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Backbone of the economy: 957 UCOL graduates
Monday, 22 March 2010, 10:12 am | UCOL
UCOL’s Graduation ceremonies will be held this week, celebrating the achievements of students who successfully completed their course of study last year. More >>
Making the body speak
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 10:39 am | UCOL
Actor, director, choreographer and playwright Jaime Dorner will bring a new dimension to UCOL’s Performing Arts programme. More >>
UCOL Students on Line for Success
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 4:23 pm | UCOL
UCOL students no longer need to fight off their parents and sibling to use the home computer. The Welcome Back for new and returning students at UCOL’s Palmerston North campus is a new extended Learning Hub equipped with 70 computers and wireless ... More >>
Andy Halewood’s 7th Day
Friday, 12 February 2010, 3:13 pm | UCOL
UCOL furniture designer Andy Halewood has been selected to take part in an elite national design exhibition on Waiheke Island, for the second year in a row. More >>
From the Whanganui River to the Caribbean Sea
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 12:01 pm | UCOL
The Whanganui River and the Caribbean Sea are half a world apart, but the distance has been dramatically reduced for 19 year old Whanganui UCOL student Sam Mackey. More >>
Huge gain brings massive loss
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 11:12 am | UCOL
Nat Schlebusch may have gained a Certificate in Exercise and Sport Performance at UCOL Wairarapa, but he also lost a staggering 20 kilograms in the process. More >>
Local support revives Cookery programme
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 3:32 pm | UCOL
Aspiring top chefs from throughout the Wairarapa have ensured the revival of UCOL’s Professional Cookery programmes. More >>
Upbeat Beginning for New Music Programme
Monday, 1 February 2010, 12:41 pm | UCOL
The next generation of professional musicians has been quick to respond to UCOL’s new Contemporary Music programme – the first to be offered in the Manawatu. More >>
UCOL photography students recognised as NZ's best
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 1:34 pm | UCOL
UCOL photography students recognised as New Zealand’s best UCOL student Leilani Hatch has taken first place in the inaugural national Canon EYEcon awards. More >>
Cherry Orchard ripe for UCOL performers
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 4:27 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Anton Chekhov would be impressed with the treatment The Cherry Orchard has received from UCOL’s Certificate in Performing Arts students. “Chekhov was most insistent that this play was perceived as a comedy,” says Performing Arts lecturer Penni ... More >>
Award-winning 'binge' writer comes to Wanganui
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:33 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Award winning short story writer and poet Frankie McMillan describes herself as a binge writer. She fits it in between teaching and family responsibilities and writes flat out when she has the time, often for six hours without a break. Frankie will ... More >>
New training facility for UCOL Wairarapa
Monday, 23 November 2009, 1:57 pm | UCOL
A modest patch of lawn at UCOL Wairarapa will soon accommodate one of the Masterton campus’s most exciting recent developments. More >>
UCOL Students Raise Funds for Samoa
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 11:07 am | UCOL
Whanganui UCOL’s First Year Bachelor of Nursing students have once again taken up the challenge to fundraise for the victims of the Tsunami in Samoa. Following on from the successful Australian Bush Fire Appeal in February this year, the students ... More >>
UCOL Utilizes Pavement for Poetry
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 1:19 pm | UCOL
Visitors to Wanganui’s Saturday market are likely to notice something colourfully cultural underfoot. First year English students from the UCOL’s Computer Graphic Design programme will use an unusual medium to share their poetry skills with the ... More >>
UCOL recognises the high achievers
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 1:14 pm | UCOL
Ten high achieving UCOL students will get tangible support for further study with the awarding of annual scholarships this week. More >>
Best and first for new UCOL web site
Monday, 9 November 2009, 10:45 am | UCOL
UCOL wanted only the best for its new web site – including the best young designer. More >>
UCOL fires up for fashion show
Friday, 6 November 2009, 12:09 pm | UCOL
Discarded plastic bags, men’s neckties and parking vouchers will have a new lease on life as they are paraded down the catwalk at UCOL’s Fire & Ice Fashion Show on Wednesday night. More >>
Fine furniture and images show at Te Manawa
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:21 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Fine furniture and visual images by UCOL staff and students is on show now at Te Manawa. It is the first time that work produced by students and staff from these two iconic UCOL programmes has been exhibited together. The joint graduate exhibition ... More >>
Summer School of the Arts filling fast
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 12:45 pm | UCOL
Wanganui people have the chance to learn the intricacies of decorative sugar art from one of the country’s top pastry chefs at Whanganui UCOL’s Summer School of the Arts in January. More >>
UCOL Relaunches Wairarapa's Cookery Porgramme
Monday, 2 November 2009, 1:56 pm | Universal College Of Learning
Carpentry Programme Coordinator Brett Tickner swapped his hammer for tongs at UCOL Wairarapa’s Cookery programme relaunch on Labour weekend. Brett was one of several volunteers who assisted celebrity chef Al Brown during his outdoor cooking demonstration ... More >>
