After two months of university occupations in protest at new legislation allowing the establishment of non-state universities in Greece, the vast majority of students are expected to return to classes on Tuesday.
EDUCATION
Thousands of students gathered in Athens on Thursday to protest against newly enacted legislation allowing the establishment of private universities in the country.
Two out of three teenagers think that if they used their mobile phones less they would perform better at school, according to the finds of a survey of 2,291 high school students and graduates by the Poukamisas Educational Center, seeking to assess their relationship with their devices and the impact in and out of school.
A good friend wrote to me on Tuesday: “Universities have been closed for two months. My children entered two very good departments in Athens and Patra, two departments that require hard work to finish and which have huge dropout rates.
A deal between Prodea Investments, Lamda Development and Costeas-Geitonas School (CGS) for the construction of a new campus on the former airport plot at Elliniko on the capital’s southern coast appears to be on the rocks, as sources have indicated that Prodea is unlikely to carry on with the plan.
It was Sarah Whiting’s last morning in Athens. For the final day of this dense, week-long tour of Greece, the weather improved and the winter sun shone over Syntagma Square. From her hotel balcony she enjoyed a typical sunny Athenian panorama, with the silhouette of the Parthenon in the background. Until […]
The Institute of Foreign Relations (IDIS) in Athens has launched a competition for 10 small scholarships of excellence for its Chinese program.
Occupation: This pivotal term traces back to the distant 1973, resonating with undiminished intensity to the present day.
Since I work at a private, not-for-profit university in the USA, one would expect me to be in favor of such institutions for Greece. While I do believe that not-for-profit private higher education is indeed fine, I am not sure if this model will work in Greece.
As the dust settles after Parliament passed the new education bill on non-state institutions of higher education on Friday, the major question is how this will impact Greece’s ultimate aspiration of becoming an education hub in the southeast Mediterranean.
A student rally against an education bill that was ratified in Parliament on Friday was marred by clashes with police.
The Greek Parliament has passed the bill allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, 159-129.
A student protest in Athens against a bill that would allow the establishment of branches of foreign universities in Greece for the first time has turned violent.
Thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens Friday to oppose government plans to introduce privately run universities, following weeks of demonstrations including scores of university building occupations by students.
To be fair, the previous significant Education Ministry reform, under a PASOK government, concerning partnerships between Greek and foreign universities, didn’t yield substantial results.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday defended a bill allowing, under certain conditions, the establishment of branches of foreign universities in Greece for the first time, saying that reforms would have a positive knock-on effect on their public counterparts. Lawmakers are set to vote on the bill later in the day.
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