Church to construct low-rent housing for needy students
The Church of Cyprus plans to construct some 200 flats to house students who cannot afford renting places in Limassol, it was announced on Friday.
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The joys of studying in a land with no mountains
Although the UK and America remain popular destinations for Cyprus students, Holland is becoming increasingly attractive as many courses are offered in English. Speaking from
UCy ranks 52 in top 150 universities
The University of Cyprus has been ranked 52nd in the list of the top 150 universities in the world that are less than 50-years-old. The
High-level of tertiary education but low levels of basic skills
Cyprus maintains a very high level of tertiary educational attainment but persists in having relatively low levels of basic skills, a report just published reveals.
Shooting incident near University of Illinois, stabbings in Boston (Update)
One person was killed and five were injured after two shootings occurred near the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus early Sunday morning, media reports said.
RCB Bank organizes a high level summer school in Cyprus for university students
RCB Bank is this year organizing a pioneering summer school in Limassol for 42 university students from the University of Cyprus, the University of Nicosia,
EU citizens ‘part of Scotland’s future’, says Sturgeon; students ‘safe’
NICOLA Sturgeon has called for “immediate guarantees” on the residency status and rights of European Union nationals living in Scotland. Apart from eastern and southern
Undergrad scholarships for soldiers released this year
A NUMBER of scholarships for undergraduate studies at local universities will be available for conscripts who are to be discharged in the summer, according to
UCy rector calls MPs ‘incompetent and blind’
THE outgoing members of parliament are petty, incompetent and blind governors, University of Cyprus rector Constantinos Christofides said on Friday, a day after deputies failed
UCy rector to sue MP Themistocleous for slander
UNIVERSITY of Cyprus rector Constantinos Christofides confirmed on Friday that he plans to take legal action against controversial DISY MP Andreas Themistocleous after being accused
UCy gets €6m gift from Leventis, Vasiliou donates digital library
THE A.G. Leventis foundation has donated €6m to the University of Cyprus for the construction of a biological sciences department on campus. The agreement was
Our View: Positive move to end discrimination in uni entrance exams
THE MINISTRY of education and the public universities will introduce entrance exams for private school students from this year it has been announced. It is
Alternative exams for private-school UCy hopefuls
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill for an alternative procedure that will allow private-school students to claim a place in state universities, Education Minister
Nurses union announces strike action
Nurses union PASYNO, announced on Tuesday its members would go on 12-hour strikes on February 22 and 23. In an announcement, the union said that
French dig in Paphos ‘Fabrika’ area over (view gallery)
Excavations conducted in the Fabrika area of Paphos in a collaboration of the University of Avignon with the Cypriot department of antiquities have been completed,
Prestigious European conference on health psychology to be held in Cyprus
One of Europe’s most prestigious conferences on health psychology will be held this year in Cyprus. The conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS
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
Number of university students slightly higher
More students attended universities in Cyprus in 2013-2014, but the number registered in other tertiary education institutions dropped compared with the previous academic year, 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
Remand for TEPAK official and contractor
By George Psyllides A university official and a contractor were on Friday remanded in custody for five days in connection with financial irregularities relating to
