Bitter battle over students
The attorney-general, the education minister and MPs have all been dragged into the war the teaching unions unleashed this week against the two state universities...
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Real GDP growth will slow in 2019, UCy says
The University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre has predicted that real GDP growth will slow from 3.9 per cent in 2018 to 3.4 per cent...
BoC helps establish Medical Oncology Chair at UCy
Following an endowment from Bank of Cyprus (BoC), a new Chair is being created at the University of Cyprus, the Medical Oncology Chair, it was...
Chinese language lesson to start at UCy’s Confucius Institute
The Confucius Institute at the University of Cyprus has announced the start of Chinese Language Courses for children and adults. The courses begin on January...
Our View: And we wonder why educational standards are declining
ALTHOUGH the University of Cyprus has established a good academic reputation steadily rising in international university rankings, it remains on the fringes of our society....
Economic sentiment up in November, UCy says
Economic sentiment improved in Cyprus in November, mainly driven by services and retail trade, the University of Cyprus said on Thursday. According to the university’s...
Public encouraged to download eTurtle app
The Oceanographic Centre at the University of Cyprus (UCy) is encouraging the public in Cyprus to download a smartphone app aimed at collecting information on...
Work hard but don’t expect immediate reward, Indian President tells students
India’s President Ram Nath Kovind told students at the University of Cyprus (UCy) that although technology has opened a new world of learning and has...
University of Cyprus expects 3.9% economic growth in 2018
By Stelios Orphanides The University of Cyprus said that the economy is forecast to expand 3.9 per cent this year before growth slows down to...
iSignthis honors top performing UCY Computer Science students
On June 25th, the Award Ceremony of University of Cyprus took place, where iSignthis, a global provider of identity verification and payment services, awarded the...
Cyprus’ competitiveness ranking falls, UCY says
The competitiveness of Cyprus’s economy was ranked 41st last year out of 63 countries surveyed, a drop of four positions from 2016, the University of...
UCy students to protest after rainbow flag taken down and trashed
By Evie Andreou The LGBT+ and Friends Students’ Club of the University of Cyprus (UCy) announced on Saturday they were holding a protest on Monday...
False fire alarm prompts evacuations at UCy campus
Halls were evacuated on Thursday morning on the University of Cyprus Nicosia campus after a false fire alarm, the fire service said. The evacuation took...
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...
Funding secured for two healthcare projects
Funding for two European programmes which aim to substantially contribute to the implementation of the national health scheme (Gesy) has been secured by the University...
University of Cyprus expects economy to grow 3.6%
The University of Cyprus said its economic growth forecast for this year remained unchanged at 3.6 per cent, after the economy expanded in 3.8 per...
UCy autism researcher secures European funding
Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cyprus (UCy), Dr Michael Lombardo, has secured €1.5 million in European funding for his research...
Economic sentiment rises in November, University of Cyprus says
Cypriots are euphoric about the economy like never before as the economic sentiment index rose this month by 2.8 points to 119.5, an all-time high,...
Black gold of the ancients makes a comeback
Black gold was the name Cypriots of the past gave carob trees because their versatile, valuable pods were such an important source of revenue. At...
UCy rector will not stand for president, party ties still too strong (Update)
University of Cyprus rector Constantinos Christofides has decided not to stand in the presidential elections next year, he said on Wednesday. In a written statement, Christofides...
