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Scholarships reward commitment to family and career
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 3:48 pm | UCOL
Dedicated third year Nursing student, mother and caregiver Sherly Maukau has won two UCOL scholarships. At a ceremony today (Tuesday) she was awarded the UCOL Scholarship for Effort and Achievement. The assessors said she had shown “true commitment to ... More >>
IT Hero Returns To School
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 3:10 pm | UCOL
Tuesday 20 November 2012 IT Hero Returns To School Twenty one year old UCOL student Liam Mitchell has become a tech savvy hero for his old Feilding primary school this year. More >>
UCOL acting students move up to new roles
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 2:41 pm | UCOL
Six students from UCOL’s Performing Arts programme have recently set the scene to further their acting ambitions. Three current Diploma in Performing Arts students Kate Gudsell, Rhian Firmin and Hannah Rohe have been accepted into the UNITEC Bachelor ... More >>
UCOL musicians to rock the Regent
Monday, 12 November 2012, 2:37 pm | UCOL
A tin of baked beans is a small price to pay to see the musical stars of tomorrow at the Rhythm and Turbines concert on Saturday 17 November. UCOL’s Certificate in Contemporary Music Performance students will be unleashed on the Regent on Broadway ... More >>
UCOL student wins 2012 Canon EYEcon competition
Monday, 12 November 2012, 1:27 pm | UCOL
UCOL Photography student Grant Matthew is the winner of the 2012 Canon EYEcon photographic competition with a portfolio judges said could stand up in the raw journalistic world of true story telling. More >>
Catwalk Beckons For Bright Young Things
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:31 pm | UCOL
Pumpkins, gladiators and landscapes are among the inspirations for this year’s Whanganui UCOL’s School of Fashion Parade and Show next week. More >>
Joint Taskforce - Cuts to Glass Design and Fine Arts
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 5:16 pm | UCOL
UCOL has committed to working with the District Council on approaches and models that look at how to provide sustainable tertiary education in Whanganui. A Taskforce will be urgently assembled between the two organisations to specifically progress ... More >>
U-Skills graduation ceremony at UCOL
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 4:05 pm | UCOL
UCOL will celebrate the graduation of 67 U-Skills students with a ceremony on Thursday 22 November. The secondary school age students are the first graduates of one of the Government’s new trade’s academies, called U-Skills Central School Academy, ... More >>
UCOL Fashion and Beauty
Monday, 5 November 2012, 12:25 pm | UCOL
UCOL Fashion and Beauty students will have their time in the spotlight on Wednesday night. More >>
Taumarunui Maori train with UCOL for Christchurch rebuild
Friday, 2 November 2012, 9:36 am | UCOL
North Island polytechnic UCOL is partnering with iwi to equip young Taumarunui Maori with the skills to help in the Christchurch rebuild. More >>
Artrageous lights up Whanganui
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:35 am | UCOL
The annual arts festival showcasing the creativity of Whanganui UCOL’s art, design and fashion students will be held in several venues across UCOL’s two inner-city campuses. More >>
UCOL Photography students take Alternatives
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:14 am | UCOL
Two second year Whanganui UCOL Fine Arts students took the top award from the Alternatives Relocated 2012 Exhibition in Whanganui. The exhibition included works by artists and photographers from Japan, the United States and New Zealand, including students ... More >>
UCOL fashion goes Cult Couture
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 9:45 am | UCOL
UCOL Fashion graduate Stefanie McKnight claimed top prize in the Flight of Fantasy category at the Cult Couture Fashion Show and Awards in Auckland earlier this month. More >>
Top Chef heats up UCOL kitchen
Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:53 am | UCOL
As if running his iconic Greytown restaurant Bar Saluté wasn’t enough, Chef Travis Clive-Griffin has now taken on the added challenge of teaching cookery at UCOL Wairarapa . More >>
Jobs waiting for UCOL Construction graduates
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 3:28 pm | UCOL
Employment opportunities in the Manawatu are already opening up for graduates of UCOL’s new Diploma in Construction. More >>
Artists show photo alternatives
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 2:42 pm | UCOL
Works by artists and photographers from Japan, the United States and New Zealand, including students and faculty from the Quay School of the Arts and the Graphic Design School, are now showing in Alternatives Relocated 2012. More >>
Prisoners’ handiwork brings benefits
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 1:17 pm | UCOL
Prisoners’ handiwork brings benefits It may be house building on a small scale, but the production of four timber playhouses has had big benefits across the Manawatu community. More >>
Minister Welcomes New UCOL Trades Training Centre
Friday, 12 October 2012, 11:23 am | UCOL
Minister of Tertiary Education , Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce, hand sawed his way through a thick wooden plaque to open UCOL’s new Trades and Technology Training Centre. More >>
More honours for UCOL-trained designer
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 2:34 pm | UCOL
The typeface designs of Whanganui School of Design graduate Kris Sowersby have again proved to be winners – this time at the highly rated BEST awards. More >>
Suits, Sawdust And Scones
Friday, 5 October 2012, 1:43 pm | UCOL
There will be sawdust on Ministerial shoes at the Official Opening of UCOL ’s new Trades Training Centre on Thursday 11 October. More >>
