Football, reality TV and celebrities among most popular Google searches
Football, reality TV and the death of celebrities were the most popular topics Portuguese people searched for using Google in 2014. How to make “easy money” and details of next-gen
Don’t become the Christmas turkey!
The popularity of online shopping continues to grow every year as consumers discover the savings that can be made in comparison to traditional bricks and mortar retailers, and the fact
Aljezur International School Christmas fair and coach service
Aljezur International students are busy revising for tests and mock exams at the moment as well as writing and rehearsing Christmas sketches which they will be performing at their forthcoming
The November 2014 Night Sky
Welcome to the November night sky. Now that the clocks have gone back we are again in sync with solar time. This means that the Sun will be due south
Portugal’s standard of education dropped to 47th place
It’s one ranking that Portugal’s politicians will be trying not to highlight this week. Educationally, Portugal has now fallen behind the standards of even Mongolia – a country characterised by
School aid
Providing Albufeira’s poorest families with school materials for their children is the main goal of a new project the local council has launched, entitled ‘Vamos Juntos Para a Escola’. Anyone
The media, police and investigations
The televised search of Sir Cliff Richard’s property in the UK to my mind illustrates something that is inherently wrong in the relationship between the media and the police. In
Aljezur International School celebrates 'another year of exam success'
Results || Students and teachers at Aljezur International School were delighted when the University of Cambridge released the results for this year’s international exams. Students of the school entered IGCSE,
VVIS students achieve 100% pass rate
Education || Vale Verde International School’s students have again achieved a 100% pass rate in their Cambridge Advanced Level (AIE) and Cambridge International Examinations (IGCSE) examinations. 85% of IGSE students
Personal Emergency Response Systems – One year later
Readers may recall around a year ago I used an analogy of a 1970’s James Bond movie to describe the introduction of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) into the Algarve