GOVERNMENT MOVES TO CREDIT-BASED RURAL SUPPORT SCHEME
The Government’s new agricultural support scheme has been heralded as a ‘ground-breaking’ system that will ‘save the industry’, after further details of the scheme were revealed at this week’s farming conference. John Vautier, Rural Sector Lead from the Government’s Department for the Economy, shared details of the new Rural Support Scheme (RSS), following initial proposals earlier […]
LUNCHTIME TALKS WITH THE SOCIÉTÉ JERSIAISE
The Société Jersiaise lunchtime talks continue this month providing insights into the (not so) Common eel in Jersey; the history of the Island’s metal detecting society; and the surprising Jersey connection with the ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie. The 40-minute talks take place every Wednesday in the Société Jersiaise members’ room on Pier Road, starting […]
THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM
A new education project is bringing Jersey students face-to-face with the Island’s past thanks to a series of travelling artefact boxes being loaned to schools. The boxes are part of Jersey Heritage’s ‘Museums in Schools’ project, which aims to take objects and artefacts out of a museum environment and into the classroom. It originally started […]