Amid protests, minister reveals UK interest in city campuses

State Minister Akis Skertsos revealed on Monday 29 January that British universities are interested in founding medical school departments in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki due to the reform to allow non-state universities in Greece, reports Greek City Times.

Addressing a ‘Macedonia’ newspaper conference in Thessaloniki, he said the specific reform, which also envisages parallel support for state universities as “the main pillar of the higher education [system]”, was a huge opportunity for the city, which “due to its geographic position can attract major investments”.

The Education Ministry is urging universities to conduct exams electronically, as sit-in protests by students opposing the government’s planned education reforms are keeping faculties closed and raising the risk of exam periods being indefinitely postponed. More than half of the country’s faculties are under ‘occupation’ by students opposing plans to allow private universities to operate in Greece.
Full report on the Greek City Times site