Education

Truancy Watch Expanded To Sandown And Shanklin

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Business, Council, Education, Government, Isle of Wight, News

Isle of Wight Council’s Truancy Watch scheme, which has already proved highly successful, is to be launched in Sandown and Shanklin…



New Swim Sessions In West Wight

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Clare Griffin | Category: Education, Events, Isle of Wight, News

West Wight Sports Centre is to start a new swim session for adults and pre-school children next month. There will be singing games, play and tips for the adults on how to develop babies and toddlers confidence in the water…



Big Dig @ Brading Roman Villa

Aug 15th, 2008 | By Island Pulse | Category: Culture, Education, Environment, Features, Global News, History, Isle of Wight Event News, News

The long wait is reaching a climax, as one of the biggest ever explorations of the past is underway at Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight…



Isle of Wight Battle To Close Health Gap

Aug 15th, 2008 | By Toney Alison | Category: Education, Islandwide, News

A key message of the Island’s Public Health Report for 2008, is that the NHS and its strategic partners need to act now to close a widening gap between the health of the best and worst off people on the Isle of Wight…



IW Council Scheme With Planet Ice To Offer Incentives

Aug 15th, 2008 | By Simon Butler | Category: Council, Education, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

Isle of Wight Council is working with Ryde Arena’s owners Planet Ice to offer an incentive for any students who gain a 100% attendance record during the forthcoming school year…



Roman Voices Writing Competition

Aug 14th, 2008 | By Jenny Button | Category: Community, Competition, Education, History, Isle of Wight, News, Writing

Let your imagination go and win a prize in the Brading Roman Voices Creative writing competition.

Themed on Isle of Wight Roman History the competition in association with Brading Roman Villa, offers, prizes for poems or short stories on the Island’s Roman Heritage.
A magnificent piece of glassware donated by Isle of Wight Glass at St. Lawrence, cash [...]



Isle of Wight Key Stage 3 Results

Aug 12th, 2008 | By Citizen Media | Category: Citizen Media, Education, Government, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

Key Stage 3 results released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families show since a new ‘fast track’ system was introduced in 2007, results across the board have improved, although in all subjects they have decreased this year…



New Rules For Foreign Students

Aug 1st, 2008 | By Carolyn Keene | Category: Education, News

Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria.
The Home Office has published proposals for much tighter rules for foreign students - and the universities and colleges hosting them - under the student tier of its new Points Based System.
All colleges and universities that want to recruit [...]