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Bermuda College students called off their mass boycott of the Buzz campus cafe yesterday after reaching an agreement with the venue’s management.
The campaign prompted Buzz to offer an Island-wide student discount from Monday onwards, according to a ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Students will be called upon to imagine a sustainable future for Bermuda, in a new guidebook unveiled by Government.
Announcing the completion of ‘Sustaining Bermuda’, Environment Minister Walter Roban said the book owed its “youth appeal” to the te...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda College students continued a mass boycott of their campus cafeteria in a protest over prices for a second day yesterday.
The hungry youngsters protesting against the Buzz cafe got given free food by a restaurateur who took pity on them.
The b...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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Education
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Bermuda College is hosting a series of events to demonstrate the many facets of science.
Under the theme ‘Sciences: Using Your Hands and Your Head’, the College will connect the pure sciences of biology, chemistry, physics and the environmental scien...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda College students staged a mass boycott of their campus cafeteria in a protest over prices yesterday.
According to Stephen Lightbourne, vice president of the student council, the action against the Buzz cafe will continue today.
Protest leader...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith yesterday addressed the Artful Thinking Conference, praising the participants for their participation.
The conference, organised by the Bermuda Education Network, a local non-profit group, featured special guest...
DATE: Oct 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Island’s senior school students have been challenged to express themselves on the theme of thankfulness with the chance at a $1,000 grant. Any secondary school student is eligible for the Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition, now in its 14th...
DATE: Oct 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teachers were congratulated, and the media castigated, at a ceremony honouring World Teacher’s Day.
Commending the Cambridge exam results announced this week for public schools students, Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) President Keisha Douglas told t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A row has broken out over what constitutes a pass for the IGCSE exams taken by Bermuda secondary school students.
Educators evaluating IGCSE results for Bermuda’s public schools have said the more rigorous C grade is the internationally accepted mea...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teacher locked in a legal battle with Government over alleged bullying by a special school principal is to appeal an arbitrator’s decision in the case.
Claudia DeSilva has filed grievances against Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy head Dena Butterfie...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
