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Vox pop: Malta’s education system
Do you think people are happy with the education system? No, they are not happy. Perhaps compared with other education systems abroad, students have it pretty good with the stipend, the atmosphere on campus and student organisations. But there is a...
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Forthcoming events
Events and Urban Regeneration – This event will consider international experience on how events act as catalysts for urban regeneration and the relevance of this experience to Valletta, European Capital of Culture 2018. It will be presented by...
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Vox pop: election fever
If there was a general election tomorrow, who do you think would win and why? If it was tomorrow I think the Labour Party would win because they are ahead in the polls, but if there was an election campaign, I think it might get close. Andrew...
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Collaborating to train Tunisian civil service
The Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) in Malta and the International Policy Leadership Institute (IPLI) in Paris, France, are currently collaborating on a research project to identify training needs of the Tunisian civil...
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Hotel booking sites may hinder Malta’s tourism – study
A recent study comparing different online tourist accommodation booking platforms indicates that people planning a trip to Malta may get a better deal when booking directly with local hotels or other accommodation establishments rather than using...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from tomorrow to next Sunday will be celebrated in Malta by means of four events organised by the University’s Edward de Bono Institute – the national host for GEW – in collaboration with various partner...
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Arterial blood workshop
Foundation Year doctors will be teaching medical students how to sample arterial blood as well as how to interpret results during a workshop to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 7pm at Mater Dei Hospital lecture rooms 4 and 5. The workshop,...
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Sustainable mobility in Malta
Sustainable Mobility in Malta: Transport Research in Practice is the theme of the first national conference being organised by the University’s Institute for Sustainable Development at Smart City Malta, Ricasoli, on November 30. During the one-day...
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Vox pop
Do you consider marijuana as a gateway drug that may lead to other more harmful substances? Yes, I do, but I don’t distinguish between marijuana and other substances like alcohol and cigarettes, which can also lead to the use of other...
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Hamlet according to Edward Craig
To mark the centenary of the great director and stage designer Edward Gordon Craig’s (1872-1966) famous production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre, Harvey Grossman will give a public lecture on Tuesday about Craig’s work and its significance to...
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An authentic medieval meal at University
A medieval meal will be served in the Senior Common Room, University House, on Saturday at 1pm, as part of Discover University 2012. The price of the meal is €25. The event, organised by the Institute of Tourism, Travel and Culture, aims to...
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Irish honour for University academic
Helen Grech recently received recognition for her leadership of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship project entitled Communication Disorders in the Maltese Child Population, sponsored by the EU Seventh Framework Programme. The aim of the project...
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Talk on topographies in literary, cultural theory
Carola Hilmes from the University of Frankfurt will give a public talk in English on Thursday at 6pm in Room 120, Dun Mikiel Xerri Lecture Centre. Her talk, entitled Appointment on site/Ortstermin: Topographies as Models of Orientation in Literary...
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Public lecture on using acupuncture for obesity
A public lecture on acupuncture and obesity will be held on November 13 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at the University’s Archaeology Centre. The lecture, organised by the University’s Confucius Institute and the Maltese Oriental Society, will be given by...
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Students develop a free app for Android devices
Two students from the University and the STC training centre have developed an application for mobile devices running on Android 1.6 or higher to help users to locate over 170 free public Wi-Fi hotspots installed by the Malta Communications...
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Short film festival
A series of short films produced by a number of budding Maltese filmmakers were recently shown on screen for the first time at a film festival entitled Oskur at the Santa Venera premises of Aġenzija Żgħażagħ. This was the second edition of this...
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Protection of migrants during emergencies
The Protection of Migrants in Emergency Situations is the title of a talk to be given on Wednesday from 3 to 5pm in Engineering Building, Room 1 (EB1) by Jose Angel Oropeza, director of the Coordinating Office for the Mediterranean, Chief of Mission...
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Writings from the past
Inscribed artefacts and copies of ancient manuscripts written in Phoenician/Punic, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic and Maltese will be among the exhibits on display at Ancestral Voices: Writings from the Past, an activity being held on November 7 from...
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Leveraging brainpower for success in business
Leveraging Brainpower for Business Success: Bridging the Gap between Learning, Knowing and Doing is the theme of a public seminar and discussion to be held on Thursday by two US Fulbright professors at the University. The speakers are Robert...
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Promoting disability studies
Andrew Azzopardi, a senior lecturer at the University’s Department of Youth and Community Studies recently returned from a conference held by the Univeristà degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro in Italy, where he presented a paper and recommended...
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