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...
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Payout for student grants
The first payments of student grants for the academic year 2017 to 2018 will be made next week, the student welfare service announced on Friday....
Students protest grant cuts but minister says budget is up
Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday that a protest on Tuesday by the tertiary students body POFEN over the slashing of annual student grants...
Extension to student grant applications
Applications for university student grants have been extended to May 20, cabinet decided on Wednesday, following a large volume of requests from applicants. The grant...
Stricter means-testing for student grants (Updated)
Lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill changing the eligibility criteria for student grants, amid loud protests from youths outside. It was supported with 26 votes...
Our View: Students have no say in grant awards
IT WAS inevitable that some groups would start making bigger demands of the state on the back of government assurances that public finances had been...
Students call for dialogue over new grants’ system
By Evie Andreou Tertiary student body POFEN said on Tuesday it would not accept the shrinking or abolition of student grants and called for a...
Single agency being created to manage student grants
The education ministry said on Thursday it would continue to allocate student grants on existing criteria for this year, covering the academic year 2014/2015, but...
Student protests over grant cuts
STUDENTS from the Student Association of the Cyprus University of Technology (FETEPAK) will stage a protest outside the education ministry on Tuesday at 3pm, regarding...
State seeks to further cut student grants
By Constantinos Psillides EDUCATION Minister Costas Kadis will be meeting the Cyprus Students Association (POFEN) on Wednesday in order to clarify his intentions on a...
Welfare overhaul as GMI approved
By Stefanos Evripidou PARLIAMENT yesterday passed a bill overhauling the current welfare system and replacing it with a new troika-inspired one, with the Guaranteed Minimum...
