Not enough local students are being accepted to Queen’s University to study medicine – Greene
Pupils excel in A-Level results
POST-16 students across Fermanagh have ‘excelled’ according to their school principals as A2 and AS students received their examination results on Tuesday morning. For the second year running, formal examinations were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic meaning schools themselves calculated the grades to be awarded to pupils. A third of the pupils in […]
Cyber hackers target South West College
AS IF local students and staff didn’t already have enough to contend with at the moment, the South West College (SWC) faced serious disruption recently as a result of a sinister cyber attack. Police have confirmed to the Herald they are aware of the incident and are investigating after it was reported in the Belfast Telegraph […]
Calls for financial support for students
FERMANAGH’S young people are “being treated terribly” and “something needs to be done” to help them face the extreme challenges they are currently facing due to the Covid pandemic. That’s according to local Cllr Sheamus Greene, who is a school bus driver by profession and chair of the board of St Mary’s in Brookeborough. He […]
Students still paying rent despite online lectures
MANY local students are still facing huge accommodation bills for the year ahead, even though classes are going to be all online for the foreseeable future. This academic year has already been a rollercoaster for the county’s school leavers, who not only faced the most disruptive and controversial exam season in living memory due to […]
Fermanagh students urged: don’t panic!
The key message, from someone who has been there themselves in the not too distant past, is don’t panic.
Hopes Covid NHS staff will stay local
Many student nurses and doctors finished their training early to work on the frontline of the Covid pandemic.
Brexit blow to local students over Erasmus scheme
The news has came as a “major blow” to future students may no longer get a chance to experience Erasmus.
Local students could pay a heavy price for hard Brexit
IN THE week when the UK government outlined the stark reality of what a no deal Brexit will mean for many, yet another report has come out highlighting yet more ways leaving the EU will make life harder for those in border areas. This time the focus is on students and skills, with a dire […]
Day of reckoning looms large for A level students
THE wait is almost over for students who have spent their summer waiting on their A level results. The A level results are out tomorrow (Thursday) while GCSE students are forced to wait another week to find out how they fared in their exams. This is a particularly stressful time of year for young people […]