Learning Leaders and Gownless Graduations
11 August 2020 | St Albans, UK [Karen Holford and co.] For centuries, graduation services have involved flowing black robes, tasselled mortarboards, processions, and diplomas. But not this year…On Sunday, May 3rd and Sunday, August 2nd, the students who had completed the Trans-European Division (TED) MA Leadership programme graduated from Andrews University in Michigan, USA. They…
Read MoreNorwegian Junior College gains best individual result in 30 years
30 June 2020 | Tyrifjord, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] With a positive learning environment, Norway’s Adventist Junior College, Tyrifjord videregående skole, has always delivered good results. This year they were exceptional. One student received top grades in all 22 subjects listed on her diploma.
Read MoreNewbold releases strong statement – Racial Injustice: No More
Following release of an earlier statement on 'Black Lives Matter', Newbold College of Higher Education has issued a further news release and video noting "It is time to apologise. It is time to hold ourselves accountable. It is time to vow change for a better future."
Read MoreADRA helping students achieve during school closures
15 June 2020 | Brussels, Belgium [Maja Ahac] Mother of two, Natasha, is representative of the help ADRA is giving to deprived families who otherwise fall behind with their schoolwork.
Read MoreGraduation film project highlights reality of ‘Uncertainty’
22 May 2020 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi] Uncertainty: Life Without Graduation, a short documentary from North America, has brought real meaning to the word 'uncertainty'. Telling the hopes and fears of high school, college, and university graduates, the plot line was thrown into disarray as coronavirus shut down campuses, cancelled graduations,…
Read MoreAcademic excellence continues online at Newbold
19 May 2020 | Binfield, UK [Newbold communication]New and returning students are to be offered a broad online student experience this autumn.Newbold College of Higher Education has announced an extension of their remote online learning experience for the 2020 autumn semester. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and following thorough consideration, the decision was…
Read MoreADRA Norway provides learning solutions in Myanmar, despite closed schools
19 May 2020 | Oslo, Norway [Gry Haugen with Jonathan Telfer] When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, many of the schools and vocational education centres ADRA is partnering with, were closed in order to prevent further spread of the virus. But opportunities for learning using a phone or a tablet can't be stopped by…
Read MoreNewbold Church discovers the ‘Great things God has done’
9 March 2020 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How much do you know about the person sitting near you in church? Unless they are family or a close friend, possibly little beyond polite pleasantries and the odd comment during Sabbath School. All that has now changed for a church that, for the past year, has…
Read MorePupils in Adventist schools over-perform
10 February 2020 | Krokkleiva, Norway [Nina Myrdal] A holistic approach to education contributes to student achievement. On the third and fourth of February, 150 employees from Adventist schools and kindergartens gathered for a conference at the Sundvolden Hotel, a 35-minute drive north-west of Oslo.
Read MoreAdventist school the best in Norway
7 October 2019 | Tyrifjord, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] Tenth grade students at a church school in Norway gained the highest-grade point average across the country during the last school year, this according to statistics recently released by Norwegian education authorities.
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