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  • A photograph of UCOL students receiving the Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship for qualified tradespeople in the construction industry for 2018.

    Construction workers awarded scholarships to upskill

    03 December 2018

    Construction workers Thomas Monaghan and Cameron McIntosh are looking to add quantity surveying to their skillsets after each being awarded a study scholarship worth $6000.

  • A photograph of an elderly person's hands

    Preparing students for aged care

    29 November 2018

    An article about how UCOL students are prepared for aged care by Faye Davenport.

  • A photograph of UCOL Student Stuart McGechan

    The sign of a good banana

    29 November 2018

    Food, art and bananas all feature in Stuart McGechan’s work history, up until recently he had worked as a chef for the last thirty years in New Zealand, Australia and Switzerland.

  • A photograph of an early childhood teacher with a baby and toddler

    Employment opportunities for Early Childhood students

    27 November 2018

    Employment opportunities for qualified early childhood staff continue to grow, with the number of students studying early childhood rising across UCOL campuses in Wairarapa, Palmerston North, Whanganui and Horowhenua.

  • A hot rod car featuring a design by UCOL student Megan Foster

    Loudest rat or dirtiest rat?

    26 November 2018

    From hardly being able to draw a stick figure, Megan Foster, a UCOL Bachelor of Design and Arts who is majoring in Graphic Design, is about to see her work exhibited as part of the Tributaries Exhibition in Whanganui.

  • An image of an interior design sketch of a hotel room created by a UCOL student

    Creativity at the fore

    21 November 2018

    Talent, skill and imagination are all about to be on show at a number of exhibitions by UCOL students. This is a great opportunity to come and soak up some art, design, interior design and just enjoy the talent on show.

  • A photograph of UCOL Infrastructure Works students posing for a photograph

    School-leavers gain industry experience, qualifications and offers of employment

    21 November 2018

    Seven Tararua College students have successfully received offers of employment as a result of completing Infrastructure Works training at UCOL while still in school. 

  • Yellow stack ceramic art work by Andrea du Chatenier

    More accolades for artist

    13 November 2018

    2017 saw Andrea du Chatenier, a Fine Arts Lecturer on the Bachelor of Design & Arts at UCOL Whanganui and a successful artist who has been exhibiting here and abroad for more than a decade, awarded with the Guldagergaard Residency, for her work Untitled (

  • A photograph of UCOL nursing lecturer Sandie Bayliss.

    Peer review of classroom resource

    31 October 2018

    UCOL's Sandra Bayliss, Programme Leader and Lecturer from the Nurse Education Team at UCOL, was recently chosen as a peer reviewer in one of Elsevier's publications.

  • A photograph of UCOL furniture design and making students in the workshop with their furniture

    National Woodskills Competition success for UCOL

    30 October 2018

    UCOL Furniture Design & Making students have had another successful year at the National Woodskills Competition in Kawerau, with three students picking up awards.

  • A photograph of secondary school students Kaea Tibbe, Neihana Hania and Pani Brown at UCOL with their Munchie List business initiative.

    Secondary school students gain skills through UCOL

    12 October 2018

    Over 400 secondary schools students from the lower North Island will be finishing the school year with new skills and knowledge in their chosen Vocational Pathway after completing U-Skills Academy programmes at UCOL.

  • A photograph of a laptop featuring business data

    Introducing eight new ICT degree majors at UCOL

    18 September 2018

    Eight new majors within the UCOL Bachelor of Information and Communications (BICT) are set to take off in 2019, which will greatly benefit both students and employers.

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