U-Skills Trades Academy for the year. More >>

Whanganui UCOL celebrates with Graduates

Monday, 25 March 2013, 5:13 pm | UCOL

Whanganui UCOL Celebrates With Graduates

Hard work and commitment has paid off for 316 Whanganui UCOL Graduates who successfully completed their Degrees, Certificates and Diplomas last year.

Many of the graduates will attend and personally receive their new qualifications at one of the two Graduation Ceremonies in Whanganui this week.

Morning and afternoon Ceremonies will be held at the Prince Edward Auditorium at Wanganui Collegiate School More >>

Whanganui UCOL Nurses already on the job

Monday, 25 March 2013, 5:12 pm | UCOL

This week’s Nursing Graduates from Whanganui UCOL have already been given top marks from health sector employers. More >>

New focus for youth training

Friday, 22 March 2013, 10:57 am | UCOL

A group of over 60 young people from Manawatu and Whanganui have been congratulated for becoming Youth Guarantee scholars, meaning they are able to study at UCOL for a year free of charge. More >>