Sir Hudson Lowe Exhibition
14 August 2019Recently, discussions were held with the Curator over the low number of people visiting the Sir Hudson Lowe Exhibition at Plantation House. Very few people had paid specifically to see...
News
News in St Helena
St Helena Water Levels Update
13 August 2019During the previous week we’ve had some short but heavy showers of rain on St Helena. Whilst any rainfall is welcome, it is not enough to see the desired effects in...
Applications for the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships now open
13 August 2019Applications for Chevening Scholarships for study in the UK for 2020/2021 are now open. The closing date is Tuesday, 5 November 2019. Chevening Scholarships are the UK Government’s global scholarship...
International Youth Day 2019
12 August 2019Today, Monday 12 August, is the United Nations ‘International Youth Day’. The theme for this year is ‘transforming education’. To commerate the day, the St Helena Safe Haven Project, forming part of...
Environment Natural Resources & Planning Directorate and Infrastructure & Transport Directorate
12 August 2019IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR VISITORS The Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Directorate (ENRP) and the Infrastructure & Transport Directorate (ITD) advises clients to please call the Receptionist, prior to their visit,...
Raylisha Piek wins Jean Beadon Art Award 2019
12 August 2019The Education & Employment Directorate is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Jean Beadon Art Award for the Primary Sector is Raylisha Piek from St Paul’s Primary...
Another successful end-of-year tournament for the Primary Schools
12 August 2019The three primary schools – St Pauls (SPPS), Pilling (PPS) and Harford (HPS) – participated in their annual end of year Sports Tournament on Monday, 5 August 2019. This year...
Public Guardian for St Helena and Ascension Island visits office of the Public Guardian for England and Wales
9 August 2019Public Guardian for St Helena and Ascension Island, Gavin (Jack) Thomas, undertook an official visit to the Office of the Public Guardian for England and Wales (OPG) in the UK...
Teacher Trainees Awarded Certificate of Higher Education in Education Studies (Primary)
9 August 2019Teacher Trainees, Christy Bedwell and Robyn Yon-Bowers, have successfully completed the Certificate of Higher Education in Education Studies (Primary) accredited by the Open University. Course Leader and Teacher Training Advisor,...
New Head of Governor’s Office Appointed
8 August 2019Greg Gibson took up his new role as Head of the Governor’s Office (HOGO) on Monday, 5 August 2019. The HOGO is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office appointment funded by...
Economic Development Committee Meeting Thursday, 25 July 2019
8 August 2019The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) was held on Thursday, 25 July 2019 and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Enterprise St Helena...
Police Investigation – Stolen Vehicle Update
7 August 2019Following investigation, by the St Helena Police, of the theft of a silver ford fiesta car, registration number 2969, belonging to Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc which occurred on...