Frederick University is one of the 19 partners from seven countries participating in the “GreenHost: Vocational Excellence, Policy and Enterprise United for Hospitality Management Skills Adapted on Environmental Footprint Methods” research project, which is funded by the EU Erasmus+ programme. The goal of the GreenHost project is to strengthen skills in the tourism and hospitality …
The University of Nicosia is pleased to announce that Jeff Bandman, a UNIC/IFF Industry Fellow and Instructor of law, policy, and regulation of blockchain and cryptoassets, has been appointed to the Post Trade Working Group of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Markets Standing Committee (MSC). In this role, Jeff will contribute to the …
The first Chair in Artificial Intelligence, sponsored by XM Group, at the University of Cyprus. The signing ceremony of the agreement for the establishment of the ” XM Chair of Artificial Intelligence” at the Department of Informatics of the University of Cyprus took place on Wednesday 25 September. The XM Group undertakes the funding of …
The University of Cyprus has secured its participation in another major European project, which aims to promote skills for the green transition and entrepreneurial culture, with an emphasis on female higher education students in the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) fields. Specifically, the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory (SEIT, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit) of the …
Another significant distinction has been recorded by the academic staff of the Open University of Cyprus, with Professor Michalinos Zembylas, Director of the Postgraduate Programme ‘Educational Sciences’ and holder of the Commonwealth of Learning Chair, and Associate Professor Antonis Zorpas, Director of the Postgraduate Programme ‘Environmental Sustainability Engineering’ and the Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and …
A pioneering initiative for skills development in the field of Offshore Renewable Energy in Southern Europe. The official launch of the SHOREWINNER project, which aims to strengthen the offshore renewable energy sector in Southern Europe, will take place in Cyprus on 26 September 2024, at the Cyprus Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Nicosia, from …
The University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus), and the British Council in Cyprus were pleased to co-organise a Public Workshop entitled ‘EDI in Higher Education in Cyprus’ at the UCLan Cyprus campus, on 2nd July 2024. The Workshop was addressed to EDI leadership/officers at higher education institutions and research institutes in the Republic of …
The Department of Fine Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) announces the creation of the new artistic platform SuCiE in the context of the research project “EMPACT – Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking like a Mountain”, co-financed by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union (Grant Agreement No: 101055903 – …
A team from STARC and the UCL Institute of Archaeology presented their research on medieval crucible steel making and Bronze Age copper production at the 8th International Congress of the World Society for the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, held from August 23-26 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. For the first time, scholars from Cyprus and CyI were …
The Cyprus Institute recently published a new paper in its Policy Brief series, entitled “Climate Policy is Good Economic and Social Policy”. In this Brief, CyI Professor Theodoros Zachariadis reports on the recent findings of scientific studies on the economic impacts of climate change. The most recent studies estimate much more adverse impacts of climate …