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 […]
University still the big ambition for sixth years
By Keilan Colville FOR a lot of young people studying in sixth form, their main goal is to get into university, which brings the independence, experience and education that students are looking for. Although, it also brings stresses and pressures financially, considering that tuition fees cost £4,160 a year in Northern Ireland, with fees in […]
Teachers assualted by primary children
TEACHERS in both primary schools and post-primary schools right across Fermanagh are being attacked by pupils, it has been revealed. Figures published by investigative website thedetail.tv last week showed there were well over 100 pupils suspended at schools of all levels here in the county during the 2016/17 academic year. The reasons given for these […]
Local schools will be caught up in teachers’ strike
North’s largest teachers’ union take to the picket line next Tuesday