Parents and teachers offer support as schoolkids to protest over exams
Parents and teachers at state schools on Monday called for final year high school students to be excluded from the twice-yearly exams this year, as...
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Our View: Parents belittling their kids: stress good practice for future life
Another pretext has been found by the Confederation of Parents’ Associations to stop the holding of twice-yearly exams for graduates. The new council of the...
Time to adopt ‘rules of engagement’ for demos
By Charalampos Theopemptou Just a few months into my first year at university, the UK government decided to increase the fees for international students...
Neapolis University launches ‘host a student this Christmas’ initiative
Neapolis University Paphos announced on Saturday the launch of the “Host a student this Christmas” initiative, in efforts to combat social exclusion and discrimination during...
Online event on studying in the UK
The British Council is holding its first online Europe-wide UK education fair next month, with the participation of more than 50 UK universities and thousands...
Coronavirus: UCy physics department wants unjabbed students to stay home
The University of Cyprus physics department wants stricter protection from the coronavirus in the new school year, disagreeing with the senate’s decision to allow unvaccinated...
Coronavirus: Ministry says it can’t intervene in Tepak jab policy (Update 3)
The health minister said on Wednesday that he cannot interfere in the University of Technology’s (Tepak) decision to only allow vaccinated and recovered students on...
More job sectors opened to third-country students due to labour shortages
Amid reports businesses are struggling to find staff, the labour ministry said on Friday that third-country students who were in Cyprus on May 31 will...
Confusion over validity of rapid saliva tests
Parents angered over ministry’s refusal to accept them despite being on its own approved list Rapid saliva tests for coronavirus, an alternative to nasal...
Ministry eyes tough penalties to clamp down on ‘fake’ students
The interior ministry has proposed a bill to further clamp down on ‘sham students’ which could lead to a hefty fine of €250,000. The bill...
Cyprus has taken ‘huge strides’ to becoming an educational hub
The 53,262 students registered at higher level institutions demonstrate that Cyprus has taken huge strides in establishing itself as an educational hub, Education Minister Prodromos...
Paphos parents support abstaining students
The federation of parents’ associations of public secondary schools of Paphos on Friday expressed their support for students in the district who decided on a...
€200 Christmas bonus for eligible students
All students who qualify for the annual government grant will receive an extra €200 this year cabinet decided on Thursday. “At today’s meeting, the council...
Help students come home from UK, union urges government
Student union Proodeftiki has called on the government to facilitate students’ return to Cyprus from the UK after a “student travel window” was announced by...
UK lockdown pushing Cypriot students to rush back to the island
As England prepares to enter its second lockdown of the year, some Cypriot students in the UK are scrambling to get back home before it...
Students can now top up public transport cards online, bus company says
The Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) announced on Wednesday that students can now top up their bus cards online. For the first time, all Motion Card...
A student’s life: online and in self-isolation
‘They only had eight months to figure this all out, right?’ By Nick Theodoulou Nikolas arrived from Cyprus last Wednesday in Brighton, UK to begin...
Prospective Cypriot students may need to apply for UK immigration points system
Prospective Cypriot students planning to study in the UK next year may need to apply to the UK’s points-based immigration system. The British High Commission...
Cabinet defers military service for conscripts accepted at UK universities (Updated)
The Cabinet on Thursday announced that the government would temporarily defer the service of National guardsmen who have secured a seat in British universities so...
Students urged not to ‘double book’ places in Cyprus and Greece
First year students who have secured a place at the University of Cyprus (UCy) who intend to study in Greece are not allowed to register...
