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Members of the Bermuda Union of Teachers have commenced working to rule and could take further action, after a breakdown in negotiations with the Ministry of Education.
Teachers agreed to work their contracted hours only following a vote at an emerg...
DATE: Jun 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Widespread mould at Dellwood Middle School is the main reason the school has relocated to Bermuda College, according to Bermuda Union of Teachers president Shannon James.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette yesterday, Mr James said Dellwood represented th...
DATE: Jun 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Teachers are being offered weekly meetings with the Public Service Negotiating Team until their contract row is finished.
Education minister Cole Simons said the first meeting will take place on Tuesday next week — but union leader Mike Charles react...
DATE: May 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The environment, social change and economic challenge were among the issues tackled by Somersfield Academy students as part of the school’s annual What Matters Conference.
Each student was tasked with coming up with a well-researched project about a...
DATE: May 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Children will be in charge of everything from washing and drying laundry to making the bed and setting the table, at the new Functional Life Skills Room at Paget Primary School.
The apartment, featuring a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, is designed so...
DATE: Apr 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two Saltus Grammar School students have been selected as Bermuda’s Rhodes Scholars.
The Bermuda Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee announced that Nicholas Barton is the scholar for 2016 and Peter Merritt as the scholar for 2017.
Mr Barton graduat...
DATE: Apr 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda College has formalised its public-private partnership with Validus Re which is opening up opportunities for students to enter the IT field for reinsurance companies.
The firm has been offering internships at the college for about two years a...
DATE: Apr 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Five students at TN Tatem Middle School have been awarded the first Quinton Edness Scholarship.
It is the first middle-school award in Bermuda and was made possible by proceeds from the TN Tatem / Spice Valley Middle School Trust Fund.
The fund’s tr...
DATE: Apr 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
“You can’t have a one-size-fits-all school system” is one of the lessons Jeremiah Newell learnt when turning around failing schools in the US.
The American-based educator hired by the Department of Education to develop a strategic plan for public ed...
DATE: Apr 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda High School has announced an ambitious campaign that will see the creation of the $10 million BHS Innovation Centre, putting its students at the forefront of Steam learning on the island.
The new facility, expected to be completed within th...
DATE: Mar 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan