UCOL beauty therapy kaiako and ākonga finalists in national Awards
UCOL Manawatū is proud to celebrate Beauty Lecturer Melissa van Duin and ākonga Shona Caswill, who have been chosen as finalists in this year’s national BeautyNZ Association Awards.
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Kickstart your journey with UCOL Whanganui in 2026
We look forward to welcoming new ākonga (students) through our doors to begin their journeys. UCOL Whanganui prides itself on providing an excellent and supportive learning experience for our ākonga across a wide range of career pathways and is committed to education within the Whanganui region.
UCOL celebrates most outstanding, most improved, and most dedicated U-Skills students
UCOL has celebrated ākonga (students) from U-Skills Academy programmes for their hard work and achievement in a series of prize-givings over the last two weeks.
UCOL hairdressing ākonga finalist in New Zealand Hairdressing Awards
UCOL Manawatū is proud to celebrate ākonga Emma Fergus, who has been chosen as a finalist in the Editorial Stylist New Talent category of this year’s New Zealand Hairdressing Awards.
UCOL lecturers strike gold at national photography awards
UCOL Manawatū photography lecturers Gerry le Roux and Tricia Falkner have proven that excellence in teaching goes hand-in-hand with excellence in practice, achieving prestigious honours at the 2025 NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards.
Autonomy for UCOL - a big win for local community
Following yesterday’s post-cabinet announcement, UCOL is pleased to share that the organisation has been listed as one of 10 polytechnics to return to autonomy with local governance from 1 January 2026.
Samoan Language Week celebrated with collaborative bilingual Samoan Children’s Album launch
In celebration of Samoan Language Week, Malamalama Moni Aoga Amata (MMAA) and celebrated children’s music group The KaRs are proud to announce the release of their debut bilingual Samoan early childhood album: a 10-song collection designed to uplift and preserve the Samoan language for future generations.
UCOL and Horowhenua College teacher join forces to help refugees learn English
UCOL is proud to announce a partnership with Horowhenua College music and Spanish teacher, Fernando Figueroa, to provide English language lessons for Latin American former refugee and migrant families in the Horowhenua and Kāpiti rohe.
New Pūhoro x UCOL Partnership to Empower Māori STEMM Students
UCOL and Pūhoro STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Mātauranga Māori) Academy are proud to announce a new partnership to support first-year Māori STEMM students.
UCOL begins change proposal 'Getting UCOL Future-Ready'
UCOL has begun consulting with its kaimahi (staff) on a proposal for getting UCOL Future-Ready.