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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 >>
Big turnout for UCOL Hospice Home auction
Friday, 8 July 2011, 12:58 pm | UCOL
Property Brokers’ rooms on Broadway were packed for the auction of the UCOL Hospice Home last night. The house, built by UCOL students, sold for $116,000, with the profits going to the Arohanui Hospice in Palmerston North, in a partnership first for the ... More >>
UCOL chefs ready for hot competition
Friday, 8 July 2011, 10:05 am | UCOL
Palmerston North UCOL’s Nestlé Toque d’Or team is confident they’ll stand the heat in the kitchen later this month when they compete in the prestigious competition at the New Zealand Culinary Fare in Auckland. More >>
New members for UCOL Council
Friday, 1 July 2011, 12:09 pm | UCOL
Two new members with strong backgrounds in the tertiary education sector have been appointed to the UCOL Council. More >>
Kylie faces up for final in national beauty awards
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 11:56 am | UCOL
UCOL Beauty Therapy Lecturer Kylie Love faces up to her competition at the New Zealand Beauty Awards in Auckland this weekend. More >>
Messiah tests aspiring actors
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 10:03 am | UCOL
UCOL’s Certificate of Performing Arts students have turned to religion to realise their dramatic aspirations. More >>
Young inventor wins UCOL innovation award
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 6:59 pm | UCOL
Twelve year old Ryan Adams is an iPad richer since winning the inaugural UCOL Youth Innovation Award. More >>
UCOL Joinery trainee is Apprentice of the Year
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 6:57 pm | UCOL
UCOL Joinery trainee is Apprentice of the Year Feilding building firm H.R. Jones are the proud employers of New Zealand’s Joinery Apprentice of the Year. More >>
Young inventor wins UCOL innovation award
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:40 pm | UCOL
Twelve year old Ryan Adams is an iPad richer since winning the inaugural UCOL Youth Innovation Award. UCOL Deputy Chief Executive Strategy Clare Crawley presented Ryan with his prize at the Innovate Manawatu awards ceremony on Tuesday night. More >>
Fashionable flaunt for UCOL students
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:12 pm | UCOL
UCOL Fashion and Beauty students will strut their stuff on the catwalk tomorrow night. The Times Gone By Parade and Show is the culmination of 18 weeks intensive study for the twelve Certificate in Fashion and Beauty (Level 1) students. It is their ... More >>
