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UCOL Fashion graduate shows at NZ Fashion Week
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 11:49 am | UCOL
Designs by Whanganui UCOL Bachelor of Fashion graduate Deryn Schmidt will feature in a solo show during New Zealand Fashion Week. The big week – the highlight of the year’s fashion calendar – will be held at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland ... More >>
UCOL cooks can stand the heat
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 4:40 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa trained cooks Teresa Churchward and Val Rimene are each realising their commercial kitchen dreams as they work in two iconic Masterton restaurants. Teresa Churchward graduated with distinction from UCOL’s Cookery programme last ... More >>
UCOL cooks can stand the heat
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 4:39 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa trained cooks Teresa Churchward and Val Rimene are each realising their commercial kitchen dreams as they work in two iconic Masterton restaurants. More >>
UCOL Music students Sing the Blues
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 3:03 pm | UCOL
Whanganui people have an opportunity this week to check out the quality of Whanganui UCOL’s first Certificate in Contemporary Music students. More >>
UCOL house build a win,win,win
Monday, 13 August 2012, 12:11 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa trades students are constructing more than a house, they are building powerful relationships with local businesses, suppliers and the community. More >>
UCOL wants to talk with you
Friday, 10 August 2012, 10:50 am | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa is holding an Information Day on Wednesday 15 August for anyone keen to look at study options for next year. There will be interactive activities and programme information for aspiring nurses, fitness trainers, hairdressers, mechanics, ... More >>
See UCOL from within
Friday, 3 August 2012, 5:23 pm | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL wants everyone to know what goes on within their walls at this year’s Open Day on Wednesday. UCOL’s External Relations Coordinator Katarina Hina says, “In the past we held the Open Day in the Atrium but our classes aren’t run in ... More >>
Karn is a good sport
Friday, 3 August 2012, 2:07 pm | UCOL
Navy Ships diver, joiner, model, barman, factory hand and certified fire sprinkler installer – Karn Waiwai has done them all but now believes he has found his ultimate career path. More >>
UCOL drama students move in for the Kiss
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 11:25 am | UCOL
The stage will be a sea of movement and music at the latest UCOL Diploma in Performing Arts production starting next week. Well known for his emphasis on physical theatre, programme leader and director Jaime Dorner has taken the theme of movement one step ... More >>
UCOL’s big show and tell
Friday, 27 July 2012, 11:18 am | UCOL
Everything from car bodies to human bodies, from fingernails to galvanized nails, will be on show at UCOL’s Open Day on Wednesday. UCOL’s biggest show day of the year, the annual Information Open Day, gives visitors and prospective students the ... More >>
A 6 Star House for Palmerston North
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 9:53 am | UCOL
UCOL is leading a project to design and build a cost-effective, sustainable eco house that demonstrates energy and health benefits compared to a code standard build. More >>
Young Manawatu designers sought
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 1:58 pm | UCOL
Youthful enthusiasm and artistic flair are two key requirements for an exciting new design competition to be held in the Manawatu in September. The Design Distinction Awards (dDawards) challenge Secondary School students to flex their creative muscle ... More >>
Scholarships in Visual Imaging, Nursing, Science and Trades
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 4:32 pm | UCOL
UCOL’s Semester One Scholarship Awards ceremony today produced six stories of student determination and achievement. One of two winners of Graduate Women Manawatu Awards, Doma Kafley is in the third year of UCOL’s Bachelor of Nursing programme. More >>
Scholarships for Visual Imaging, Nursing, Science & Trades
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 4:22 pm | UCOL
Tuesday 17 July 2012 Scholarships for study in Visual Imaging, Nursing, Science and Trades UCOL ’s Semester One Scholarship Awards ceremony today produced six stories of student determination and achievement. More >>
UCOL dons gumboots for new programme
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:58 am | UCOL
UCOL and Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre have joined forces to provide ‘real training on real farms’ with the introduction of the Certificate in General Farm Skills this year. More >>
Five decades of hospitality
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 2:26 pm | UCOL
After 50 years in the hospitality industry, French-born Claude Baudet is calling time. A health scare has prompted Claude to move into the next phase of his life and he retired from Whanganui UCOL at the end of June. More >>
Training professional bus drivers for Auckland
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 4:08 pm | UCOL
A national qualification in urban bus driving is available in Auckland for the first time, delivered by North Island polytechnic, the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) . More >>
Two for the money and Go! Go! Go!
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 1:26 pm | UCOL
UCOL Contemporary Music students from both Palmerston North and Wairarapa will band together for a concert later this month. Programme Leader Kane Parsons says it’s an advantage for the students to be part of a multi-campus polytechnic. More >>
Caligula – but not as you know him
Monday, 18 June 2012, 10:12 am | UCOL
Cross dressing characters and costumes made of plastic bags may not have been part of Albert Camus’ vision when he wrote Caligula, but UCOL’s acting students will use both of these means to portray the dramatic production this week. More >>
UCOL photography students shoot the Army
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 1:20 pm | UCOL
UCOL photography student Tara Kairau fired 600 shots of a different sort when she took part in an Army exercise in the Central North Island in May. More >>
