In a historic moment for higher education in Cyprus, on May 5th, the Rectors of all universities in the country (12) signed a joined Memorandum of Cooperation, aiming to strengthen and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. The signing ceremony took place at the University of Cyprus, in the presence of the Commissioner for Gender Equality, …
The OpenEU alliance, coordinated by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), brings together 14 universities—including the Open University of Cyprus—and 13 academic institutions, university networks, non-governmental organizations, and businesses from across Europe to create a Pan-European Open University. OpenEU is one of the 14 new alliances funded under the European Union’s “European Universities 2024” initiative. …
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 …
With the participation of 23 students from seven (7) universities, the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) “Cyprus Experimental Field School (CEF): From Cultural Heritage to Materials Science – The Female Potters of Cyprus” was successfully completed. The programme was organised by the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), with scientific coordinator Dr. Xenia Charalambidou, from July 8 to 16, 2024. …
The groundbreaking “KeepA(n)I – A Methodological Approach for Identifying Social Stereotypes in Artificial Intelligence Applications” project, funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) under grant EXCELLENCE/0421/0360, has successfully concluded on June 30, 2024. The projet was implemented by the Fairness and Ethics in AI – Human Interaction Group (fAIre) of CYENS Centre of Excellence, which is headed …
The OpenEU alliance, coordinated by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), brings together 14 universities – amongst them the Open University of Cyprus – and 13 academic, business, rural, municipal and civil society associations from across Europe to create a pan-European Open University. OpenEU will contribute to the digital transformation of higher education institutions and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. OpenEU is …
Three members of the European Office of Cyprus are part of consortia in new funding for additional European Universities Alliances Under the 2024 Erasmus+ European Universities call, the European Commission has selected 14 new European Universities Alliances. These alliances, which include 130 higher education institutions, will be supported with funding of up to € 14.4 …
The kick-off meeting for the new research project Infotester4Education was held on 17-18 April 2024 in Poland with the participation of a research team from the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the Research Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (CyCAT) based at OUC. The OUC is represented by Associate Professor Jahna Otterbacher, head of CyCAT, and …
In an era of energy crisis and consolidated attempts to find alternative energy resources, processes for the production of biofuels come back to the fore. The collective volume entitled “Advances in Biofuels Production, Optimization and Applications“, co-edited by Antonis Zorpas, Associate Professor in the Master’s programme “Environmental Conservation and Management” of the Open University of …
The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) participates with a research team led by Professor Loizos Michael (Computational Cognition Lab and Joint M.Sc. Programme in “Cognitive Systems”) in the new three-year Erasmus+ project “ADMIT: generative Ai anD large language Models In higher educaTion”. ADMIT is a collaborative partnership project between higher distance learning institutions aiming at developing a comprehensive LLM-ed framework and guidelines, and establishing …