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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 >>
Hollywood comes to UCOL
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 5:15 pm | UCOL
UCOL Fashion and Beauty students bring a touch of tinsel-town glamour to UCOL’s Atrium on Thursday night. The Hollywood themed show is the culmination of 18 weeks intensive study for the thirteen Certificate in Fashion and Beauty (Level 1) students. More >>
High win for UCOL design student
Friday, 8 June 2012, 2:32 pm | UCOL
High win for UCOL design student Whanganui UCOL Computer Graphic Design Honours student Max Deutschle has won the 2012 Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award . More >>
Ready to cook up a storm
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 11:26 am | UCOL
The students are the second group to come to Whanganui to study for the National C ertificate in Hospitality – Professional Cookery Level 4 at Whanganui UCOL. More >>
Training the Dragons at UCOL
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 2:51 pm | UCOL
UCOL will host the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme oral presentation finals at the Atrium on Thursday night. Eight teams representing five Secondary Schools will vie for the judges’ attention in a competition based on the Dragons’ Den ... More >>
UCOL Photography Wows Chinese
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 2:46 pm | UCOL
Two UCOL Art and Design lecturers had 60,000 pairs of eyes see their work in China earlier this month and brought home a top award. More >>
Max on the high wire
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 5:35 pm | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL Computer Graphic Design Honours student Max Deutschle has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2012 Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award . More >>
Style Sandwich
Monday, 21 May 2012, 1:04 pm | UCOL
Collections from final year UCOL Bachelor of Fashion students will be on show at the Edith Gallery from next week. The Mini Collection Exhibition, titled Style Sandwich, opens at the Edith Gallery off Drews Avenue on Monday at 5 p.m. More >>
City’s tertiary educators team up for Maori careers expo
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 3:48 pm | UCOL
UCOL is once again hosting the Kia Maia Careers Expo for 2012. In its third year, the annual event is a cooperative initiative, involving Te Wananga -o -Aotearoa, Te Wananga-o-Raukawa, Massey University, START Youth Transition Services, and UCOL, ... More >>
UCOL students prepare for fast and furious film-making
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 6:17 pm | UCOL
¬¬¬News Release Leigh Dome Communications Coordinator 06 952 7001 ext: 70348 027 222 0006 l.dome@ucol.ac.nz www. ucol.ac.nz 15 May 2012 UCOL students prepare for fast and furious film-making Film-making will be more frantic than ever for UCOL ... More >>
