A philosophy graduate yesterday pointed to the need for better structures to ensure quality at the university.
Addressing yesterday's graduation ceremony, Jean-Paul De Lucca BA (Hons), said the existing structures, primarily the quality assurance committee, were doing a good job but it was time for a revision of the operation so it could become more effective.
He said it was important to have a good quality assurance policy and suggested that structures be set up to receive and treat complaints in a free and just way.
The university needed to invest in research about itself, he said.
On another issue, he said there was no doubt the private sector benefited from the academic background their employees received from the university. But the private sector's contribution to the university was minimal. While companies and private entities invested heavily in students, it was time that more private companies considered investing in the university.
The ceremony yesterday saw the graduation of the first group of BSc (Hons) in occupational therapy and restoration and conservation.
These courses were an example of how the university managed to move with the times and, with vision, decided to recognise the valid contribution of these professions, Mr De Lucca said.
He urged active participation by students as opposed to apathy, noting that two associations, one for Faculty of Arts students and another for the Institute of Health Care, had been formed over the past three years.
The following are the names of the students who graduated yesterday:
Diploma in Health Science
Marie Claire Attard; Stephen Attard; Roberto Avellino; Evelyn Axiaq; Rachel Borg; Simon Caruana; Anabel Darmanin; Michael Debono; Keith Desira; Stephen Fenech; Chantelle Suzanne Fiteni; Nicola Lanzon; Justin Mifsud; Miguel Pace; Christine Portelli; Joseph Savona; Emmanuel Paul Schembri; Patrick Scicluna; Rosric Spiteri; Erica Sultana; Trevor Vassallo; Martine Zammit.
Diploma in Nursing
Angele Abdilla; Jessica Abdilla; Doriette Agius; Samantha Agius; Joseanne Baldacchino; Lorraine Baldacchino; Tracy Baldacchino; Silvania Barbara; Celine-Marie Borg; Stephanie Borg; Jovanca Nicole Buhagiar; Blanche Cassar; Alison Cauchi; Charmaine Cauchi; Denise Ciappara; Johan Cutajar; Diana Debono; Marie-Antoinette Debono; Grace Etim; Antonella Farrugia; Danielle Farrugia; Lara-Ann Gafa; Marvic Galea; William Grech; Doriana Grixti; Carol Micallef; Cynthia Micallef; Nadia Micallef; Thekla Janice Micallef; Claire-Marie Mifsud; Romina Mifsud; Rosanne Mifsud; Stefania Mifsud; Mary Anne Piscopo; Rakela Quattromani; Alexei Sammut; Roberta Scerri; Ritianne Spiteri; Christopher Theuma; Therese Theuma; Alice Wanjiru; Doriana Xhaxho; Arnold Zammit; Christine Zammit; Melissa Zammit.
Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
Antonio Magro; Conrad Spiteri.
Diploma in Management Studies
Norbert Abela; Patrick Aquilina; Christine Marie Attard; Michelle Attard; Miriam Attard; Olivia-Anne Attard; Raymond Attard; Doreen Axisa; Claire Azzilla; Melanie Bonavia; Catherine Louise Borg; Claudette Borg; Nadine Borg; Raphael Borg; Mario-Martin Bugeja; Arnold Buttigieg; Antoinette Camilleri; Calcidonio Camilleri; Jacques Caruana; Rachel Caruana; Astrid Cassar Pace; Janice Chetcuti; Silvio Chetcuti; Roberto Cristiano; Charles Debattista; Christopher Degabriele; Claudine Despott; Ramona Despott; Alice Farrugia; Frances Catherine Farrugia; Jesmond Farrugia; Mark Farrugia; Martin Farrugia; Natasha Farrugia; Nathalie Farrugia; Valerie Farrugia; Victor Farrugia; Geoffrey Formosa; Fiona Francica; Ivan Gaffiero; Charles Grech; Charles Grima; Christopher Harmsworth, Steven Heraghty; Elizabeth Lofaro; Christopher Mallia; Barbara Matysik-Magro; Christopher Mercieca; Loren Mercieca; Ruth Mercieca; Ian Mercieca Bons; Joann Mifsud; Clara Millo; Steve Mizzi; Karen Montalto; Joseph John Muscat; Alex Polidano; Francesca Portelli; Elaine Sacco; Liliana Said; Abraham Saliba; Josianne Sammut; John Seychell Navarro; Claire Smith Lateo; Tyron Spiteri; Debbie Tabone; Joseph Testa; Clara Valenti; Joseph Vassallo; Susan Vella; Christopher Xuereb; Marica Xuereb; Jeanette Zammit; Mervin Zammit.
Diploma in Social Studies (Gender and Development)
Vinnie Coppola.
BSc (Hons) Health Science
Sponsor: Dr S. Buttigieg
Franceen Agius; James Agius*; Roberta Agius; Daniela Sarah Apap; Therese Aquilina; Dorianne Bonello; Antoinette Cali Corleo; Maureen Nancy Calleja; Daniel Camilleri*; Ivan Camilleri; Simone Camilleri; Mario Camilleri-Brennan; Janica Caruana; Francianne Cini; Robert Decelis; Maria Deguara; Kurt Dimech; Maria Daniela Farrugia; Arlene Galea; Jonathan Galea; Jean Pierre Gialanzeí; Joseph Grima; Sami Jeljeli; Allison Micallef; Claire Micallef; Theresien Micallef; Charmaine Mifsud; Lara Said Pullicino; Maureen Spiteri.
BSc Health Science
Antonella Zammit.
BSc (Hons) Nursing
Sponsor: Dr S. Buttigieg
Trevor Abela Fiorentino; Marita Aquilina; Clare Attard; Jesahel Bezzina; Mark Joseph Bondin; Anna Kristina Briffa; Jason Busuttil; Vanessa Busuttil; Paul Calleja; Sharon Camilleri; Ramona Cauchi; Ruth De Giovanni; Charmaine Farrugia; Annabella Magro Conti; Christian Micallef; Bernard Micallef Cann; Maria Pia Pace; Sarah Saliba; Claire Sultana; Charmaine Vella; Caroline Wanjiku; Maria Zammit.
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Sponsor: Prof. J.M. Portelli
Stefan Abela; Natasha Azzopardi; Bernard Bezzina; Kevin Caruana; Lara Cassar; Audrey Francis Curmi; Ross Elledge; Mark Formosa; Simon Muscat; James Portelli; Lorraine Portelli; Ethel Zahra; Yvette Zahra.
Bachelor in Conservation & Restoration Std (Hons)
Sponsor: Prof. Alfred Vella
Louise Ann Ambrogio; Claire Bonavia; David Frank Bugeja; Robert Cassar; Francis Chetcuti; Marius Cini; Connie Formosa; Michael Formosa; Mario Galea; Agatha Grima; James Licari; Paul Anthony Muscat; Ann-Kristin Rieger.
Bachelor of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech
Renance Aquilina; Bernadette Attard; Krystle Attard; Rachel Baldacchino; Doreen Borg; George Borg; Charmaine Bugeja; Louisiana Busuttil; Caroline Camilleri Rolls; Joseph Cini; Mary Rose Cini; Simone Cini; Joseph Cutajar; Antonella D'Amato; Sharon Debono; Vincienne Debono; Atanasio Degiorgio; Olivia Deguara; Lorna Fiorini; Elizabeth Galea; Vivian Carmelo Gatt; Adriana Gatt Terribile; Maria Gauci; Vicki Grech; Caroline Hall; Jonathan King; Alla Kroguious*; Olsi Lelaj; Nuha Maghrabi; Danielle Mamo; Kirsten Mangion; Martine Mangion; Gillian Martin; Maria Mifsud; Vanessa Mifsud; Felicia Muscat; Diego Ochoa; Iana Outkina*; Lara Pace; George Refalo; Michael Refalo; Patricia Refalo; Carmen Saliba; Lara Scerri; Claire Marie Schembri; Jacqueline Sciberras; Andreanne Seguna; Antonella Spagnol; Alessandra Sweetman*; Peter Toledo; Maryrose Vella; Pauline Vella; Marie Josette Vella-Magro.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech
Joan Angela Abela; Silvan Agius; Johann Attard; Rachel Attard; Elisa Azzopardi; Eric Azzopardi Jean Paul Baldacchino*; Francesca Balzan; Sasha Bartolo; Teodora Bebova Robert Bonello*; Daniel Borg; Louise Borg; Patrick Borg; Mariella Busuttil; Michelle Cachia Castelletti; Mark Anthony Cachia Sammut Sue Ellen Cachia; Dorianne Calleja; Edward Calleja; Vanessa Calleja; Reuben Callus; Allison Camilleri; Catherine Camilleri; Johanna Camilleri; David Cardona; Daphne Caruana; Rachel Caruana; David Cassar; Valentina Cassar; Flavia Chetcuti; Ramona Marie Cini; Kenneth Curmi; Omar Cutajar; Daniela Dalmas; Jean-Paul De Lucca; Alexander Debono; Andreë Delicata; Anna Maria Depasquale; Denise Farrugia Borg; Matthew Fenech; Josette Fenech Magrin; Karina Fiorini*; Aaron Formosa; Josianne Galea; Robert Galea; Romina Galea; Rebecca Maria Gatt; Rowena Gatt; Claire Marie Gauci; Martha Gauci; Annalise Gauci Borda; Christine Gauci Borda; Simone Gauci Borda; Andrew Grech; Leana Grech; Ann Grima; Annette Grima; Claudia Griscti; Elise Grixti; Sakiko Kobayashi; Maria Mallia; Rosemarie Mallia-Milanes; Doris Mangion; Milorad Matejic; Mary Carmen Mejlak; Alison Micallef; Joseph-Lynn Micallef; Julian Micallef; Jason Mintoff; Ronald Mizzi; Andrew Pace; Glorianne Pace; Evan Plumpton; Antoine Psaila; Francesca Pullicino; Therese Quinton*; Tanja Radivoevska; Maureen Sacco; Mark Saliba; Claire Marie Sammut; Lorraine Sammut; Ann Marie Scerri; Roberta Scerri; Rozlyn Scerri; Maria Elizabeth Schembri; Charlene Sciberras; Nadine Sciberras; Bernadine Spiteri; Hilary Spiteri; Kristian Spiteri; Angele Spiteri Paris; Dessislava Strezova; Catherine Tabone; Stela Thika; Marvic Tonna; Vuk Trajkovic; Monique Troisi*; Matthew Vassallo; Carmel Vella; Eman Vella; Joanne Vella; Lara Vella; Mariella Vella; Omar Vella; Valerie Visanich; Kevin Wain; Julie Zahra; Stephanie Zarb.
Post Qualification Diploma in Health Science
Geoffrey Axiak; Lorraine Dimech Magrin; Maria Mangion; Charlene Muscat.
Postgraduate Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatrics
Sharon Cutajar; Teddy Jothikaran; Kaur Sokvinder; Suzan Yazici.
Master of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Sponsor: Prof. J. Troisi
Anthony Scerri; Alexander Schembri.
Master of Health Science
Sponsor: Dr S. Buttigieg
Carmelo Borg; Gertrude Buttigieg; Natalie Calleja; Josephine Cutajar; Shirley Farrugia; Mario Fava; Gertrude Anne Lanzon; Miriam Mangion; Victoria Massalha; Tanya Melillo Fenech; Deborah Maria Pace; Mario Sammut; Rosalie Sammut; Mario Sant; Neville Schembri; Isabelle Zahra Pulis.
MSc in Environmental Planning & Management
Sponsor Prof. P. Schembri
Marco Abela; Alexandra Agius Darmanin; Claire Borg; Christopher Cachia; Nathalie Chetcuti; Samuel Formosa; Stanley Gatt; Josianne Vassallo; Howard Zammit.
Master of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech
Olivia Aquilina; Linda Azzoppardi; Franklin Barbara; Victor Bonnici; Alistair-Paul Borg ; Glorianne Borg Axisa; Carmen Michelle Buhagiar; Keith Buhagiar; Jeanette Camilleri; Maria Carbonaro; Brian Jack Chircop; Arianna De Gray; Daphne Degiorgio*; Claire Ellis; Ingrid Eomois; Claude Falzon; Albert Gatt; Suzanne Gauchi; Ritienne Grech; Emmanuel Magro Conti; Josephine Mifsud; Henrietta Mizzi Micallef; Dane Munro; Ling Ni*; Rachel Radmilli; Mark Sagona; Matthew Scerri; Louise Vella*; Mao Xi; Anna Zammit; Marcel Zammit Marmara.
Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech
Adrian Grima; Mario Pace.
Doctor of Philosphy
Sponsor: Rev. Prof. P.Serracino-Inglott
David Petersen.*
*In absentia