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More national awards for UCOL Photography
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 12:30 pm | UCOL
UCOL Photography student Fleur Verhoeven has won the 2011 Canon EYEcon photographic competition with a portfolio the judges described as a controversial and powerful use of imagery. More >>
Manawatu arts asked to help future of UCOL Art and Design
Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:08 pm | UCOL
The arts and design sector has been invited to contribute to a wide-ranging UCOL initiative to determine the future of its Arts and Design portfolio. The project follows identification by the UCOL Council of three preferred areas of specialisation ... More >>
UCOL Arts Feast for Whanganui
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 12:43 pm | Universal College Of Learning
The arts hungry public of Whanganui will be well satisfied by the feast of events served up by Whanganui UCOL’s art, design and fashion students during November. More >>
Art in her blood
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 12:41 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Thirty years of nursing is in Bridget McArthur’s blood – and in her artworks. The Whanganui UCOL’s Quay School of the Arts student’s latest installation, Let me care for you is a colourful mass of intravenous drip bags. More >>
UCOL Fashion student shows at Westfield Pasifika
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 12:16 pm | UCOL
Designs by UCOL second year Bachelor of Fashion student Laura Volp are featuring in a fashion extravaganza in Auckland – this year’s Westfield Best of Style Pasifika NZ 2011 show. More >>
Education Minister on board with new Trades academy
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 12:58 pm | UCOL
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley climbed aboard the big digger at UCOL’s Trades excavation site this morning, to get a feel for the job. Anne Tolley was welcomed to UCOL by Council Chair Trevor Goodwin then spent an hour talking to staff involved ... More >>
UCOL design graduates among the BEST
Friday, 14 October 2011, 12:12 pm | Universal College Of Learning
UCOL Whanganui School of Design graduate Sam Kemp claimed a bronze medal in the esteemed Best Design Awards recently. Sam’s work Define the line earned him recognition in the student category of the Designers Institute of New Zealand event, an annual ... More >>
UCOL Hospice Home on the move
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 12:37 pm | UCOL
UCOL’s biggest community initiative to date, the UCOL Hospice Home, has been a resounding success for all involved. Not only has Palmerston North’s Arohanui Hospice just received a cheque for $40,000 as its share from the sale of the house, but more ... More >>
Tressful competition at UCOL
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:45 am | UCOL
Thirty UCOL Hairdressing students presented styles from the fifties to the Victorian era and from Egypt to Japan in their annual pre-apprentice competition this week. More >>
Youth Scholarship Awards
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 11:02 am | UCOL
Thirty 16 and 17 year olds were recognized at a scholarship award ceremony at UCOL on Wednesday, receiving certificates in front of proud family members and UCOL teaching and support staff. More >>
UCOL partnership contributes to early childhood education
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:51 am | UCOL
For the first time, Wairarapa people have the opportunity to get a degree qualification in early childhood education with local support. More >>
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 >>
