a scholarship or financial award this year.

Education Minister Sen. Milton Scott said the department was now going through the process of considering the applications.

They have been received for Bermuda Government Scholarships, Teacher Training Awards, Further Education Awards, Interest Free Student Loans and UK Fee Differential Awards.

Scholarships are awarded on academic merit only but the Teacher Training Awards also take into account the needs of the education system.

Both are worth more than last year, at $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. There are eight scholarships and six Teacher Training Awards to be granted.

For the other categories, financial need is considered, as well as the applicant's academic merit, and awards can vary from $1,000 to as much as $7,500.

The applications will be looked at over the summer by the scholarship committee and final awards will be made in August.

Sen. Scott said: "The scholarship committee will have a busy summer working through all these applications.

"I am pleased to see that so many students are seeking to take advantage of our awards and scholarships. These grants enable some of our best students to continue their education and that must be a good thing for Bermuda's future.'' COLLEGE POST FOR KENNEDY APP EDC College post for Kennedy Architect Stanley Kennedy, the man who greatly aided St. George's in gaining acceptance as a World Heritage site, has been assigned to the position of external examiner for the Caribbean School of Architecture at the University of Technology in Kingston, Jamaica.

Currently the architect and urban planner for the Town of St. George's, Mr.

Kennedy also serves as chairman of the education committee of the Institute of Bermuda Architects.

His duties as an external examiner with the Caribbean School of Architecture will be to assess the students who are near graduation and evaluate their progress and the quality of their work.

Mr. Kennedy said: "Having taught for some years in the Caribbean School of Architecture, at the College of Arts, Science and Technology, now the University of Technology, I am very honoured that I have been asked to be one of the external examiners for the school.'' Mr. Kennedy was born in Bermuda of Jamaican parents and he attended school in both Bermuda and Jamaica. He worked for a while before leaving for Central Technical School in Toronto and then he attended Columbia University where he obtained his Bachelors of Architecture and a Master of Science in Urban Design.

PEMBROKE HOMES BROKEN INTO CRM Pembroke homes broken into A Pine Hill Drive, Pembroke residence was burglarised sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning.

The resident said she returned home to find that her keys and her knapsack containing a digital camera, cash, a bank card and other personal items had been removed.

She later found her knapsack near her house with only the cash removed.

A Pembroke man has reported a break-in at his Mount View Road home on Tuesday.

The man left his home early that morning and returned in the early afternoon to find that someone had broken in and taken his VCR, a CD player, jewellery and a television.

The television was later found nearby, but the other items have not been recovered.

A Pembroke residence was burglarised sometime overnight on Monday.

The thief made off with a purse containing cash, bank cards and various personal items.