Education
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Student exchange in Italy
Students from San Franġisk Abela College recently took part in a student exchange programme organised by Eurocentre coordinator, Boryana Chaneva. The exchange was conducted with the Italian institute, Istituto Tecnico Economico Luigi Einaudi in...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
St Edward’s College catches them young
St Edward’s College, Cottonera, recently held two workshops for parents to discuss ways and means to encourage children of Year 1 and kindergarten to read. Head of Junior School Anne Tabone and Year 2 teacher Carmel Watson highlighted ways in which...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Includ-Ed World Café
A World Café activity is being held on Thursday at Radisson Blu, St Julian’s from 8.30 a.m. till 1.15 p.m. followed by lunch, as a follow-up to a series of Includ-Ed dissemination seminars. The Include-Ed project is researching educational...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Conference on adolescents’ relationship with parents
A conference on ‘The Relationship between Maltese Adolescents and their Parents’ is being held on October 31 at the Aula Magna of the University’s Valletta campus, St Paul Street, Valletta. It is the first research conference organised by the...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Life in Peru
Fr Michael Garnett, an English priest who has been living in Peru for the past 44 years, recently visited St Edward’s College Junior School, Cottonera, where he spoke to the boys about life in Peru and said Mass. He was presented with a donation...
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Monday, October 17, 2011 by
AFP
Harvard toppled from top of worldwide rankings
US and British institutions again dominate an annual worldwide league table of universities but there is a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts...
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Monday, October 17, 2011 by
PA
Lack of attention in maths causes most regret in the UK
It may be the most dreaded lesson on the timetable for many, but maths tops the list of subjects people most wish they had paid greater attention to in school, along with languages. Over a third of British adults harbour regret at their earlier ...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Pupils’ animal awareness visit
As part of an animal awareness activity, children at the primary school of St Albert the Great College, Valletta, recently visited the Kitchen Garden and San Anton Gardens. There they saw the pens which hold a variety of animals, including Shetland...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
New Comenius action
The European Union Programmes Agency will next year introduce in Malta a new Comenius action called Individual Pupil Mobility which gives secondary school students the opportunity to spend between three and 10 months in a school abroad. The action...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Michael A. Sant Memorial Lecture
The Michael A. Sant Memorial Lecture will be held at the National Curriculum Centre, Farsons Street, Ħamrun on Wednesday at 5.45 p.m. It is organised by the History Teachers Association and the University’s Faculty of Education A paper entitled ‘A...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
‘Books for Schools’ scheme
Eden Cinemas and Merlin library have launched a ‘Books for Schools’ campaign to promote Maltese literacy in schools. The campaign started with the new scholastic year and will run for the duration of the semester. Schools will be able to benefit and...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Students sponsor dogs
Students at St Patrick’s Salesian School, Sliema, have renewed their commitment towards the Association for Abandoned Animals. Last year the students sponsored three dogs. This year the aim is to sponsor five dogs from the association. The boys also...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Field biology course for educators
A group of 27 biology teachers from Church schools recently attended a week-long course in field biology jointly organised by the University’s Department of Biology and the Curia’s Secretariat for Education at the University. The course was aimed at...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sustainable construction programme
An EU-funded Erasmus intensive programme under the thematic ‘Sustainable construction – principles, tools and methods’ was recently organised in Protaras, Cyprus, by the University’s Faculty for the Built Environment and five other...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
College academy holds first national chess bus tour
St Benedict College Chess Academy recently organised the first Malta-Gozo Chess Experience Bus in Malta. The two-day tour, which was attended by 30 students from the college, was the last activity of this year’s Summer Chess Camp. This year, the...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
A 3D journey into the brain
Mario Valentino will deliver a talk entitled ‘Shedding light on brain injury’ at St James Cavalier’s Inspirations cafe, Valletta, on Thursday at 7.15 p.m. During his talk, Dr Valentino, a world-renown researcher studying brain injury at University...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Malta student science forum
Students aged between 16 and 22 from Sixth Forms, Mcast and University studying biology, chemistry, geography, applied sciences, environmental sciences and other science-related subjects are being invited to take part in the Malta Student Science...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011 by
Samuela Galea
Volunteering: a great learning opportunity
Last year, I was given the opportunity by Inygo-Malta – a network of Jesuits in Youth Ministry, to go on a year-long European Voluntary Service (EVS) experience in Chile. I worked with children and for their rights. It was not always easy, of...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Munich study tour
A group of University students from the Industrial Engineering and the M.Sc. in Integrated Product Development courses recently went on an industrial study tour in Munich, Germany. They visited the manufacturing line of the BMW 3 series model, the...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
University Chaplaincy events
At the University Chaplaincy on October 20 at 8 p.m. there will be the first in this academic year’s series of ‘DVD Nights’ during which the film Prayers for Bobby will be shown. The film is based on the true story of Bobby Griffin, who killed...