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A free virtual lecture to discuss how people resisted enslavement will be held by the National Museum of Bermuda next week.
Kirsty Warren will present Pushing the Boundaries of Freedom on Zoom from 5.30pm on November 18.
The Bermudian academic lives ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Teachers have been invited to a professional development workshop organised by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The free session will be held on Zoom and will be linked to a lecture about resistance to enslavement.
An NMB spokeswoman said: “This works...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A concerned mother has spoken out about a lack of inclusiveness for children with special needs in Bermuda’s public education system.
Cyrelah Somner, the mother of a middle-school child with Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder characterised by mil...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda High School opened its new $12.2 million Innovation Centre, arts wing and theatre yesterday — and promised the state-of-the-art facilities will be open to pupils from other schools across the island.
The project, funded by 320 donors, has bee...
DATE: Nov 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
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 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
A schoolboy with severe autism has been refused permission to repeat a school year despite backing from his teacher and doctor.
His parents said their son had the mental age of a five-year-old and, because of disruption to his education caused by th...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan