969 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bad principals or teachers will not simply be transferred to another school or post, the Commissioner of Education Edmond Heatley said at a public meeting last night.
However, teachers and principals may be moved from time to time for the sake of bet...
DATE: Oct 23, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three young Bermudians were awarded scholarship grants from the Bermuda Arts Council to continue their arts studies.
Malachi Simmons, who is studying for his bachelor of arts degree in dance at Edgehill University, was awarded a $10,000 grant.
Perfor...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anyone interested in becoming more social media savvy is invited to enrol in a new online course at the Bermuda College.
The college’s Professional and Career Education (PACE) Division will this September launch a three-module online programme focusi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda College has strengthened relationships with Berkeley College, in the US, and Canada’s Mount Saint Vincent University to provide students with greater opportunities to continue their studies.
According to a spokeswoman, the College recently si...
DATE: Jul 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Leading doctors from North America were among the experts that attended the Pink Conference on Breast Cancer, hosted by Bermuda.
More than 200 members of the public attended for free, and the event has been hailed a success by Minister of Health and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Rainbow Alliance have disputed a claim by Opposition Leader Marc Bean that gay marriage would lead to moral disruption.
However, the group agreed with Mr Bean’s assertion that same sex marriage is inevitable — something the Opposition Leader desc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of Knowledge Quest graduates have now been appointed directors of the education scholarship charity.
Newly named directors Eneye Jatto and Kerry Fletcher have worked with the charity for the last six years, and are the first graduates to be ap...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Bermuda teacher Derek Tully has met with US politicians in an effort to improve middle school education in the US.
Dr Tully, a Bermudian who worked in the Island’s public education system for 40 years, now works with the Association for Middle...
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A contentious debate in the House of Assembly saw amendments to the Child Day Care Allowance grudgingly approved.
The amendments put forward by Community Minister Wayne Scott gives Government the power to impose parenting classes on recipients who br...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Health Department will next month host free speech and language screenings to P1 students entering the school system.
The screenings are intended to detect learning weaknesses at an early stage so as to reduce or prevent any negative impacts in t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
