Universal College of Learning
- Universal College of Learning
Infobox_University
name = Universal College of Learning
motto = Good Move
established = 1907as Palmerston North Technical School
name changed in 1998
chancellor=
vice_chancellor=
faculty =545 FTE Staff 2005
city = Palmerston North, Wanganui, Masterton, Levin
|country = New Zealand
students= 5,950 EFTS2005) [http://educationcounts.edcentre.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary/financial-performance.html]
affiliations = Public NZ TEI
campus=
affiliations=
website= [http://www.ucol.ac.nz/ www.ucol.ac.nz]
Universal College of Learning (UCOL) is a New Zealand Government TEI (Polytechnic) located primarily in Palmerston North but has campuses also in the other parts of the lower North Island.
Facilities
The main campus of UCOL Palmerston North is located in the CBD area.
History
UCOL was founded in 1907 and was known as the Palmerston North Technical School. In 1971 it became the Palmerston North Technical Institute and in 1983 the Manawatu Polytechnic. At the time it specialised in apprenticeship courses for the trade sectors, and in hobby, art and craft classes. It also developed a range of night school programmes in business studies for working adults.
As successive governments placed emphasis on vocational education to support New Zealand’s economic growth, the Polytechnic broadened the courses offered, but retained a focus on core vocational programmes. It now delivers Foundation and Certificate programmes, Diplomas, Degrees and some Post-Graduate options across a wide range of subjects as well as community based programmes.
In 1987 the Manawatu Polytechnic opened a small campus in Levin and the 1996 approval by government of a $22 million capital injection, enabled the rebuilding and consolidation of the Palmerston North campus onto a central city site. In late 1998 the Manawatu Polytechnic changed its name to the Universal College of Learning (UCOL).
UCOL expanded in January 2001 with the incorporation of the Wairarapa Regional Polytechnic and the integration of the Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic on 1 April 2002.
The Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic is now called UCOL Wanganui School of Design.
External links
* [http://www.ucol.ac.nz/ UCOL web site]
* [http://www.wsd.ac.nz/ UCOL Wanganui School of Design]
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