UCOL student wins award

THANKS: UCOL Wairarapa student Emma Warrington and her daughter with the chairwoman of the Graduate Women Wellington Trust, Dr Pushpa Wood.

UCOL Wairarapa student Emma Warrington has received a Second Chance Award from the Wellington branch of the NZ Federation of Graduate Women.

Ms Warrington is a second-year Bachelor of Nursing student at UCOL's Masterton campus.

She started studying in 2012, gaining a Certificate in Introduction to Health Science and continued on to a Bachelor of Nursing degree the following year.

She is the single mother of two daughters aged 2 and 8.

The New Horizons for Women Trust organises the awards each year to support education, innovation and research that benefits women.

The awards take the form of a $3000 grant which the recipients are able to spend to aid their studies.

The Second Chance Awards are aimed at women over the age of 27 years returning to education or training.

The selection process considers the level of need, personal qualities and the likelihood of success.