1226 results returned for search: "education AND " 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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Education
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Sarah Lagan
Quadriplegic and unable to speak years after a crash in which alcohol was involved, Wolde Salassie Bartley locks eyes with the camera filming him in the dangerous driving documentary A Piece of the Rock as his mother administers round-the-clock care ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2017
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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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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The annual Devil’s Isle Paddle Board Challenge is coming back to Bermuda with the aim of helping highlight plastic pollution in the ocean.
In a test of endurance, participants will paddleboard 40 miles around the island, launching from Snorkel Park....
DATE: Apr 24, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
An ROV robot developed by Warwick Academy students has earned high praise from leading engineers and scientists.
The team that developed the lionfish catching Guardian LF1 submersible — unveiled at Ariel Sands this week — paid a visit to the school o...
DATE: Apr 22, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
More than 1,000 surveys have been completed as part of an information gathering exercise by government to help establish a “new vision and strategic plan for public education” in Bermuda.
Additionally, about 60 individuals including parents, business...
DATE: Apr 19, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Students at TN Tatem Middle School got a behind-the-scenes view of the technology that drives America’s Cup racing while learning about the sustainable practices being used by the sailors.
They were taking part in the #Connect2sailing programme, a c...
DATE: Apr 18, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
A social worker aiming to break Bermuda’s gang cycle is calling on employers to take a chance on young men with troubled histories.
Kimberley Jackson, managing director of Team Street Safe, said giving “proven risk individuals” secure training and em...
DATE: Apr 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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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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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