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UCOL’s Leader of Teaching Excellence Janet Walke has been appointed as an Icon, UCOL’s highest academic honour.
Her appointment as one of two new UCOL Icons brings the total number of UCOL academic staff with Icon status to 11.
Icon appointments are made to academic staff members who have achieved sustained distinction and excellence in their fields of expertise.

Eleven staff members have also been promoted to the level of Expert, having shown significant national / international recognition within their industry or profession.

Deputy Chief Executive Bonnie Dewart says Icons and Experts exemplify the high quality of teaching at UCOL and the value placed on community and industry recognition. “These excellent academics are role models and mentors for other academic staff, and an inspiration to our students.”

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Visitors to UCOL Wairarapa’s Open Day can tell their friends: “I helped build a house today then helped pull it down.”

This rare experience is available to everyone who comes along to the Open Day this coming Wednesday. A kitset mini house will be amongst the fun activities. The five square metre house was donated to UCOL Wairarapa by timber company JNL.

It can be built and dismantled in less than a day and is used to teach Construction students. Programme Leader Brett Tickner says it’s a great resource that allows students to learn the principles of building and understand the roles played by other tradespeople in the process.

He says anyone who wants to pick up a drill, a measuring tape or a hammer at the Open Day can lend a hand with the building.
Read More: “Help build a house at UCOL Open Day”…