CGS Academia is an innovative programme which caters for highly-motivated students at the school. Its aim is to stimulate critical thinking and creativity as well as to enhance the students’ skills in problem-solving, analysis and synthesis. CGS Academia offers the students stimuli in a wide range of academic fields outside the school syllabus and curriculum. The programme was first introduced during the academic year 2015-2016 and received the...
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Within the framework of the Academia programme, Professor Evangelos Gazis was invited to CGS by Dr. Pericles Bakogeorgou. With the children, he discussed major discoveries in the field of High Energy Physics and the latest achievements of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Professor of Particle Physics at NTUA, Evangelos Gazis is one of the most important members of the Greek team at CERN. He is best known for his role as Coor...
CGS Academia is divided into 2 age groups: Junior Academia which caters for students in grades 7 and 8 and Senior Academia which caters for students in grades 9 and 10. Junior Academia covers a multitude of subject areas, both in the Humanities and Social Sciences and in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The lectures offer an introduction to scientific subjects outside the school curriculum, which will be explored further i...
Winner of the “Best Learning Experience” award at the Education Business Awards 2016, CGS Academia has been in operation for 7 years. In its initial form, the programme addressed highly motivated secondary school students with high academic performance. The programme was designed to enhance critical and creative thinking, to develop problem-solving, analysis and synthesis by providing participants with a broad range of subjects such as Astrop...
