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Wairarapa gains from new Trades Academy
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 3:51 pm | UCOL
Secondary school students and in Manawatu, Whanganui and Wairarapa will benefit from a new Trades Academy being set up for next year. UCOL has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister Anne Tolley of a new Trades Academy based at UCOL. Dean of ... More >>
New Trades Training Facility
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 3:50 pm | UCOL
UCOL has announced plans to upgrade trades training facilities in Palmerston North on its site in Princess Street. UCOL Chief Executive Paul McElroy said that the upgrade will future proof a place for trades training in the future, provide a modern and ... More >>
UCOL Furniture students win at Woodfest
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 2:23 pm | UCOL
UCOL Furniture Design and Making students and staff achieved a record number of awards at the National Woodskills Festival at Kawerau last weekend. More >>
UCOL colourists claim awards
Friday, 2 September 2011, 12:45 pm | UCOL
UCOL Interior Design students Simone Duckett and Sharon Dorman have wowed the judges, and their lecturer, at a national industry event. More >>
Arts alumni, students and faculty to show together
Friday, 2 September 2011, 12:42 pm | UCOL
Alumni, students and faculty of UCOL’s Quay School of the Arts will show together for the first time at an exhibition during the Real Whanganui Festival. More >>
UCOL and iWorkWell together
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 2:13 pm | UCOL
UCOL Exercise & Sport Science students and staff are encouraging scores of local people to take a close interest in their own health and wellbeing. The team of 28 third year Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science students and their lecturers are ... More >>
Open Day well timed for students’ career planning
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 8:38 am | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL’s main Open Day for the year is on this Wednesday and organisers are hoping that the Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the city will spur secondary students into action. More >>
Call for Life Drawing models
Friday, 19 August 2011, 11:20 am | UCOL
Fine Arts students at Whanganui UCOL need models for their Life Drawing classes. Life Drawing is a key component in the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme but lecturer Rita Dibert says it is often difficult to find people available to pose for the students. More >>
UCOL business students lend promotional muscle
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 12:37 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa Business students will flex their promotional muscles over the next few weeks as they support their region’s Made in Wairarapa expo. The 18 National Certificate in Business Administration students will use traditional and the latest ... More >>
UCOL Carpentry students offer free labour
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 12:36 pm | UCOL
UCOL Wairarapa Carpentry students are on the look-out for their next building challenge, and they will work for free. Carpentry tutor Peter Van der Veen says the real life projects form part of the practical component of UCOL’s one year, Level 4 carpentry ... More >>
UCOL students snap up 52 awards for photography
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 12:13 pm | UCOL
UCOL students have won a record 52 awards at this year’s Epson/New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Iris Professional Photography Awards, including the award for top student. Second year Bachelor of Applied Visual Imaging student ... More >>
UCOL students snap up 52 awards for photography
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 11:58 am | UCOL
UCOL students have won a record 52 awards at this year’s Epson/New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Iris Professional Photography Awards, including the award for top student. More >>
UCOL hosts Top Art
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 12:52 pm | UCOL
Whanganui Quay School of the Arts hosts Top Art 2011 on its final stop of a five month tour of the country this week. Top Art is a travelling exhibition of the cream of Secondary School students’ visual arts portfolios. Two groups of students' portfolios ... More >>
New programme aims to meet skilled driver shortage
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:07 pm | UCOL
The transport industry is on the lookout for skilled drivers and UCOL is introducing a new programme to help meet that demand. Dean of Trades and Technology Faculty, Kelly Gay, says the skills required of heavy duty drivers have never been more important. ... More >>
UCOL’s biggest open day of the year
Monday, 1 August 2011, 12:30 pm | UCOL
Palmerston North UCOL will once again throw open its doors for its annual Open Day on Wednesday 3 August. UCOL’s ‘biggest open day of the year’ is well known for its lively atmosphere and the variety of interactive displays and demonstrations ... More >>
Insight into Fine Arts Photography
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 1:06 pm | UCOL
Members of the public have an opportunity to look into the complex and often beautiful world of fine arts photography at the Whanganui UCOL Fine Arts Photography exhibition, Photosynthesis 2011, which opens next week at the Federal Hotel Gallery. More >>
UCOL nursing students fundraise for stranger
Monday, 25 July 2011, 3:02 pm | UCOL
UCOL Nursing students Kelly Harding and Danica Thompson have taken a little boy’s fight for life to heart. The pair has organized a fundraiser for two year old Chase Topperwien who is fighting a courageous battle against acute myeloid leukemia. More >>
National Chemistry conference at UCOL
Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:10 pm | UCOL
The International Year of Chemistry is being marked at UCOL this coming week, as it hosts the National Chemical Education Conference. More >>
UCOL supports Māori success with new Business award
Friday, 15 July 2011, 9:52 am | UCOL
UCOL is sponsoring a new award for Māori Business achievements in this year’s Westpac Manawatu Business Awards. More >>
UCOL artists dominate Whanganui Arts Review
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 4:53 pm | UCOL
Nine of the 13 awards presented at the recent Whanganui Arts Review were snapped up by current students, graduates and teaching staff of the Quay School of the Arts. More >>
