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Christmas Bazaar 2021 by students of the Sunrise Movement
Our students from the 'Sunrise Movement' successfully organised this year's Christmas Bazaar spreading the Christmas spirit across our campus! All donations will go the the SOS Children's Village in Plagiari.
15/12/2021
CSU Christmas Time on Campus - Photos
CSU has prepared a little surprise for all today 15 December at the Sofou Building, 7th floor! Take lots of picture-perfect photo moments, and of course, share them with your friends and family!
15/12/2021
Integration4all platform, a useful online tool for working in Greece
The International Organization for Migration and CITY College, University of York Europe Campus in Thessaloniki joined forces to create the www.integration4all.gr platform, aiming at providing practical information towards the successful inclusion of recognized refugees and asylum seekers into the labor market and the Greek society. The online platform which has been developed by students of the Computer Science Department of CITY College addresses potential employees and employers and contains information about working in Greece - including legal rights and obligations - and guidance on how to search for a job, write a CV, or prepare for an interview. A special section is dedicated to the educational component and learning opportunities, where refugees and asylum seekers can further enhance their skills. “With this online and user – friendly tool we want to strengthen access to accurate information about the working environment in Greece”, said Gianluca Rocco, Chief of IOM Mission in Greece. “There are many skilled migrants in Greece that have the right and are willing to work in jobs that are in need of workforce; it is important to support these people for the benefit of migrant and hosting communities. This joint initiative between IOM and CITY College is also a concrete response to the needs of many employers in Greece” he added. The website is available in both the Greek and the English language, with the option to support other languages through a Google translation widget. Dr Dimitris Dranidis, Head of the Computer Science Department of CITY College Europe Campus added: “We are very proud of the work done by our students to develop this important tool for IOM that will have a positive and direct impact on the individual, the work market and the society. It is in the philosophy of our Computer Science Department to take action and offer solutions to a wide range of human and social issues by providing, through our final year students Industrial Projects, software and IT solutions that will benefit the public good. Our fruitful cooperation with IOM is the outcome of this philosophy and l would like to thank IOM, our students and professors for bringing it to life”. The web application has been developed by CITY College Computer Science undergraduate and postgraduate students as part of the Industrial Project module in their curriculum. Under the supervision of their Computer Science professors, students have worked on the website development and created an End User Manual for IOM to be able to edit content, manage the website and resolve basic troubleshooting issues (more information about the Industrial Project can be found at: invent.york.citycollege.eu). The development of the website with content on employability and Greek language learning tools, was a joint collaboration between the IOM Community Engagement, the Non-Formal Education and Employability teams and the teachers and students of the Department of Computer Science of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus that it is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The IOM Community Engagement and Non – Formal Education teams which operate under the umbrella of the EU - SMS project and the Employability team of the EU – Funded HELIOS project respectively, partnered in designing the site’s layout and developing relevant content and educational tools to empower and equip the asylum seekers and recognized refugees with valuable information and increase their potential towards integrating in the local labour market. The creation of the website has been implemented under the framework of the Cooperation Agreement signed between IOM Greece and CITY College Europe Campus (york.citycollege.eu), which also includes ICT courses for beneficiaries in open accommodation sites.
13/12/2021
Guest lecture on Project Management by our alumna, Agapi Kyrtzidou, Consultant at Deloitte
Students from our Business Administration & Economics Department had the opportunity to attend a very interesting guest lecture on Project Management by Ms Agapi-Chrysi Kyrtzidou, Consultant at Deloitte and CITY College alumna. Ms Kyrtzidou presented the steps to be followed in handling a number of parallel work projects such as, workflow optimisation, team management and task assignment, real-time team collaboration analysis and improving processes, thus increasing business efficiency. She also presented the pros and cons of different PM tools and relative software available. Apart from the lecture topic, students were also interested to know of Ms. Kyrtzidou's educational background and career development at Deloitte. The guest lecture took place in the context of the 'Decision Making with IT' unit, taught by Dr. Andrew Salisbury and was supported by our Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre.
10/12/2021
Business students visit Grand Hotel Palace, a five-star hotel in Thessaloniki
Hotel and Hospitality track students of the Business Administration & Economics Department, CITY College University of York Europe Campus, visited Grand Hotel Palace in Thessaloniki to meet and discuss with senior executives current trends in the industry as part of their unit Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism. Students were accompanied by Dr. Lemonia Papadopoulou-Kelidou. Mr. Yiannis Aslanis, General Manager, offered a warm hospitality to CITY College’s delegation, while Mrs Maria Chatziparaschi, Guest Relations Manager and Mrs Katerina Toutziari, Director of Sales and Revenue, shared with students their knowledge and experience pertaining to guest relations, sales and marketing issues. Grand Hotel Palace is a five-star hotel, operating since 2004 and counting 259 rooms including 8 suites. Mrs Chatziparaschi and Mrs Toutziari underlined that being honest with customers is the strongest tip of success. Caring about your customers, decoding their body language and offering customized services via team work is the backbone of the corporate culture of the hotel. Mrs Toutziari underlined the importance of being aware of the product, the destination, the competitors as well as the imperative need to create collaborations within the market. Targets’ achievement, according to Mrs Toutziari, is based on sharing goals with employees and on raising awareness of the general engraved strategy since “everybody is doing sales in a hotel”. Students visited renovated rooms and suites, conference rooms, restaurant and breakfast area while small presents were kindly offered to them, as a kind gesture of their truly warm hospitality. Christmas decoration both in the outside and the inside area of the hotel cheered students. Present given to our students by Grand Palace Hotel representatives Photo Gallery
08/12/2021
CITY College, University of York Europe Campus and Tourism Observatory sign a Cooperation Agreement
A mutually-beneficial collaboration between CITY College and the Tourism Observatory Areas of collaboration include data analysis and management and communication activities A unique opportunity for real work-based student experience in the Tourism industry: BAED students will get actively involved in the project Promoting collaboration between academia and industry while at the same time offering back to society CITY College, University of York Europe Campus signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Tourism Observatory, a Silver-Award winner (Tourism Awards 2021) service that captures the demand (requests) and the valid direct reservations in hotels and accommodation providers and vacation rentals in specific geographical areas of Greece. It is founded by the following leading companies in the sector: Nea Mesa Tourism Marketing & Sales, ΒοοkOnlineNow, Hotel Availabilities, Syncbnb, The Data Appeal Company, OTA insight. [from left to right] Dr Nikolaos Tsorakidis, Dean for External Engagement and New Developments of the Business Administration & Economics Department (BAED), Ms. Aggeliki Papakonstantinou, Head of BAED, Mr. Kyros Asfis, Managing Director of Nea Mesa and Dr Giovanni Oscar Serafini, Assistant Professor at BAED. The scope of cooperation under this Agreement includes the analysis, management and presentation of data, collected by the Observatory, by BAED undergraduate students in order to produce factsheets and monthly reports on trends and help the further development of key features of the platform, as well as the enhancement of its visibility and communication of its purpose to the general public. The reports created will be publicly available, thus useful information will be accessible to the public. Students will be working systematically with the team of Tourism Observatory and will be supervised by Dr. Lemonia (Lenia) Papadopoulou-Kelidou and Dr Giovanni Oscar Serafini of the Business Administration & Economics Department. The cooperation with the Tourism Observatory is aligned with CITY College’s philosophy to promote the collaboration between academia and industry and its public engagement efforts to give back to and remain actively engaged with the society. Story in the media (Greek) Article in e-Travel News Article in Travel Daily News
06/12/2021
Christmas Bazaar 2021 by the Sunrise Movement
06/12/2021
Guest Lecture by distinguished Economist and Neuroscientist, Dr Edgar Sanchez, for BAED students
Students from our Business Administration & Economics Department had the opportunity to attend a very interesting guest lecture by Dr Edgar Sanchez, Economist and Neuroscientist on ‘Experiential Marketing, A new approach in Sales & Marketing’. Dr Sanchez has more than 10 years of prior professional experience in positions such as Brand Management and Consultant in Multinational companies such as Yahoo, Granini, Lavinia Interactiva. The first part of the seminar covered the new conditions in the world of business such as market and information saturation. This included how this reality demands new ways to approach customers. In the second part, the different components of Experiential Marketing were actively discussed, especially those related to brain and mind processes: decision making, emotions, memory, among others. Practical case studies were examined to illustrate implementations of all those components of the Experiential Marketing.
03/12/2021
Company visit by BAED students at Hotel ONOMA
A unique opportunity for our students to visit a five star tech friendly hotel Our students discussed the role of technology in hospitality and in customised/personalised services Bringing students closer to the industry Students of the Business Administration & Economic Department of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus participated in a study visit at Hotel ONOMA as part of the unit "Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism" on 30 November 2021. Ms Christine Kartali, Events and Sales Manager, and Ms Katerina Salikyriaki introduced the "Seeker", the mascot of Hotel ONOMA, to the students. The Seeker is a representation of the modern traveler who is seeking for new experiences while discovering the world. Holding a bag and on the go, the Seeker is a modern interpretation of the archaic “Kouros” meeting the contemporary action figures. Seeker's motto "Seeker seeks and seeker finds" The main aim of the study visit was to shed light on the practical significance of technology in hospitality and in customised/personalised services. Students had the opportunity to discuss in the "homework" area of the hotel the "smart" philosophy of the hotel and the application of technology in hospitality services, in sales, in marketing and in boosting a hotel's competitive advantage. Hotel ONOMA is a five star tech friendly hotel, operating since January 2021 in Thessaloniki, focusing on the guest and exploiting technology to offer customized personal services that perfectly fit to each guest's identity. Company visits are a vitally important part of the student experience at CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, as they give to students the opportunity to widen their horizons, get exposed to the real business world, contemporary business practices and enhance theoretical practice.
02/12/2021
Prof. Ketikidis speaks at the Tax Forum 2021 organised by the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Professor Panayiotis Ketikidis, Vice President for Research, Innovation and External Relations at CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, participated as invited speaker in ‘Tax Forum 2021: Future-Proof Taxation.Shapping behavior and economics performance’ organised by the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, 15-16 November. Prof. Ketikidis participated in the panel ‘Startup ecosystem Tax Incentives Development’ and shared his views together with the other two participants, namely Mr. Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister of Development and Investments and Ms. Katerina Pramatari, Founding Partner, Uni.Fund. Watch Prof. Ketikidis’ speech Watch video on Livemedia website.
25/11/2021
Professional Development Seminar: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
30 November 2021
25/11/2021
Inauguration of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus
The beginning of a new era for CITY College Building on 30 years of achievement, CITY College has entered a new era. CITY College is now the Europe Campus of a top British university, the University of York. This key milestone in the history of CITY College was formally marked with the ‘Inauguration of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus’ that successfully took place on 18 November at the Digital Transformation and Digital Skills Center (DT&S) – Cisco in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event was held to celebrate the new status of CITY College as Europe Campus of the University of York, one of the best universities in the world. CITY College, University of York Europe Campus is part of the University of York community, one of the leading UK Universities in Europe. It is a unique international institution based in Greece but with satellite activities in 8 countries, and it is widely recognised throughout the region for its academic excellence. Also, CITY College jointly with the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Strasbourg, offers a unique educational opportunity for today's executives: the Pan-European Executive MBA dual degree programme delivered across South East & Eastern Europe, as well as the Caucasus region. Throughout its 30 year history, CITY College has continued to connect the UK with the whole region, Europe, and the world. Mr. Yannis Ververidis, President and Principal of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus opened the event and warmly welcomed all guests. Mr. Ververidis’ speech was followed by an address by Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of York. Welcome speeches were also delivered by Mr. Stavros Kalafatis, Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia - Thrace sector), Mr. Matthew Lodge, British Ambassador to Greece, Mr. Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki and Ms. Maria Tsakali, Head of Education, British Council, Greece. Senior officers from CITY College’s partner universities also spoke at the event: Dr Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Deputy Vice-President for Learning and Teaching, University of Strasbourg; Professor Remus Pricopie, Rector, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration of Romania; Professor Dimitar Trendafilov, Vice Rector for International Relations, New Bulgarian University; and Mr. Harry Daskalakis, President, Athens Tech. A distinguished member of CITY College's alumni community, Mr. Dimitris Lakassas, addressed the audience and the closing speech was delivered by the President of CITY's Student Union (CSU), Mr. Rron Lecaj. Mr. Yannis Ververidis, President and Principal of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of York “We are delighted to start our new era as the Europe Campus of the University of York.” said Mr. Ververidis, “What connects us with the University of York are values, quality, purpose and vision. We are proud to be joining the community of a University that is characterised by excellence in both teaching and research and is always ranked among the best universities in the UK and the world. A University that exists for the public good,” adding: “We are, therefore, more than delighted to be able to continue to grow and develop and offer more opportunities to the people of the whole region and beyond working with, and as a part of, the University of York community”. Dr Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Deputy Vice-President for Learning and Teaching, University of Strasbourg Mr. Stavros Kalafatis, Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia - Thrace sector), Greece In responding, the University of York Vice Chancellor and President, Professor Charlie Jeffery said: “Reflecting the shared visions and inclusive ambitions of both institutions, I am delighted that CITY College has been granted the status of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus. The strategic alliance that we all have built between CITY College and the University of York is reflective of our shared commitment to learning, teaching, and research. With the student’s experience at the heart of everything we do, we have a shared commitment to meeting the highest quality and standards”. Commenting on the opportunities provided through this partnership to students Prof. Jeffery stated: “We and our esteemed delivery and awarding partners will be giving students in Athens, Baku, Belgrade, Bucharest, Kyiv, Sofia, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, and Yerevan, the passport to opportunities that a British (and also French in the case of the MBA) degree provides. Through this network, students will have access to a truly global community. This experience will in no doubt mean that those graduates will become leaders and champions of inclusion in whatever careers they pursue.” The event was well-attended by representatives from regional business, industry, government, civil society organisations from the region as well as staff, students and alumni of CITY College. Distinguished guests included: Ms. Sandrine Mouchet, Consul General of France and Director of French Institute in Thessaloniki, Dr Dukagjin Pupovci, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Kosovo, Mr. Radostin Vankin, Consul General of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, Mr. Dimitrios Kouvelas, Member of the Greek Parliament, Ms. Ioanna Kosmopoulou, Deputy Mayor for Education, Thessaloniki, Mr. Panayiotis Hasapis, Executive Vice-President, SEVE, Professor Alexandros Chatzigeorgiou, Dean, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Mr. Vassilis Floridis, Chief Prosecutor of Thessaloniki and many others. Watch the Inauguration of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus Photo Gallery
24/11/2021
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