More than 150 academics including 120 academic staff at the University of Malta, 40 and Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School have come together informally to issue a joint statement expressing concern about the proposed university at Zonqor in Marsascala.
They said:
"We express our concern on the lack of transparency in the process and careful assessment in the selection of the project itself as well as of the proposed site.
"We urge the government to exercise due prudence with a view to enhance the common good including through the strengthening of quality education and through the protection of land which lies outside development boundaries."