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Healthcare And Social Services Centre On Track
Monday, 8 August 2022, 12:33 pm | UCOL
The transformation of PSA House in Palmerston North into a modern, adaptable Healthcare and Social Services Centre is on track. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2208/6c0ee0e8b7089c1deeb0.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Peter Handcock The building ... More >>
Secondary Students Flock To UCOL Open Day
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 6:21 pm | UCOL
More than 500 secondary students from around the region got a taste of UCOL at the Manawatū campus' recent Open Day. UCOL Manawatū opened its doors to secondary students and others interested in tertiary study on 3 August. Visitors browsed information ... More >>
Green Light For UCOL’s First Early Childhood Degree
Monday, 25 July 2022, 3:57 pm | UCOL
A Bachelor of Early Childhood Education is now being offered from UCOL Manawatū campus for Semester Two for our past NZ Diploma graduates. Next year will see Year 1 and 2 intakes on both the Manawatū and Wairarapa campuses, followed by the Whanganui ... More >>
BCITO Key To New Approach To Filling Construction Skills Gaps
Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 5:34 pm | UCOL
UCOL reported to Te Pūkenga recently on new blended programmes of study that use an authentic blended delivery approach - face to face, self-directed and workplace learning. One of those programmes is Construction Trades Supervision Level 5. This ... More >>
Practical In Work Management Training Underway
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 3:54 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Managers from Whanganui's Ali Arc Industries and its parent company, the Bartley Group, have engaged with UCOL’s “UCOL For You” professional development team to create a bespoke course to arm their management with the theory behind the skills ... More >>
UCOL’s Special Blend For Skills Gap
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12:20 pm | UCOL
UCOL reported to Te Pūkenga last week on new blended programmes of study to be provided across New Zealand from 2022. Five new programmes of study use a true blended delivery approach - face to face, self-directed and workplace learning. The five ... More >>
Wairarapa Logistics Sector Supported By Two New Programmes
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 11:52 am | Universal College Of Learning
Two commercial road transport programmes have been launched at UCOL Wairarapa to support the region's booming logistics sector. From July, UCOL Wairarapa will be offering the New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport Skills and the ... More >>
Open Night For Those Interested In Enrolled Nursing
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 4:17 pm | Universal College Of Learning
The opportunity to get ahead in a health career is on offer at UCOL Whanganui and it’s more flexible than ever before. UCOL’s New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing will equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed for ... More >>
Studying Nursing Locally Just Got Easier
Friday, 3 June 2022, 2:09 pm | Universal College Of Learning
The opportunity to get ahead in a health career is about to get a whole lot easier, with UCOL offering more flexible learning options for Horowhenua and Kāpiti residents to become an Enrolled Nurse. Levin’s Katlyn Wakefield (L) and Nicole Wakefield ... More >>
Two New Courses Launched To Help The Community Manage Growing Numbers Of People Living With Diabetes
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 3:12 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Two new courses aimed at supporting those caring for people with Type 2 Diabetes and pre-diabetes have been launched as cases continue to rise. Nicola Goss, Lecturer - Health & Diabetes, has a Bachelor of Science Majoring in Nutrition. Nicola ... More >>
Cobranding Marks Transition To A National Vocational Education Network
Monday, 9 May 2022, 9:52 am | Universal College Of Learning
The transition of UCOL to Te Pūkenga – the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology is well underway, including a new co-branded look from May. Te Pūkenga is the new national vocational education training network that includes all Institutes ... More >>
New Life For A Building That Played A Big Role In Raising Generations Of Palmerstonians
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 4:06 pm | Universal College Of Learning
A building that helped nurture generations has been strengthened and modernised so that it can help connect UCOL students to their future careers. Built in 1929, the former Palmerston North Plunket Rooms in King Street is now the Workhub – a ... More >>
Wairarapa Beauty Students In Demand By Industry
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 3:01 pm | Universal College Of Learning
UCOL Wairarapa beauty students are seeing the benefits of working part-time in the industry while studying towards a diploma. Six of the eleven students in the New Zealand Diploma in Beauty Therapy have already secured part-time work in beauty therapy ... More >>
Knack For Numbers Leads To Accounting Career For UCOL Graduate
Friday, 8 April 2022, 10:07 am | Universal College Of Learning
Cassy Titter was working in the shearing industry when she first came to UCOL Whanganui in 2006. She was looking for something new, and after her aunty had signed up for UCOL’s New Zealand Diploma in Business, Titter thought she would try it too. “I ... More >>
UCOL Manawatū Graduate Realises His Accounting Dream
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 10:52 am | UCOL
Christopher Adams journey to becoming an accountant was far from straightforward – he pretty much drove all over the motu before arriving at UCOL. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2204/681c493291d410dc02f8.jpeg" width="720" height="454"> Christopher Adams is among the ... More >>
Billie’s Building Her Future
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12:01 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Billie Hemopo is on a roll. She aced her NZ Certificate in Construction Skills Level 3 last year and now has more projects in her sights. Doing an art course got Billie interested in architectural design, and she knew that building would give her a practical ... More >>
Te Reo Māori Graduate Passing On The Knowledge
Monday, 28 March 2022, 2:19 pm | UCOL
Warren Maxwell (Ngāti Whare, Ngāi te Riu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka, and Ngāi Tūkairangi – Level 4 Te Reo Māori ) is well known for his music career with bands Trinity Roots, Little Bushman, and Fat Freddy’s Drop. In the early days of Trinity Roots, ... More >>
UCOL Horowhenua Graduate Chasing Teaching Dream
Friday, 25 March 2022, 12:42 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Salamo Sooalo’s faith and love for music brought him to Aotearoa from Samoa. Here, he started his journey to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a teacher. An experienced musician, Salamo coordinated church choirs around Samoa in the early ... More >>
Could Denice Make It Back To The Clinic?
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 11:46 am | UCOL
Denice Stock had a wide experience as a nurse, but that was a decade ago. Could she make it as a nurse again? <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2203/0eb562d84c1381ae4ffe.jpeg" width="720" height="538"> Denice Stock has returned to ... More >>
Scholarships To Help Manawatū Builders Upskill
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 2:21 pm | UCOL
For Manawatū builders Jack Lord and Connor Deane, receiving a Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship is an opportunity to take their careers to the next level. The Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship is a joint initiative between Manawatū Kilwinning ... More >>
