Frederick University: dealing with the Covid crisis
Rector of Frederick University, professor George Demosthenous, explains how the university adapted successfully to the Covid era and what the university has to offer ...
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New university expands range of higher education options
Students’ happiness is a top priority at the new Larnaca-based American University, its president says A new private university in Larnaca is challenging traditional...
Our View: State plan to promote studying in Cyprus must include all universities
The initiative for plans to promote Cyprus as a higher education centre, announced last week by the education minister and the House president is a...
Minister pledges to seek deal with UK over massive university fee hike
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday that the state’s priority is find a solution for students expected to enter English universities in 2021, the...
Downgrading England’s Ivory Towers
The marketisation of English higher education: exorbitant fees for inflated grades? By Louis Karaolis Higher education in England might just be a racket. A recent review...
Over 22,000 applications for student grants
A total of 22,232 student grant applications have been received for the academic year 2018-2019, the student welfare services announced on Wednesday. They are being...
Cyprus remains low on R&D spending
EU member states spent a total of almost €320 billion on Research & Development (R&D) in 2017, according to Eurostat, but Cyprus scored fourth lowest...
Government is suffocating TC economy, says ‘foreign minister’
The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’, Kudret Ozersay, on Monday accused the Cyprus government of trying to suffocate the economy of northern Cyprus by targeting its...
Higher education sector offers untapped potential, says study
A new study into higher education by services firm Ernest & Young (EY) has concluded that the tertiary sector is an underappreciated engine of growth...
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...
Cyprus becoming a regional higher education hub
Government efforts to make the country a regional education hub have proved successful as the number of foreign students has almost tripled within three years,...
Special Report: Higher Education
A special report on higher education institutions and universities in Cyprus Click here to view the full report ...
The gender gap in higher education
A new EU report says Cypriot women are better qualified than men, but it’s not quite what it seems A total of 62.1 per...
Special Report: Higher Education
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Looking further afield
The majority of Greek Cypriot students still study in Cyprus, Greece and the UK, but there are more and more choices opening up for studying...
Securing your future
By Annette Chrysostomou Do you want to study at a British university this year and haven’t secured a place? Clearing is your chance. This process...
Expansion of higher education our highest priority, President says
THE expansion of higher education particularly in the fields of modern technology, medicine and energy to create qualified manpower for businesses and organisations, President Nicos...