The Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Educaiton and the University of Malta have signed a cooperation agreement that provides for the allocation of 65 UOM places per year for Kuwaiti students, whose studies will be funded by the Kuwaiti government's scholarship programme.
Last week’s visit and lectures at the University of Malta by Senator Harrison H. Schmitt, former NASA astronaut and one of the last two men to set foot on the moon, has revived fond memories for an academic member of staff at the University.
Daniela Bartolo, the current KSU education coordinator, has been elected to the Academic Affairs Committee of the European Students Union (ESU).
Insite members elected the new Insite 2009-2010 team this afternoon during the Insite annual general meeting.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) yesterday during a ceremony held at the Jesuit Church in Valletta.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon unveiled a climate change monument on campus yesterday in commemoration of Malta's 1988 UN initiative that led to the recognition of climate change as a common concern of humankind and culminated in the 1992 UN Climate Change Convention.
Immigration was the main topic of discussion in a debate featuring eight candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections which took place in the University Common Room at noon today.
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, arrives in Malta today to receive an honoris causa Degree of Laws from the University of Malta.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery has published a historical booklet by Charles Savona-Ventura calledThe History of Midwifery Education in the Maltese Islands.
The University of Malta has been allocated €600,000 from the European Regional Development Fund for the furnishing and equipping of the chemistry and biology buildings.
UPDATED: Election results
Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza will be closely following today’s student council elections at Birzeit University in what is held to be a close reflection of the major political parties’ popularity in the wider Palestinian society.
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The Governor of the Central Bank, Michael Bonello, whose job it is to advise the government on financial and economic matters, has said that he supports the Rector in his proposals for reforms in the stipend system. Mr Bonello was speaking on Thursday during a business breakfast.
Private educational institutions should be properly accredited in order to safeguard students' interests, the European Institute of Education (EIE), itself an international institute of higher education with a campus in Malta, has said.
2,813 students out of an eligible 12,500 voted in the KSU election of Thursday 2 April 2009. Of the 2,813 votes cast, 2,223 were block votes: 1,215 students voted only for SDM, while 1,008 voted only for ACT. The other 665 votes were either mixed among candidates from both teams or unclear/unmarked/invalid.
The National Commission for Higher Education (NCHE) has launched its recommendations for Malta's strategy for further and higher education over the next decade.
