Education
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Don’t wrap it, bag it
Safi Primary School recently embarked on a ‘Bag it, don’t wrap it’ ecological project, marking another milestone in the school’s journey towards education for sustainable development. The project aims to encourage students and their families to use...
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Youths on The Zone
Tomorrow, two new video interviews of the following youths talking about their careers will be uploaded on The Zone at www.timesofmalta.com/thezone. What are the opportunities for students enrolled in a pharmacy degree course? According to Claude...
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Do rewards, punishment work?
Our basic strategy for raising children or teaching students is a reward and punishment strategy. From an early age we introduce Santa Claus, who carefully observes what children do and appears from the heavens to deliver gifts for the ‘good ones’...
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Best practices in social inclusion
Representatives of the Malta Unesco Youth Association (MUYA), Birgit Oidram and Thelma Bonello, recently visited Logroño, Spain, to take part in the first meeting of the European Partnership on Adult Education and Mobility for Social Inclusion...
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More youths join The Zone
What is it like to work as a marine biologist? What does a marine biologist do on a daily basis? What are the opportunities for someone interested in the underwater world to get a job in this sphere? What are the necessary qualifications? What if...
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A video game to improve your English
An innovative video game called Trace Effects.3D has been launched to help students aged 12 to 16 learn English and about American culture. Through the game, students explore American culture through puzzles, activities and adventures in an...
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Oman to sponsor students at University
A memorandum of understanding on collaboration in higher education was recently signed between University rector Juanito Camilleri and Rawya Saud Albusaidi, Minister of Higher Education of Oman. Omani students will now be able to receive state...
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Mcast raises over €2,200 for L-Istrina
Through various activities on and off campus in the run-up to Christmas, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology raised over €2,200 in aid of L-Istrina’s charitable causes. The donation was presented by a delegation of Mcast officials,...
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Diverse lessons of street art
Spray paint and graffiti are not usually looked upon favourably at school. But students involved in a street art project recently learnt more than just new artistic techniques, as Veronica Stivala found out. A sprawling rainbow-coloured graffiti...
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Youths on The Zone
Tomorrow, two new video interviews of the following youths will be uploaded on The Zone at www.timesofmalta.com/thezone. At only 25, Jean-Marc Cafa is proud to have become head of young people’s strategy at St James Cavalier. Trained at Guildford...
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Laptops for Church school teachers
Teachers in Church schools will be given laptops at the beginning of next year, according to a statement by the Private Schools Association’s Church schools committee. However, it explained that since an agreement for the procurement of laptops for...
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Public speaking, debating academies
The English-Speaking Union (ESU) Malta invites students aged 16 to 20 to register for its Public Speaking Academy from February 14 to 16 and its Debating Academy that will run between April 17 and 20. The Public Speaking Academy workshops will train...
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School’s Community Garden
St Joseph Mater Boni Consilii School, Paola, recently inaugurated a Community Garden at Wied Blandun, Paola, just two minutes on foot away from the school premises. The students will use the garden as a nature trail and to conduct field work. Each...
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Cyprus visit
A group of students from St Theresa College’s Birkirkara primary school, accompanied by five staff members, recently met up with peers from Lithuania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Italy in Cyprus to take part in a Comenius project partners’ meeting on...
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Mcast fundraising events for charity
Throughout this month students and staff at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology are holding a series of Christmas activities to raise funds in aid of L-Istrina and other charitable causes, including a talent show, walks, street...
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Youths on The Zone
Tomorrow, two new video interviews of the following youths will be uploaded on The Zone at www.timesofmalta.com/thezone An interior designer by profession, Rupert Cefai trained in art under the tutelage of Harry Alden and Alfred Chircop. Eight years...
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Nicole Zahra Garden opened
A sustainable garden named after Nicole Zahra, a Kalkara pupil who died tragically this year, was recently opened in Triq is-Sienja, Kalkara. Nicole, a member of Kalkara primary school’s Ekoskola committee, came up with the idea to turn a derelict...
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Students call for details on offshore wind energy farms
Students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology recently called for the organisation of more opportunities for the public to learn about offshore wind farms and the implications of the deployment of this technology in Maltese...
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Students visit nature reserves
A group of students and teachers from Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School, Naxxar, recently went on a day trip to two nature reserves in Sicily – Cava d’Ispica and Vendicari – organised by the school’s Green Committee. The group was accompanied...
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CISI Master’s in Wealth Management
The Institute of Financial Services (Malta) is offering a first-ever qualification at postgraduate level with a specialisation in wealth management. Awarded by the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI), the Master’s degree in...
