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The Bermuda Union of Teachers is due to hold a general members’ meeting to discuss whether teachers will work to rule at the start of the school term over unresolved matters.
The union voted to work to rule in June, claiming the Public Service Negoti...
DATE: Aug 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four young people have won praise for their performance as interns at the Department of Planning.
Jessica Tannock, Onè Hart, Antonio Bailey and Meredith Gillespie have been involved in research and writing reports about planning under the supervision...
DATE: Aug 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Three students in need of financial assistance have received bursaries from the Continental Society of Bermuda.
Markia Peterson-Williamson, Nia Dailey and M’Dory Woods have won awards of $4,000, $1,500 and $1,000 respectively.
Organisers said extra f...
DATE: Aug 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A total of 14 students have won scholarships from the Department of Workforce Development.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, presented the awards at a recent ceremony.
Mr Rabain told the winners: “Our ministry unders...
DATE: Aug 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Education has leapfrogged employment to become the second most important issue facing Bermuda.
Focus on education has now hit the highest level for the past decade.
But both education and employment still lag behind worries over the economy, accordin...
DATE: Aug 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, the former principal of the Berkeley Institute, has been announced as the new vice president of academic and student affairs at Bermuda College.
Dr Curtis-Tweed, a Bermudian, graduated from Emory University with a PhD, and pursu...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Akinyi Apopa and Amber Reid are the winners of the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Steinhoff Scholarship for 2017.
The students, who receive $5,000 each, were chosen for their outstanding scholastic achievement and community service, according to a pres...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Education minister Diallo Rabain has confirmed that the Ministry of Education authorised a public volunteer effort to ensure Bermuda’s public schools are ready for the new term in September.
The first of the “work rallies” took place at Warwick Pres...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Community activist Gina Spence will launch her annual back-to-school campaign next week to provide needy families with uniforms and education supplies.
Gina Spence Productions has again teamed up with Gibbons Company to urge residents to donate “gent...
DATE: Aug 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Four Saltus Grammar School students have won top awards from an examinations board in the United States.
Alexandra Barnes, Christian Oatley, Casey Schuler and Megan Zimmerer were all awarded National AP Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinction.
The aw...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff