This year’s KPMG Scholarship has been awarded to Brianna Buchanan, a 2011 graduate of Bermuda Institute who is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance, at the University of Alabama. Ms Buchanan also pl...
Teachers are set to take industrial action next month.
Staff have signalled they will take industrial action on Tuesday, September 2 — six days before children are due to return to classrooms.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said the di...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s former Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley has missed out on the schools superintendent post in New Orleans.
Dr Heatley was one of two finalists for the US job, but the Orleans Parish Schools Board failed to approve either of them.
Instea...
There’s a scene like this in almost every science fiction movie: a door opens up in a wall and all you can see through the doorway is blinding light. That’s what college should be, a portal to new opportunities and ways of thinking. It can be pretty ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The first phase of work to restore and save one of Bermuda’s oldest school buildings has begun.
Moonray Manor dates back to the 1840s and had fallen into disrepair over the last two decades.
But trustees of the Moonray Manor Trust, David Saul and Fra...
A year-long research project into the potential for an offshore wind farm has revealed its findings.
The study highlighted potential conflicts with other ocean uses and ecological sensitivities, and identified possible locations for offshore developm...
It’s inevitable to become homesick when you’re a student away at school. But whether you’re away in boarding school or university, you can give yourself a comforting reminder of home by proudly displaying your Bermudian heritage. Here’s some tips on ...
Work to make sure schools are ready for the start of the new school year is in its final stages, Ministers said yesterday.
Education Minister Grant Gibbons and Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin teamed up at Harrington Sound Primary School...
DATE: Aug 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
When most high school seniors visit prospective colleges they might look at the campus, or the dorms or the library, Jade Belboda only has eyes for the science lab.
Miss Belboda, 17, a senior at Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, is this year’s ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
16 August, 2014
Dear Sir,
I write this letter to encourage readers (especially young Bermudians) to make their voices louder in Bermuda on this issue I am going to bring up — higher education for Bermudians.
Bermuda College can only do so much. Ber...
DATE: Aug 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
