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A Bermudian student has become the first to receive a full scholarship pledged by two businessmen looking to invest in the island’s young talent.
Katherine Grainge is attending the University of St Andrews in Scotland thanks to the donation from Chri...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former school once earmarked for emergency housing has been ruled “surplus to Government requirement”.
Now the Ministry of Public Works has asked for expressions of interest to renovate the former Bishop Spencer School in Pembroke.
A spokesman sai...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two young Bermudians studying journalism abroad have been picked by the English-speaking Union for the organisation’s higher education grants for this year.
The two recipients are Samantha Soares and Alisa Bernardo.
Each will get a boost of $3,500 to...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of nine people have graduated from a programme designed to prepare participants for a career in the marine industry.
The seven-week Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme provides skills development, job readiness, and vocational tr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A bid to expand prison libraries has been launched.
Renee Ming, the national security minister, said the prison system contained a lot of keen readers who would benefit from donations of new books.
Ms Ming said: “The Department of Corrections has qui...
DATE: Oct 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Reality TV star and socialite Paris Hilton joined a protest held in a bid to shut down a controversial American boarding school for troubled children used by the Bermuda Government.
Ms Hilton, who spent almost a year at Provo Canyon School in Utah wh...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A specialist school has been transformed into a “mathematical planetarium” to encourage pupils to reach for the stars.
The walls at Planet Math’s buildings in Hamilton and St George are now covered in artwork, including images of galaxies and planets...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Warwick Academy is celebrating its most successful university and college acceptance rate in recent history with 98 per cent of graduates achieving their first option, the school said.
A total of 54 of the 55 graduates secured their top choice afte...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A new $3.5 million career development centre at Bermuda College is to be funded by four reinsurance firms, it was revealed yesterday.
Athene Holding, Athora Life Reinsurance, Aspen Insurance Holdings and Catalina Holdings teamed up to make the multim...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
International Baccalaureate pupils at a private school surpassed the world average pass rate by almost 30 per cent.
Bermuda High School pupils had an average pass rate of 96 per cent in the 2020 IB diploma programme — well above the worldwide 79 per ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson