Continuing our theme of Excellence.....

CAMBRIDGE VISIT 

Philip Howell 

University Senior Lecturer and Fellow of Emmanuel College Philip Howell visited Gibraltar this week to give advice to 6th form students on applying to Universities in the UK. 

As well as a general lecture on the UCAS procedure Phil also gave workshops on applying to Oxbridge and on the importance of a good interview. 

Kusuma is always trying to encourage our young people to strive to be as good as they can be and we hope with visits such as these from Lecturers from Cambridge that it will give students the tools to be accepted into the University of their choice. 

A week of Excellence

CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE 

Trustee Joey Garcia and Chief of Operations Dominique Searle 

This week we have been celebrating Excellence with students past and present and members of the community who have received funding to pursue training.  

We were extremely pleased to celebrate the success of Daya Dewfall a recipient of a Professional Development award, who achieved the degree of Master of Science with Merit in Allergy . It was fantastic to see how people were progressing in their studies and the impact the course had been to them and to the community.

Excellence Scholarships are given out annually to students who are decided to be deserving of such a unique award. It is not only based upon academic merit but is dependent on them applying to a eligible University and demonstrates a commitment to self development and a desire to contribute to the Gibraltar community.

As well as the Kusuma Excellence Scholarships, The Kusuma Trust also provide financial support to those in the community who would like to strive to be better at what they are already participating in, this could be people working in  a specific industry which requires further training or as part of a community group who would like to further their knowledge in a particular area.

To find out more please go to the Kusuma Trust website  

Guests at Excellence reception held at Isolas 

British Sign Language in Gibraltar

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE IN GIBRALTAR 

Congratulations to all those students who passed their British Sign Language (BSL) Level 2 Certificates. First supported by Gibraltar in October 2011 the group have gone on to produce 54 BSL level 1 standard certificate holders and 10 of these have gone on to pass their Level 2 certificates. 

The Gibraltar hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association (GHITA) strive to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by people with hearing impairments in day-to day living and to promote and encourage the use of British Sign Language in Gibraltar. Previous to October 2011 there had been no BSL taught on the Rock, with Kusuma's participation the GHITA have been able to organise classes and promote the use of sign language in the hope that we will give our community of hearing impaired the independence and the opportunity to be included into the community. 

BSL students with teacher Colin Thomson

The Kusuma Trust Gibraltar are happy to announce that they will continue to support the GHITA with their BSL initiatives for 2014 where they will be continuing with BSL Level 1 classes. For more information please go to the GHITA website http://ghita.gotdns.org/contact_ghita.html