Education, Training and Careers News
Pair gain employment thanks to youth project
youths who have been part of a pioneering project to help young people find work have secured full-time employment.
Josh Smith and Josh Cowie have worked on a...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Thea serves up school meals for the last time
At a conservative estimate, Thea Quirk has cooked and served 10 million meals to students at Ballakermeen High School.
Thea hung up her apron last Friday after...
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Primary School children get creative for Celebration of Skipping
The annual Celebration of Skipping was organised by the Department of Health’s Public Health Directorate and supported by Britannia International. Nearly 200...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Jean retires after 31 years at school
Jean Tracy had several Manx classmates at Edge Hill College in Ormskirk in the late 1960s.
‘It seemed to me that the Isle of Man must be a wonderful place to...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Pupil-led changes lead to award for school
Democracy is in action at Michael Primary, where the 10-strong school council has its own, dedicated notice board on which it displays minutes of its meetings...
Friday, 12 July 2013
Small increase in school meals price
The price of a primary school meal is to increase from the start of the new academic year.
Meals provided by the School Meals Service at primary schools will,...
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Pupils help to design new-look uniform
Pupils at two schools that are being merged have played a major role in designing their new-look uniform.
Auldyn Infants’ School and Scoill Ree Gorree will...
Monday, 8 July 2013
Employability development projects emerge from conference
The organisers of a major conference, held in the autumn, are progressing initiatives aimed at improving young people’s chances of finding work and are seeking...
Monday, 1 July 2013
Second student to head off on scholarship
A second student from the Isle of Man is being afforded the chance to study in America for a year.
Former Ballakermeen High School student Siobhan Walshe was...
Monday, 24 June 2013
Higher Education Conference takes place
The 27th Isle of Man Higher Education Conference takes place today (Thursday) and tomorrow at Ballakermeen High School.
The event, which is open to the public,...
Thursday, 20 June 2013