Tag: University of Malta
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Leader of of Momentum and University professor demands investigation on Vincent Marmara
Leader of political party Momentum, and a University of Malta professor himself, Arnold Cassola has requested the Rector to conduct an investigation on Vincent Marmara. Vincent Marmara was engaged to conduct a survey on Yorgen Fenech by Yorgen Fenech defence’s team and jurors were contacted as part of this survey. Vince Marmara denies this and…
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Academic, cartoonist and author Ä orÄ¡ Mallia dies aged 68
Academic, author, illustrator and cartoonist Ä orÄ¡ Mallia has died at the age of 68, leaving behind a wide-ranging body of work that touched education, publishing, children’s literature and the visual arts. Mallia was a longstanding member of the University of Malta community, where he served as head of the Department of Media and Communications and…
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A brief note on intellectual dishonesty
As a supposedly independent researcher, you should not change or modify your research to consciously and explicitly exclude people simply because you have a petty dislike of them. Ä orÄ¡ Mallia has recently authored a report to an international media organisation where he made sure to avoid mentioning The Maltese Herald, even taking our stories without…
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The Chinese State is conducting a systematic influence campaign in Malta
All the signs indicate that China is conducting a massive psychological influence campaign in Malta similar to its ongoing campaigns in Europe and Africa. Some major institutions are going along with this campaign in exchange of funds and resources. Primarily, Chinese influence in Malta is being spread through the Labour Party with methods such as…
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Alex Borg conquers University as students greet him with big cheers
The Malta University Debating Union held its traditional political leaders’ debate of the general election campaign at Sir Temi Å»ammit Hall at the University of Malta. Political party leaders had the opportunity to pitch their election campaigns to university students in what is, so far, the first and only debate between political party leaders during…
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My history books are being made available for free to history students after the History Department censored my books
The long-time Head of the Department of History and Dean of Faculty of arts Dominic Fenech, has run the faculty and the department as his personal fiefdom, banning people he doesn’t like from academic opportunities and progression and awarding those who are loyal to him. Meritocracy at the Faculty of Arts is barely existent as…
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Malta needs a counter-culture intellectual movement: or else we will become another Dubai
Malta’s system of government is rapidly evolving into an illiberal regime and one of the underlying factors that is enabling this process is the manipulation of public discourse and the free press. This process is not fulfilled in isolation – it needs the constant and active collaboration of editors, academics and intellectuals. The government has…
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The great intellectual leap: a new car-pak and basic accounting
The new Rector of the University of Malta has outlined his vision for the university on the talk show of academic Andrew Azzopardi. The core reforms proposed by the new Rector include a new carpark and the introduction of basic accounting for the finances of the University of Malta. The Labour government is rapidly monopolising…
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The new intellectual aristocracy
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana didn’t put much resistance to extravagant claims for additional remuneration by the lecturers of the University of Malta – and it is not in his interest to do so. The Finance Minister himself also lectures at the University of Malta and like many other politicians will benefit from the revolving door…
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We control the University: we have the majority
Continuing its trend in capturing all state institutions, the Labour government is going to appoint its own loyal appointee as Rector of the University following agreement between the government and the lecturers over salaries and conditions. Professor Frank Bezzina is a opro-Rector at the University of Malta and was previously the Dean of Dean of…
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Founder of the Arts History Department – Professor Mario Buhagiar passes away
Professor Mario Buhagiar, an art historian and founder of the History of Art Department at the University of Malta has passed away. His death was announced by his family on Saturday, February 28th in the evening. He was 81. Buhagiar’s death marks the passing of one of Malta’s most influential cultural historians and a towering…
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Joseph Muscat’s, Yorgen Fenech’s and Keith Schembri’s money-laundering accountant is a research assistant at the University of Malta
Karl Cini, the previous accountant at Nexia BT, who is now being charged over multipole corruption and money-laundering cases including the 17 Black case and the Progress Press case . Karl Cini was the previous partner of Brian Tonna of Nexia BT. Earlier today, news came out that Karl Cini was about to host a…
