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The organisers of an annual back-to-school uniform campaign yesterday appealed to the public for $64,000 by the end of the week.
Organisers of the Each One Reach One Campaign, which helps families in need get school supplies for children returning to...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A group of nurses have won a total of $13,000 in scholarships to help them further their nursing education.
Olievia Martins and Luz Soto-Lambert, registered nurses, were given $2,000 each and Tamara Symons, Regina Dill and Theresa Santucci, all nursi...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Youngsters at the island’s two public secondary schools will be taught how to prepare for college – by specially trained senior pupils.
The Mirrors Programme has introduced PeerForward – a course designed to improve college preparedness for children ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 70 students have been given a leg-up to continue their education through this year’s Government scholarships and awards scheme.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, unveiled the award winners yesterday and congratulated the winners for...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A star pupil has won a four-year scholarship and plans to study computer science in Canada.
Genevieve Lau, who studied at the Bermuda High School for Girls, was awarded this year’s Dudley and Deborah Butterfield Scholarship, worth more than $7,000 a...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A jump in coronavirus cases has led to four extra students getting scholarships to study abroad.
The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club handed over $40,000 to education charity Knowledge Quest after the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix had to reduce its planned e...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A review of children’s advocacy agencies included five jurisdictions across the world, a social development and seniors ministry spokeswoman said.
Commissions in Jamaica, England, Jersey, Malta and Australia were studied to help set up a replacement ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A ceremony was held to recognise 15 recipients of scholarships aimed at helping young Bermudians to enter Bermuda’s workforce.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, addressed the awardees last Thursday on the grounds of the Cabinet Office.
The Dep...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A schoolgirl has scored top marks in an iGCSE exam – aged just 12.
Emily Sperryn-Jones, from Hamilton Parish, sat the exam in Dutch, designed to be taken by 16-year-olds, in May, a month after her birthday.
She learnt last Saturday that she had rec...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
University students got a cash boost from a bank to help them finish their studies.
Tierrai Tull and Isaiah Wales, two Bermudian students, were given $25,000 a year for the rest of their undergraduate degrees by Butterfield Bank.
They were among...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson