The Beresford Swan kidney dialysis unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has a kind of family atmosphere. Everyone knows everyone else.
Some patients have been returning multiples times a week for more than 30 years. In the past, it was manned b...
Virtual Learning has passed the first test at Warwick Academy.
The school's virtual learning system, Frog, went “live” on Friday, and is in use by all teachers.
Now Warwick Academy wants to spread the idea, and has invited other schools to a February...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
There aren’t a lot of absolutes in life, but we all know this one. Either you are rich or you aren’t! What does rich mean to you? Lots of money, lots of clothes, troves of jewellery, the latest car, expensive trips, big house, no debt.
By contrast, ...
Always this writer has said if there was such a thing as making a wish for the gift of one or two talents in a second life on Earth it would be for remembering names of persons and knowing how to be a “Gombey' dancer.' But if I lived to be as old a...
A film about Bermudian students exploring an unidentified shipwreck debuts tomorrow.
The students took part in the exercise while aboard the Spirit of Bermuda during the last academic year.
A spokesman said: “’Reefs, Wrecks and Renegades’ captures an...
Many young black men involved with crime and other negative behaviours have low self-esteem and an unhealthy view of themselves as black people.
The statement was made last night by Bermuda College professor Quinton Sherlock, who said many of the Is...
Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month.
Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Gang members are enrolling at Bermuda's Adult Education Centre to gain their GEDs and, in some cases, learn to read and write.
Young men are using the facility both to try to better themselves educationally and to stay off the streets and out of trou...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Two young Bermudians will be passing on their skills and knowledge while gaining invaluable experience overseas thanks to openings in South Africa and the Cayman Islands with their employer Air Care Ltd.
Stratton Hatfield will be flying out to Johann...
