Britain wants degree fees to reflect choice of subject
Students at British universities could be charged variable tuition rates that reflect the economic value of their degrees, Minister for Education Damian Hinds said on...
Education
Vast majority of Cypriot students financially illiterate
Only six per cent of a sample of 880 Cypriot students were able to respond successfully to a questionnaire put to them as part of...
Standing in marketeers’ shoes
For the third consecutive year, the seminar ‘In the shoes of marketing people for one day’ organised by the University of Nicosia in cooperation with...
UCy doctoral teaching and research staff take fight to Brussels
The union of adjunct doctoral teaching and research staff (Dede) at the University of Cyprus has taken its demands for better working conditions to the...
European University supports training of young prisoners
THE European University of Cyprus has launched the ELMIP – Empowering Learning Models in Prison Programme, co-funded by the European Union Justice Programme, implemented with...
Work experience for a worthier cause
School calendars turned once again at the end of last month to the Three Hierarch’s Day – a day on which most schools are closed...
Expansion of e-services in schools
Expansion and integration of e-services in education will allow parents to find out online their children’s exam results while students will have online access to...
Tepak launches space centre with help of Nasa scientist
Vincent Ambrosia, Nasa programme director, will be a key actor in the creation of the new Eratothenis Excellence Centre at the Cyprus University of Technology...
Historic live discussion between The English School students and a NASA astronaut in space accomplished successfully.
A first in the educational history of Cyprus. The English School’s students spoke live to an astronaut currently in space. Mark Vande Hei is a...
Cabinet extends aid programme over exam fees
Some 880 students set to graduate this year will be exempt from paying fees to sit university entrance exams this year, Education Minister Costas Kadis...
Cyprus first in absorption of EU research funds
Cyprus ranks first in the EU in terms of per capita absorption of funds from Europe’s largest Research and Innovation Programme, called Horizon 2020, it...
Age of children starting school to be raised
The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to gradually increase the age at which children start school to six following research indicating that it is more difficult...
Education ministry urged to stop priest confessions in schools
The Cyprus Humanist Association said on Wednesday they had filed a complaint with the education ministry over a Nicosia primary school that invited a priest...
Senior school teachers to vote on new regulations in January
Around 5,500 members of the secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek will be called to a referendum in January to state if they agree with the...
Open University appoints rector
The governing board of the Open University of Cyprus has decided unanimously to offer the position of rector to Professor Socrates Katsikas and the position...
Student attacks teachers
A student attacked two teachers at a school on Tuesday afternoon in the Larnaca district. According to police, he was allegedly angered at a remark...
Education ministry ‘dared, planned and built’
The education ministry’s activities from 2013 until 2018 were carried out under the motto ‘We dared, we planned, we built’, minister Costas Kadis said on...
American International School celebrates UN Children’s Day
The American International School in Cyprus with its students of 53 nationalities celebrated the UN’s Universal Children’s Day on November 22 with a wide...
Open University celebrates tenth graduation ceremony
Some 1120 graduates from 26 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes received their degrees at the tenth graduation ceremony of the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) for...
Strengthening educational ties between Cyprus and Georgia
The educational plans of Georgia include a closer cooperation with Cyprus, according to first deputy education minister Ketevan Natriashvili who gave the Cyprus Mail an...
