Education

Senior academics warned on Thursday that continued legislative delays are stopping them from launching English-language degree programmes, while foreign institutions are moving ahead with ease. Meanwhile, branches of foreign universities, ...

Cyprus’ higher education institutions have announced the creation of a joint framework to promote diversity, equality, and inclusion, marking an unprecedented level of collaboration in the country’s academic sector. ...

Cyprus and Greece are deepening cooperation in the field of education, focusing on the transition from rote learning to skills-based instruction, the exchange of educational materials, and the organisation of ...

Staffing, infrastructure, day-long schooling and security at nursery schools were among issues raised by parents’ associations during Wednesday’s House education committee meeting, demands which they were pleased to say ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus and the British Council on Wednesday announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. According to an official statement, the partnership aims at ...

Ever catch yourself rereading an email five times before hitting send, just to make sure it sounds right? Or maybe you’ve spent 15 minutes rewriting a single sentence in a ...

Cabinet approved on Thursday an exceptional measure allowing several small schools across Cyprus to remain open from September, despite enrolments falling below the usual threshold. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made ...

Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration’s treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Donald Ingber, who works where medicine and engineering meet, saw federal funding for some of his projects frozen this week as his university clashed with the administration ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 universal challenges to change the world for the better: eradicating poverty, providing access to education, reducing inequality and protecting the planet. It sounds ambitious – ...

What does creativity mean to you? For some of us, being creative is creating wonder and instilling joy – whether through the creation of art, expressing oneself through acting, or using ...

Five buildings have been earmarked for the Kapodistrian university’s facilities in Nicosia, which the university hopes will be ready by October, when it will be opening its doors to ...

Muslim Pro, the world’s leading digital companion for Muslims with over 170 million users worldwide, is making Islamic spirituality more accessible with the introduction of Academy by Muslim Pro — a ...

The end of the school year is coming, and some students, have already thought ahead. Wondering what they will do with their school books after the current school year is ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Tuesday night for the second time legalised the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools in the north. Following a cabinet meeting, ‘government’ ...

Year 9 students from The International School of Paphos, as part of the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) Programme, an international network and platform for young people to investigate, research ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late on Thursday night denied that the subject of a behind-closed-doors meeting he had held with Turkish ambassador Ali Murat Basceri and the north’s ‘...

By Annita Semina Petrides In a time when political turbulence and uncertainty seems to be the norm, students at the London School of Economics collaborated to organise one of the ...

Two tuition schemes offering subsidies for kindergartens and nurseries were approved on Wednesday by the cabinet. The budget for the tuition subsidies is estimated to be €22 million and a total ...

Huawei has awarded scholarships to students from five universities on the island with the idea of boosting the development of ICT talent in Cyprus. The scholarships were awarded at a ...

In a move to support students facing financial difficulties, the University of Cyprus’ student welfare association awarded 58 scholarships worth a total of €59,000. The scholarships were granted based on socio-economic criteria ...

The House education committee announced on Wednesday that schools and nurseries will soon be required to inform parents if their child is absent, as a new government decree is expected ...

The House education committee examined the budgets of the University of Cyprus and the Open University of Cyprus on Wednesday, highlighting pressing financial and administrative challenges.Deputy chair of the ...

Life at university is both thrilling and difficult.  In order to prepare for their future employment, students must balance their academic obligations, social lives, and personal commitments.  It can be ...