A seven-strong group of schoolchildren have attended an international leadership programme at a school in Atlanta.
The pupils, from the 2018 Future Leaders programme, spent three weeks at the Global Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship event at Bra...
Students studying subjects ranging from medicine to law and criminology have won $25,000 scholarships.
Zoe Exon, Sydney Rego, Casey Schuler, Chrysda Smith and Shayla Smith won Nicholl Scholarships, named after Albert Nicholl, a philanthropist who lef...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Education is not only the foundation for success in people’s lives, but it is also something that enhances lives.
Every child should have access to a high-quality education, so that they may live their life to the fullest extent.
The Bermuda public...
Teachers have “grave concerns” about pupils and staff at an East End school contaminated by asbestos, the head of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Shannon James, the president of the BUT, said that the union demanded the highest standar...
A $30,000 legal education award has been presented to Karim Creary by Appleby.
Mr Creary is a graduate from St Lawrence University and has been a legal intern at Appleby since November 2017. He begins his GDL at The University of Law next month.
“Hav...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine published a series of essays constituting what it calls “The 1619 Project”, a look at America’s legacy of slavery at the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to what is now the United ...
The grandmother of an 11-year-old girl due to start at an East End school next month said she was concerned about asbestos in the building.
Mary Faries heard a radio report last week about the presence of the cancer-causing material at Clearwater Mi...
A master carpenter from the West End whose career spanned more than 60 years has died.
Charles Rupert “Pine” Smith was 87.
Mr Smith’s family said he was “hard-working, stubborn, opinionated, funny, current with all news, determined and immoveable”.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Registration is under way and filling fast for Bermuda Tech Week 2019.
The programme, which kicks off in October, will explore future opportunities and challenges presented by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, digita...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A star pupil has picked up more than $90,000 in scholarships to help fund his law studies at a top British university.
Conor Hay, 17, graduated from Warwick Academy as this year’s valedictorian after he scored 43 out of a possible 45 points in the In...
