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A Ministry of Education staff member working towards a Masters in Public Policy and Management was named the winner of the 2021 Bermuda Government Bursary Award. Taneesha Ottley, who studies at the University of York, said her goal was to become a se...

A veteran teacher who sued the Government after she was passed over for the role of Commissioner of Education will have to pay half of the Government’s legal costs. Gina Tucker argued in court that she was not given a fair chance at the job, which wa...

Babson College business administration major, Isabella Boonstra, is enjoying her summer internship at Marsh McLennan’s leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, Guy Carpenter. Ms Boonstra, a graduate of Suffield Academy in Connecticut who is en...

Young people have discussed social problems such as poverty and racism as part of a leadership programme. Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said: “The presentation offered attendees the opportunity to hear our youth expr...

A new online teacher coaching programme has signed up 50 instructors in the space of a few weeks. The programme – EduCoach: The Personal Trainer for Teachers – was designed for parents and anyone who wants to improve their instructional techniques ...

A group set up to fight the closure of West End Primary School has claimed it was snubbed by the Government. The West End Warriors for Legacy said presented a petition with 315 signatures against the plan to shut the school as part of an education s...

Young people on the Future Leaders programme have backed the scheme as this year’s group was inducted. Siniah Lambe, one of the group and from CedarBridge Academy, said: “Unlike school, Future Leaders Bermuda allows you to be way more open about how ...

A single mother yesterday said she was “shocked and disappointed” after she found that her child could not be enrolled in a new Government-run preschool programme because of a policy change. The mother said she applied in June for a place on the Brig...

Bermuda College will use remote learning for the first week of the new term because of the threat of industrial action and problems scheduling coronavirus tests. Face-to-face teaching, scheduled to start next Monday for the first time since the pande...

Visiting the Isle of Wight in 1949, Kay Latter wanted to build a sand castle. “I was probably about seven,” the 79 year old said. “There was a lovely, sandy beach, but it was so full of litter that I could not build a sand castle. I was digging up tr...

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 ...

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...