The Assistive Technology, Disability and Inclusive Education Research Unit of the SoScieAtH Center of Excellence in Research & Innovation in Social Sciences, the Arts and the Humanities of the European University Cyprus, participates in the ATHENA project which aims to support the Higher Education sector in interconnection, in developing innovations, but also in improving the …
The Liaison Office of Neapolis University in Paphos organised in collaboration with Junior Achievement Cyprus the presentation of the innovative educational programme “JA StartUp” during which Mr Kyriakos Masonou, Programme Coordinator at JA Cyprus, presented to the student community of Neapolis University in Paphos the opportunities that this programme offers to the participants in order …
In Brussels, Commissioner Gabriel met the Informal Group of R&I Liaison Offices for the first time in their history: innovation for higher economic growth in focus. On 28 February 2023, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, convenes the Informal Group of R&I Liaison Offices (IGLO) to ask for the enlargement …
A new European project just started in January 2023, within the framework of Erasmus+ programme. The project kick-off meeting was held between 31 January – 1 February at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Thessaly, in Volos, Greece. The consortium consists of seven partners from Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Romania and Hungary. Couriers …
An event aimed at informing MEPs and the public about “Strategic lawsuits against public participation”, known by the English acronym “SLAPP” (Strategic lawsuits against public participation), was held on Tuesday, February 28, at the European Parliament (EP), in Brussels, in the presence of the President of the EP, Roberta Metsola. The event took place in …
In the context of the promotion programme of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) it took place on Wednesday 15/02/2023 at 9:00 am. visit of three professors from Portugal to CUT in collaboration with the Public School of Higher Vocational Education and Training (MIEEK). The …
The Cyprus Grass Snake (Natrix natrix cypriaca) is an endemic subspecies of Cyprus, highly protected by EU and Cypriot law, as a “priority species”. Dr Savvas Zotos and Marilena Stamatiou, researchers of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Management Laboratory of the Open University of Cyprus, have secured financial support of the Societas Europaea Heretologica (SEH) Conservation Grant in Herpetology for 2023, to implement the research …
The Cyprus Grass Snake (Natrix natrix cypriaca) is an endemic subspecies of Cyprus, highly protected by EU and Cypriot law, as a “priority species”. Dr Savvas Zotos and Marilena Stamatiou, researchers of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Management Laboratory of the Open University of Cyprus, have secured financial support of the Societas Europaea Heretologica (SEH) Conservation Grant in Herpetology for 2023, to implement the research …
Professor Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, coordinator of the EXCELSIOR H2020 Teaming project and CEO of the Centre of Excellence Eratosthenes of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), gave a lecture at the Free University of Chrysochous City on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, on the subject of “Satellite Remote Sensing Applications”. The lecturer mentioned that this project, …
On 25 January 2023, USRL researchers performed an intensive drone campaign at Athalassa Park in Nicosia to capture the vertical dispersion of pollution, from the surface up to an altitude of 1,000 m. This particular measurement targeted the concentration of black carbon (BC) emitted in the Nicosia urban area. This information will be used to …