Press Release – Universal College Of Learning Applications for UCOLs U-Skills Trades Academy hit 1,000 for the first time this year, with new community partnerships providing secondary school students with greater access to vocational education. U-Skills Academy programmes enable year 11 to 13 …
Applications for UCOL’s U-Skills Trades Academy hit 1,000 for the first time this year, with new community partnerships providing secondary school students with greater access to vocational education.
U-Skills Academy programmes enable year 11 to 13 students to attend UCOL (or a UCOL-approved site) one day a week to develop industry-relevant skills, while also earning NCEA credits. Launched in 2012, U-Skills has grown into one of the top trade academies in the country, with great support from schools across the regions including Whanganui, Manawatū, Tararua, Horowhenua through to the Wairarapa.
The Boys’ High senior boys’ 4x100m relay team of Aden Porritt, Caleb Evans, Dirki Botha and Angus Lyver won the senior title. The silver medallists were Angus Lyver in the senior boys’ long jump and Kimberley Walsh in the junior girls’ 400m. Bronze medals went to Lyver in the senior boys’ 200m, and in the senior girls’ events, Sam Mackinder in the javelin and Courtney Trow in the high jump. The junior girls’ 400m produced the perfect result for Tara Rolfe’s training squad, with Monique Gorrie of Girls’ High winning the title and Kimberley Walsh of St Peter’s finishing second. Both ran big personal bests. Their times would have placed them second and third in the senior race.
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 10:38 am
Applications for UCOL’s U-Skills Trades Academy hit
1,000 for the first time this year, with new community
partnerships providing secondary school students with
greater access to vocational education.
U-Skills
Academy programmes enable year 11 to 13 students to attend
UCOL (or a UCOL-approved site) one day a week to develop
industry-relevant skills, while also earning NCEA credits.
Launched in 2012, U-Skills has grown into one of the top
trade academies in the country, with great support from
schools across the regions including Whanganui, Manawatū,
Tararua, Horowhenua through to the Wairarapa.
The
programmes range from trades to hospitality to business, and