House rejects budget that would allow conscripts to study in UK (Updated)
Parliament on Friday rejected a supplementary budget earmarked for the recruitment of contract soldiers that would have replaced conscripts who would have been given a...
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English university extends scholarships for fee-hit Cypriot conscripts
At least one English university is willing to help male Cypriot students serving in the army this year, who will lose their home fee status...
Foreign minister discusses change in fees for UK unis with counterpart
A decision to end the payment of home fees by EU students studying at British universities was discussed on Saturday between Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides...
Starting a new life: going to uni can be daunting
So maybe you know the words to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody off by heart, watch Premier League football and have seen Peaky Blinders – but is...
Hoteliers call for creation of a university in Ayia Napa
The Cyprus Hotel Association (CHA) has called for the immediate creation of a university in Ayia Napa. The Association said it was needed to help...
Parents disappointed over exam results
Parents on Monday said they were disappointed by the results of the high school leaving exams with the average grade in most core subjects falling...
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....
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...
