Guernsey News, 26 February 2010 – World-renowned art historian and novelist Douglas Skeggs will be giving a lecture to Year 10 and Year 11 Grammar School students on Picasso ‘The Great Magician’ while he is visiting Guernsey next week.
Both Year groups are studying Picasso and Cubism as part of their GCSE Art and Design examinations.
Douglas [...]
Guernsey News, 25 February 2010 – MUSIC can be heard echoing through the halls of island primary schools thanks to the successful partnership between Butterfield and the Guernsey Schools Music Service.
In 2008 Butterfield made a sizeable donation so that a pilot scheme could be run along the same lines of a UK initiative called ‘Wider [...]
Guernsey News, 28 January 2010 – THE GTA University Centre’s dedicated library and study centre has been given a financial boost by Ozannes.
The law firm is contributing towards the running of Morningside House in Le Marchant Street, one of the three buildings that the GTA has developed to serve its students following its departure from [...]
Isle News, 17 September 2009 – TWO hard-working and talented students have been awarded bursaries by Butterfield to ease the expense of University.
Natalie Carnachan and David Henry, ex-prefects of Ladies’ College and Elizabeth College respectively, were chosen for their academic ability as well as their impressive extra-curricular achievements.
They will each receive £1,500 every year for [...]
Isle News, 26 May 2009 – A member of the Board of a Channel Islands facilities management company has received the Chartered Director Award from The Institute of Directors (IOD).
Chris Leach, Company Director at Amalgamated Facilities Management for over 12 years (see note 1), has been awarded his Chartered Director Certificate. In order to qualify [...]
Isle News, 7 May 2009 – The local business community will learn how to survive a possible flu pandemic, at a free presentation on Monday.
Business continuity specialists MSD International are already making plans for a second session due to the high level of interest in their flu pandemic presentation, from both the public and private [...]
Isle News, 8 April 2009 – THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON has awarded a member of the island’s GTA University Centre an honorary position within its School of Management, further strengthening the partnership between the two institutions.
Chris Edwards, Programmes Manager responsible for postgraduate studies at the GTA has joined the Visiting Fellowship of the School of [...]
Isle News, 7 April 2009 – AN initiative to revolutionise education for children with specific literacy difficulties has proven popular with local teachers.
Organised by the Dyslexia Day Centre (DDC) and the Education Department and funded by Investec and the Lloyds TSB foundation, the scheme will teach secondary school teachers how to further recognise and support [...]
