Studying/living in Cyprus

[kimonas]

Originally Posted by theresoon

How about the new universities in Nicosia? Private and public?

These institutions have no need for collaborative provision with external bodies as they are empowered to offer their own awards. As the sector in Cyprus is relatively new, the quality and standards of the awards can always be questioned, but all HEIs have to start somewhere.

The University of Cyprus is exclusive open only to Cypriot citizens that are Greek speakers (or Turkish-Cypriots - but in practice there are very few Turkish-Cypriots registered) which hardly engenders a multi-cultural and international research profile and indeed the University is rated poorly on the international stage (something like 1200 plus within Europe out of 1700 institutions).

Those colleges that missed out on the status of University have circumvented the government's resistance to supporting private HEIs by fostering collaborative provision whereby they effectively become sattelite campuses of UK and other partners. In the case of the Intercollege agreement, the QA and assessment regimes of the UK apply and they are subject to external audits and therefore potentially hold more kudos as the awards they offer are UK awards - the only difference being that students can study in Cyprus rather than have to travel abroad. Because of the EU harmonisation exercises and the Bologna process which set out to standardise awards cross Europe, the Cypriot government can not really complain about these developments since it is a signatory to the various HE protocols.

This potentially is a great development for expats worrying about the education of children, since the University of Cyprus is a closed shop, and the collaborative provisions are tending to be in areas like Larnaca that are popular with expat communities.

[Jane19125]

[QUOTE=kimonas;167430]Hi Alex
. There are no boarding schools in Cyprus so accommodation would become an issue. <<<<<<<<<<<< Just wanted to point out that LOGOS PRIVATE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH EDUCATION has boarding facilities.