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Intercultural dialogue between legal traditions
The Maltese Society for Comparative Law recently held its first public lecture entitled Children’s Rights: Past, Present and Future in collaboration with the Department of Civil Law and the University’s Human Rights Programme. The lecture, which was...
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Proposal to use IT to bridge Europe’s language barriers
Meta-Net, a European network of 60 research centres in 34 countries including Malta, has developed a Strategic Research Agenda document outlining how investment in language technologies can generate considerable economic benefits. It was presented...
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Exams and stress
With exams and assignment deadlines round the corner, how do you deal with the mounting stress? People have different ways of dealing with stress. I found that practising a sport during the week actually breaks down stress. I also found study groups...
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Mcast opens up its labs to secondary school students
Form 5 Physics students at St Ignatius College Boys’ Secondary School at Tal-Ħandaq, Qormi, recently conducted practical experiments on Electricity in the Home at the laboratories of Mcast’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
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Sports students, staff offer free fitness tests
Sports students and their lecturers at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology are offering free fitness testing to their peers at the college. As part of their studies, students on the Mcast-Btec Extended Diploma in Sport (Development,...
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University awarded Europass Diploma Supplement Label
The European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency has awarded the University its prestigious Europass Diploma Supplement Label. The label encourages institutions of higher education to provide their graduates with a...
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Driving in Malta
What are your general comments about driving in Malta? People with a driving licence should respect learners on the road more. Alix Abela, 20, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. Most drivers do not behave responsibly in their actions on...
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Melita Theologica upgraded
Melita Theologica, which has been published biannually since 1947, has been recently upgraded into an academic peer-reviewed journal under the joint editorship of the University’s Faculty of Theology, the Theology Students Association, and the...
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New Year resolutions
They’re a great way of finding what your flaws are, and doing something about them. Daniele Debattista, 20, Mcast Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Construction Engineering. New Year resolutions are opportunities to make changes and to try to keep...
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Law Faculty celebrates its foundation
The University’s Faculty of Laws recently celebrated its Foundation Day for the second time. During the event, Prof. Emeritus Joseph Ganado was conferred the academic excellence award by University Chancellor David Attard. Prof. Raymond Mangion...
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No fun for animals
What comes to mind when the word ‘circus’ is mentioned? With the current adverts for the Naxxar circus popping up everywhere, I would say the 400kg Siberian Tiger comes to mind, apart from the typical acts that make up circuses. Andrew Bartolo, 19,...
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Proofreading in Maltese
A one-year part-time certificate course in Maltese proofreading starts in February. It consists of two sessions a week offered both at the University campus in Msida and the Gozo campus in Xewkija. The course, organised by the University’s...
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Students recreate Yalta in Malta
The Yalta Summit of 1945 was recreated when three teams of students representing the UK, the US, and the Soviet Union held a two-hour simulation exercise on the University campus organised by the Malta International Relations Student...
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Talk on Tunisian Revolution
Tunisian Ambassador Souad Gueblaoui will deliver a talk entitled The Tunisian Revolution: Two Years Later on January 16 from 10am to noon at Francis Ebejer Hall Lecture Theatre 2. For further information, contact the Department of International...
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Wishes vs reality
What’s the most important thing about Christmas for you? For me, the most important thing is unity, not just with my family, but also with those around me. It’s a time of peace and a time to get together. Jonathan Carachi, 22, Bachelor in...
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Materials engineering student visit
A group of students and lecturers from the University’s Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering recently visited Germany to observe leading manufacturing companies using cutting-edge technologies and procedures. The visit was organised in...
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Researching submerged prehistoric archaeology
Researchers from various academic and professional backgrounds are working together to better understand submerged prehistoric landscapes and their significance through a four-year EU-funded research network project entitled Submerged Prehistoric...
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Stimulating creativity, innovation
“Unless we challenge ourselves to be innovative and creative, we will never advance, we’ll just keep doing the same things over and over again,” said Euro Med Connect Coop founder Joseph Woods during a seminar for students held recently by the Malta...
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Course on coaching
The University’s Institute for Physical Education and Sport, in collaboration with Kunsill Malti għall-iSport, is offering a course on foundations in coaching between February and June 2013. The course may be undertaken either as a whole (for those...
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The Budget vote
What do you think of the fact that the Budget wasn’t approved in Parliament? I think it won’t really make a difference since it was more of a political gimmick. Any party that will be in power next year will decide based on its own political agenda.
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