The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) is being visited by Dr Judith Alejandra Kohan, Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Member of the Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Israel, for a series of open lectures and workshops in the framework of …
Agriculture is responsible for 17-20% of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a major cause of biodiversity loss and degradation of valuable habitats. The project “Translating new Approaches and Knowledge into EnvirOnmentally Friendly Farming” (acronym TAKE OFF), which is coordinated and implemented with funding from the Erasmus+ Programme by the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) …
The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) secured another distinction at the Cyprus Education Leaders Awards 2022 for innovative applications of digital technology in education for the fourth consecutive year. The silver award in the category “Best Learning Experience” concerns the project “Design and implementation of a SimCity-type simulation educational tool for virtual city waste management“. This Waste Management Tool is perhaps the first SimCity-type …
The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), co-organized a Staff Support Event on 9-10 March 2023, with the aim of building the capacity of conventional and distance teaching universities in open and distance education, and exchanging ideas, know-how and best practices between the participating institutions. Sixteen participants from EADTU and four of its …
The Rector’s Council of the NTUA, in its meeting on 13/2/2023, approved the establishment of the spin-off company “R-AMS Spin-off IKE” and the participation of NTUA in the shareholding of the company. R-AMS was founded by Prof. Costas Charitidis of the NTUA School of Chemical Engineering and Evangelia Karaxis (CONIFY SMPC), Anna Karatza (BIOG3D SMPC) …
As cities around the world become more digitalised and interconnected, the need for trained professionals to plan and build resilience in Smart Cities is urgent. In response to this need, we are excited to offer a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Smart City Resilience Officer (SCRO) starting on March 20th. The SCRO …
The 62nd UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) meeting took place on the 27th and 28th February 2023 at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris. At the meeting, the bureau adopted the establishment of the ECOMED Academy and The Cyprus Institute as the official host. Cyprus is now officially represented in the ECOMED Academy Task Force following the …
Frederick University ongratulates Dr Paris Fokaides and Dr Byron Ioannou, members of Frederick University academic community, for co-authoring the study, which focuses on city climate plans, involving more than 300 European cities. According to the research study published in the Nature journal Urban Sustainability, as of the end of 2020, only 167 out of 327 …
Limassol has been selected as one of the 100 EU cities in the EU Net Zero Cities project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate action, with the ambitious target of achieving ‘climate neutrality’ by 2030. Funding in the order of €1bn will be available for a 7-year action plan to be developed for Energy, …
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) participates in experiments at CERN, mainly through the Experimental Particle Physics group of the Physics Department of the School of Applied and Physical Sciences, for about 50 years training many young scientists who currently hold positions in university and research institutions in Greece and abroad. For the past …