![Anna Barlow Anna Barlow](/NewsImages/Anna%20Barlow%20web%20crop.jpg?RenditionID=10)
29 September 2021
If Anna Barlow ever needs to remember how far she’s come in the past 18 months, she just looks at her first UCOL Student ID card. “I looked very sad back then,” she says.
![Students at Queen Elizabeth College gymnasium Students at Queen Elizabeth College gymnasium](/NewsImages/breaking%20down%20barriers%201.jpg?RenditionID=10)
20 September 2021
As a 15-year-old refugee from Pakistan, Ali Muhammad-Jawad knows first-hand how isolated he felt as a sports-mad teenager arriving in a new country six years ago.
![A photo of Shaz Dagg A photo of Shaz Dagg](/NewsImages/Shax%20Dagg%20web%20crop.jpg?RenditionID=10)
09 February 2021
Paratriathlete Shaz Dagg is not afraid of a challenge and now she has her eyes on becoming the first female amputee to complete the Coast to Coast.
![The proposed UCOL Education Centre for Healthcare and Social Assistance building The proposed UCOL Education Centre for Healthcare and Social Assistance building](/NewsImages/UCOL%20Education%20Centre%20for%20Healthcare%20and%20Social%20Assistance%202.jpg?RenditionID=10)
15 January 2021
Expressions of interest are being sought to purchase and develop a new education centre for healthcare and social assistance education in King Street, Palmerston North.
![The makers of the UCOL and Te Manawa’s Laboratree. A christmas tree decorated with COVID-testing equipment The makers of the UCOL and Te Manawa’s Laboratree. A christmas tree decorated with COVID-testing equipment](/NewsImages/UCOL%20Laboratory%20science%20team%202.jpg?RenditionID=10)
11 December 2020
It’s not often that you see a Christmas tree decorated with COVID-testing equipment. But that’s just what Te Manawa visitors are coming across, with UCOL’s ‘Laboratree’, made from laboratory tools and equipment.
![Reena Niaz Muhammad Reena Niaz Muhammad](/NewsImages/Reena%20Niaz%20Muhammad%20(Web%20crop).jpg?RenditionID=10)
02 December 2020
A refugee from Pakistan, Reena’s educational journey hasn’t been easy, but being awarded a Sir Robert Jones Refugee Daughters’ Scholarship has been a great way to wrap up 2020.
![Dr Rebecca Lucas-Roxburgh in COVID-19 Testing Lab Dr Rebecca Lucas-Roxburgh in COVID-19 Testing Lab](/NewsImages/Dr%20Rebecca%20Lucas-Roxburgh/Dr%20Rebecca%20Lucas-Roxburgh%20in%20COVID-19%20Testing%20Lab%20(web%20crop%201).jpg?RenditionID=10)
07 May 2020
It’s not often that a fully functional and accredited laboratory gets set up within a week – but with Manawatū facing severe COVID-19 testing delays, Dr Rebecca Lucas-Roxburgh and her team made it happen.
![An interior design concept of Education Centre for Healthcare and Social Assistance An interior design concept of Education Centre for Healthcare and Social Assistance](/NewsImages/UCOL%20Education%20Centre%20for%20Healthcare%20and%20Social%20Assistance%201.jpg?RenditionID=10)
21 April 2020
An $8 million development to create an Education Centre for 500 equivalent full time health- related students annually is seeking assistance from the Shovel Ready Infrastructure fund.
![Rotterdam students Exercise & Wellness Lecturer Farzanah Desai at UCOL | Te Pūkenga Rotterdam students Exercise & Wellness Lecturer Farzanah Desai at UCOL | Te Pūkenga](/NewsImages/Rotterdam%201%20web%20crop.jpg?RenditionID=10)
17 December 2019
A group of students from the Netherlands have completed projects for UCOL and experienced New Zealand culture as UCOL | Te Pūkenga continues to build its international relationships.
![Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Wellness) student with client Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Wellness) student with client](/NewsImages/Exercise%204%20(web%20crop).jpg?RenditionID=10)
05 December 2019
Industry ready trainers are the aim of the game for lecturers and students alike in the new Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Wellness) at UCOL.
![Manawatu Scholarships UCOL Manawatu Scholarships UCOL](/NewsImages/Manawatu%20Scholarships.jpg?RenditionID=10)
07 November 2019
Four UCOL students have received scholarships to support them as they work towards careers in the Health sector.
![Student sitting with an elderly man Student sitting with an elderly man](/NewsImages/Social%20Services.jpg?RenditionID=10)
17 October 2019
UCOL is launching its new Bachelor of Social Services degree with an event where potential students can meet the academic team and find out more about the programme.
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