High school students to abstain from school in exam protest
Public school pupil union Psem called for a 24-hour abstention from classes on Wednesday, as part of measures against the government’s decision to implement four-monthly...
Education
Teachers who do not speak English, French or German ‘unfairly treated’
An amendment to teachers’ terms of employment is needed so that graduates who speak foreign languages other than the three working languages of the European...
Students vote to strike over new exam system
Students voted on Wednesday to abstain for a day in protest over the education ministry’s decision to introduce four-monthly exams in high schools. A referendum...
Cyprus Institute offering exciting master’s in digital cultural heritage
The new Master’s programme in digital cultural heritage of The Cyprus Institute graduate school is accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester from interested candidates....
Lecture on ethics in research (update)
Constantinos Phellas, vice rector for faculty and research at the University of Nicosia and chairman of the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee (CNBC) will give an...
English School: information evening
Parents and prospective students are all welcome to join The English School on parent information evening on Tuesday, January 28 from 6pm until 8pm at...
Colleges face losses over foreign student clampdown
Private colleges complained on Wednesday that they are facing serious financial losses in the wake of new controls over how many third country national students...
Frederick University enters agreement with maritime sporting club
The “Supporting Maritime Sports and Young Talented Athletes” event, recently organised by the Famagusta Nautical Club and Frederick University, was a great success. During the...
Calling on all budding scientists
Enrolments for participation in the pioneering Science Festival ‘sCYence Fair 2020’ which will take place at the Cyprus Institute on April 3 and 4 have...
UNic financial aid for lawyers and public sector workers
The University of Nicosia law school has announced ten fellowships for lawyers and ten scholarships for employees in the wider public sector, for the spring...
Parents raise alarm after violent incidents in schools
By Nikki Charalambous Parents expressed their concerns on Thursday over two alleged violent incidents in high schools this week. The Cyprus Parents Association called on...
‘We’re sending a clear message’: students protest over exams (videos) (Updated)
Hundreds of students on Thursday skipped school to participate in a mass protest which closed several main roads in Nicosia to demand the abolition of...
UNic to launch the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center
Featuring lectures by two giants in their fields: Professors Nassim Nicholas Taleb at NYU and Spyros Makridakis at UNic The University of Nicosia (UNic) is...
Police investigate two separate alleged violent attacks at schools
Police on Tuesday arrested a PE teacher after a parent reported he had hit his son and are investigating another case of a father who...
Psem student group calls on students to protest over exam system
By Nikki Charalambous Psem student group have called on students to participate in a mass protest on Thursday to demand ‘democratic’ schools and oppose the...
Church and state want more anti-drugs messages in schools
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou and Archbishop Chrystostomos on Monday discussed the possibility of including anti-drug messages in the school curricula including as part of religious...
Teaching agreement between Neapolis and Milan university
A protocol of cooperation has been signed between the Polytechnic University of Milan and the architecture school of Neapolis University as part of the European...
Thoc performs play directed by Open University graduate
For the first time in Cyprus, the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc is) presenting ‘Things I know to be true’, a play written by Andrew Bovell,...
New accolade for Cypriot teacher
Cypriot teacher Popi Nicolaou has once again won an international award for excellence in teaching. While she was presented with the Global Teacher Award in...
Cyprus Institute joins forces with prestigious institutions for archaeological summer school
The Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute, in collaboration with the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute...
