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On Monday, 19th of June 2023, the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Mr. Philippos Hadjizacharias, along with the Permanent Secretary of its Ministry, Dr Stelios Himonas, as well as with some representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Defence, the Auditor General’s Office, and the Department of Forests, attended CyI’s presentation on CyI’s …

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Written by Nearchos Paspallis* Research is crucial for the development and improvement of human life across the world. For instance, research enables the development of new medicines that save lives, the design of safer and more environmentally friendly cars, the improvement of services, for instance for elderly care, and the development of products as biodegradable …

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Through this project, over 1950 students and staff have received training and support, as well as 18 start-ups in 8 different countries. I will start a little unorthodoxly. My wife and I try to read our children a book every night.  One of them recounts the journey of millions of seeds carried by strong winds …

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On Friday 2 June 2023, the final meeting of the PEPSYN (Green Techniques in Peptide Synthesis) research project was held at the University of Nicosia. The meeting was attended by the academic and research staff involved in the project from both Biogena A.P.I. Ltd and the University of Nicosia. In the PEPSYN (Green Techniques in …

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Frederick University hosted an Award Ceremony on Friday, 9 June 2023, to congratulate the winners of the University student competition ‘Next Generation proposals for a better Cyprus’ organised by Consulco. In the framework of the competition, undergraduate and postgraduate students from local Universities were invited to propose structural changes that could improve the investment sector …

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UCLan Cyprus has successfully completed its participation in the second and final part of the HEIght project (Higher Education Innovation Growth and Training: heightening sustainable innovation in our HEIs and societies) funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). HEIght is an initiative of a pan-European consortium of four forward-thinking higher education institutions …

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For the eighth year, the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) organised an International Staff Week under the Erasmus+ Programme (Erasmus+ International Staff Week) with the main objectives, among others, to consolidate new partnerships and promote the internationalisation of higher education. The aim was also to exchange experiences and best practices between the APS staff and …

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On the emerald island of the Dodecanese, Rhodes, between May 25 and 28, the 31st Panhellenic Congress of Psychiatry, which is organised every year by the Greek Psychiatry Society, took place. Distinguished mental health scientists from Greece, Cyprus, but also from the international arena participated as speakers in the conference. Representing CUT, a research team, which consisted of PhD …

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CERIDES is happy to announce the successful implementation of the Table-Top Exercise of the DG-ECHO Full-Scale Exercise project HOPE, which took place in Yerevan, Armenia, on the 14th and the 15th of May 2023. The EUC / CERIDES team which co-organised the event consisted of Mr. Evangelos Katsaros, CERIDES Research Associate and Manager of the project, Dr. Christos Dimopoulos, CERIDES co-Director, Scientific and Head Evaluator of the project, and Ms. …

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