The rate of student mobility remains low because of unnecessary bureaucracy and uncertainty brought about by the recognition procedure of grades across different countries, a geography graduate said yesterday.
According to the European Commission, 20 per cent of students would have an overseas studying experience by 2020 but Malta remained behind, Andrea Pace said during his graduation speech.
The suspension of EU education programmes, including Erasmus, earlier this year had not helped even though an ad hoc agreement had now been reached, he said, adding it was time to look ahead.
Speaking about arts subjects, Mr Pace said: “The Faculty of Arts gives us many skills but not a career. This instils fear for the future in some students as they prepare to enter the working world.”
Many questioned the relevance of the arts in a world where everything was measured against productivity and whether it turned the economic wheel, he said. But the range of subjects taught through the arts contributed towards the holistic study of man on various levels including sociology, anthropology, philosophy and language.
Studying the arts remained relevant because no other subject tackled the depth and social environment of mankind in such a holistic way, he said.
Laura Holmberg, a graduate in psychology and geography, praised the free education system in Malta.
She pointed out that, at times, students had to face “perceived inefficiencies” like not being notified about the cancellation of lectures. However, she added, “The seeming inefficiency is a lack of rigidity in the system... While I’m not saying I do not see opportunity for improvement, I’d just like to point out that, in the absence of a perfect organisation, I have found flexibility that I value and I hope will not be lost with any improvements achieved in the future.”
The graduates are:
Bachelor Of Arts (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. Dominic Fenech
History
Simone Azzopardi, Samantha Abela, Mark Cachia, Diane Camilleri, Lycia Cilia, Andrea Diacono, Simon Grech, Roberta Mula, Andrew Vella and Joseph Zammit.
Arabic
Corinne Turner.
Archaeology
Stefanie Cilia, Christian Mintoff, Christine Montebello, Ann Marie Spiteri and Maria Vella.
Classics
Jurgen Ronald Gatt.
English
Neville Bezzina, Lara Boffa, Giulia Bugeja, Noel Camilleri, Mark Anthony Fenech, Andrew Galea, Stefania Galea, Rachelle Gauci, Michaela Griscti, Clayton Hili,Audrianne Mizzi , Maria Pace Gasan, Nikita Becky Pisani, Deborah Schembri, Stephanie Scicluna, Joseph Paul Stagno, Rodianne Tanti and Stephanie Vella.
French
Sabrina Cacciattolo, Tiziana Calleja, Stephanie Cassar and Tanya Daniela Tedesco.
Geography
Rachel-Marie Abela, Anthony Attard, Althea Lynn Axisa, Alexander Borg, Patrick Cachia Marsh, Matthew Calleja, Jonathan Cauchi*, Alison Clare Coates, Simon Farrugia, Emanuel Galea, Raisa Galea, Antoniette Greta Grima, Andrea Pace, Lauren Lee Pavia, Sergio Tartaglia, Steven Treeby and Daniel Zahra.
German
Ethelbjorn Borg and Salvatore Giuffre.
History Of Art
Caroline Bartoli, Janica Buhagiar, Umberto Buttigieg, Nicole Casha, Paul Cassar, Christine Debono, Melanie-Marie Farrugia, James Micallef Grimaud, Stefania Mifsud, Maria Schembri, Stephanie Schembri Mariestelle Spiteri, Amanda Ann Vella, Lisa Christine Xuereb and Kristina Zammit Endrich.
International Relations
Fabio Bajada, Ledia Bimbli, Kersten Calleja, Antoinette Cefai, Karsten Cilia, Clive Cusens, Jennifer Falkenhorst, Demelsa Grech, Neil Hampton, Joanna Lanna Jebaili and Roza Shabunina.
Italian
Tiziana Borg, Keith Borg-Micallef, Roxanne Bugeja, Victoria Christine Buhagiar, Sarah Camilleri, Graziella Fabri, Marouska Formosa, Stephanie Formosa, Godfrey Galea, Graziella Gatt Annabell Khalil, Vanessa Pace, Yvonne Urzì, Leanne Vassallo and Rodiana Vidal.
Linguistics
Lucienne Attard.
Maltese
James Attard, Jeanelle Azzopardi, Gaynor Bajada, Alison Bondin, Phyllis Bondin, Josef Bonello, Pauline Borg, Sephora Borg, Stephanie Borg, Analise Camilleri, Marisa Camilleri, Ylenia Carabott, Elaine Caruana, Loredana Paula Caruana, Lara-Marie Cilia, Charlene Debattista, Carl Paul Delmar, Leanne Ellul, Sarah Ellul, Ruben Farrugia, Doriana Galea, Nadia Galea, Rosaire Edouard Galea, Jake Grech, Josette Grima, Samantha Grima, Natalie Marie Gusman, Mireille Lautier, Ilona Masini, Charmaine Mercieca, Ingrid Micallef, Maria Micallef , Graziella Portelli, Josette Portelli, Nadine Said, Diane Sammut, Margaret Sciberras, Marylene Spiteri, Rebecca Spiteri, Sarah Ann Tanti, Christabel Vella, Erica Vella, Denise Vella Zarb, Frances Marie Zammit and Roberta Zerafa.
Music Studies
Alastair Attard, Andrew Bugeja, Ian Peter Bugeja, Sean Vella and Alison Saguna.
Near Eastern Studies
Lara Calleja.
Philosophy
Andreas Mattia Arqueros, Rene` Barun, Melinda-Sue Borg, Diana Caruana, Miguela Cassar, Clive Muscat, Sally Sammut and Miriam Zammit.
Social Studies
Rebecca Vella.
Sociology
Amii Bartolo, Christienne Bonnici, Ian Bugeja, Janica Camilleri, Christine Marissa Cassar, Joseph Cassar, Tiziana Farrugia, Redeemer Fenech, Michelle Gauci, Josianne Grima, Julianne Grima and Abigail Scicluna.
Theatre Studies
Marie Louise Vella.
Postgraduate Diploma In Contemporary Diplomacy
Hussein Abdullahi, Francois Desruisseaux, Tim Ecklund, David Kavanagh, Spyros Miltiades, Lucy Mumbua Mulili, Bharat Raj Paudyal and Birgit Scheffel.
Postgraduate Diploma In Diplomacy
Amr Aljowaily.
Postgraduate Diploma In Hospitaller Studies
Philip Muscat.
Postgraduate Diploma In Interpreting
Isaac Gatt, Geraldine Powell, Charlene Schembri and Rachel Vella.
Postgraduate Diploma In Translation
Clifton Azzopardi, Anthony Briffa, Aurele Gafa’, Christine Ghigo, William Sciberras and Andrea Sciriha.
Postgraduate Diploma In The Science Of Performative Creativity
Lu Deng.
Bachelor Of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. Dominic Fenech
Andrew Abela, Racquele Abela, Amanda Attard, Justine Attard, Lee’anne Azzopardi, Deborah Anne Baldacchino, Lynne Balzan, Matthew Balzan, Oriana Barbara, Colette Bianchi, Graziella Borg, Joanna Borg, Victoria Lara Bugeja, Sarah Buhagiar, William Buhagiar, Diane Marie Buttigieg, Carol Camilleri, Noelle Camilleri , Rachel Camilleri, Roderick Camilleri, Keith Carabott, Mandy Cassar Conti, Jean-Pierre Catania, Jessica Judith Cauchi, Nastasia Cauchi, Michelle Angela Chehab, Sean Chircop, Marianna Christodoulidou, Ellen Ciappara, Silvana Ciappara, Sergio Cipriani, Corinne Coleiro, Massimo Cutajar, Donatella De Gaetano, Kristina Dimech, Elena Farrugia, Sean Patrick Fenech, Daniela Galea, Gabrielle Gauci, Claudienne Grech, Louisanne Grech, Rebecca Grech, Laura Aili Holmberg, Paul Martin Janicki, Cecil Jones, Laura Jones, Maria Kemp, Amanda Jo Magri, Leanne Marmará, Melanie Mc Lean, Caroline Muscat, Jessica Muscat, Kristian Muscat, Anthony Musu’, Anabel Pace, Antonella Pace, Faye Pirotta, Lorraine Piscopo , Joanna Psaila, Stephanie Said, Oriana Said Ghigo, George Douglas Saliba, Ramona Saliba, Patricia Salomone, Stephanie Sammut, , Sarah Sciberras, Andre` Charles Scicluna, Sherika Josephine Seychell, Stephanie Seychell, Mariaelena Tanti Gregoraci, Jean Claude Vancell, Magdalyn Ann Vassallo, Brendon Vella, Ruth Vella, Steven Williams, Alicia Sue Willoughby, Liam Woods, Dawn Avalon Zammit and Katya Zammit.
Bachelor Of Engineering (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. Robert Ghirlando
Mechanical Engineering
Maria Victoria Felice, Marylou Abdilla, Gilbert Attard, Kimberly Attard, Gianella Azzopardi, Luke Azzopardi, Daniel Baldacchino, David Francis Bartolo, Tony Bartolo, Jonathan Borg, Joshua Borg, Donnalise Cachia, Carl Camilleri, Ryan Cann, Maria Caruana, Noella Cassar, Stefano Cassar, Marija Cauchi, Matthew Cauchi, Jeffrey Cilia, Alan John Coppini, Martina Cuschieri, Andrew Paul Cutajar, Christopher Ellul, Clyde Falzon, Clayton Farrugia, Edward Gingell, Tiziana Maria Grima, Mark Magro, Stephen Mallia, Cuneyt Micallef, Miray Mifsud, Martin Pearsall, Abigail Rizzo, Anton Schembri, Steve Sciortino, Charlo Seychell, Karmichael Sultana, Joanna Tabone, Karlos Taliana, Owen Vassallo and Yifei Wang.
Electrical Engineering
Paula Aquilina, Leanne Attard, Simon Attard, Therese Attard, Joseph Azzopardi, Allister Bezzina , Anabel Bonello, Christian Borg, Lee Bullock, David Busuttil, Ian Busuttil, Michaela Camilleri, Roberta Camilleri, Diane Cassar, Matthew Paul Cassar, Mario Cauchi, Luana Chetcuti Zammit, Darren Cutajar, Lucianne Cutajar, Simon Ellul, Albert Falzon, Daniel Fenech, Nicholas Frendo, Francarl Galea, Steven Galea, Wanda Gauci Minuti, Stephen Grixti, Neil Mallia, Martin Micallef, Raymond Muscat, Charlie Portelli, Matthew Sammut, James Spiteri, Peter Spiteri, Andrew Tonna , Ingrid Vella, Minette Doria Vella, Karen Vella Mulvaney and Nadine Xerri.
Bachelor Of Technology
Sponsor: Prof. Robert Ghirlando
Mark Gatt.
Postgraduate Diploma In Gerontology And Geriatrics
Doris Aquilina, Vincent Bugeja, Angela Caruana and Lindsay Micallef.