BORDER school Belleek Primary School has recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The small rural school situated on the outskirts of Belleek has been a part of the community for a century where it has fostered a loving, caring and supportive environment for pupils and staff. Principal Nicola Young said, “We are beyond delighted to be celebrating such […]
Fermanagh students learn about benefits of gas
A FERMANAGH school recently took part in a number of “educational workshops” on how to stay safe with gas usage as the supplier continues to make major strides in the town and county. Evolve, which recently carried out major work in the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen, stopped off at the Erne Integrated College to […]
Fermanagh students all set for A Levels results day
Students across Fermanagh are reminded that even if they don’t get the marks they’re hoping for, there are still plenty of options available.
The most unique school in Fermanagh
NESTLED in the leafy outskirts of Enniskillen is a pioneering school, unlike any other in the county. EOTAS (Education Other Than at School) provides a support service for young people for whom mainstream education is no longer successful. It offers local young people who require some help completing their schooling the chance to do so in a relaxed, non-judgemental […]
Principal concerned with rise in pupil absenteeism
AN Enniskillen native, who is the principal of one of the largest girls’ schools in Belfast, has highlighted the desperate situation schools are finding themselves in as the number of pupils marked absent every day continues to rise. Jackie Bartley, who is the principal of St Genevieve’s High School in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast and president […]
Local students warned of mental health issues
NEW research has suggested that many local students begin university or college with mental health problems, but that some courses had more students with issues than others. The findings from Ulster University and the Atlantic Technological University in Letterkenny were based on data collected from 1,829 first-year undergraduate students as part of a Student Psychological Intervention Trial. Students […]
Call for support to help Fermanagh students stay home
The Council has called on univesities to provide timetables along with place offers.
Calls for immediate action to attract medical students
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 […]