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Premier Ewart Brown was last night accused of being "divisive and nasty" after Progressive Labour Party supporters received an e-mail claiming the Opposition was intent on putting "old power brokers" back in charge.
The accusation was made in a messa...
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Crew onboard the Spirit of Bermuda are celebrating winning two prestigious international awards this month.
The tall ship — launched a year ago by Bermuda Sloop Foundation to teach young Bermudians about teamwork — was named Sail Training Programme o...
DATE: Nov 26, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's scholarship season is in full swing with students across the Island scrambling to secure the top awards to enable them to further their studies. The Royal Gazette's Sam Strangeways takes a look at the vast array of scholarships now availabl...
DATE: Nov 22, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Teachers took to the great outdoors last week for a series of sessions with scientists from Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS).
The field trips were part of Bermuda Union of Teachers' annual conference and saw more than 40 teachers visit Wals...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons yesterday accused Government of being "grossly unfair" to a civil servant who has been suspended on full pay for more than a year — and to taxpayers footing the bill for her salary.
The woman, understood to ear...
DATE: Nov 17, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Industry members still have serious concerns about the quality of a training lab for electrical wiring students at Bermuda College, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Claims that the facility is not up to scratch surfaced last month, prompting an angry re...
DATE: Nov 07, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
A pledge to allow students to study for free at Bermuda College was among the education promises included in yesterday's Throne Speech.
The Government said it would amend the Bermuda College Act 1974 to change the admissions procedures to allow all B...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Young drummers led a procession through the streets of the west end yesterday as a school celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Sandys Secondary Middle School invited two surviving members of its first ever class — Hope Bascome and Miriam Wilson-Trott — t...
DATE: Oct 27, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Henry Johnson, the man brought in by Government to tackle its self-proclaimed education crisis, has a phrase he litters his conversation with: student learning outcomes.
What the term really means, of course, is results — and right now, as he readily...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
The Berkeley Institute's board of governors has rejected a plan for a fee-paying centre at the school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification.
Board chairman Calvin White issued a statement yesterday in which he said that the idea...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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