The Foundation for International Studies Ltd will be organising a series of summer schools during summer 2008 ...

The Foundation for International Studies Ltd will be organising the following summer schools:

Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data Infrastructures in Preparation for Inspire
14 - 25 July 2008

Climate Change as a Common Concern of Humankind: Law and Policy
23 June to 4 July 2008

Caravaggio Studies
9-20 June 2008

Near Eastern Studies
9-28 June 2008

Get that competitive edge, unleash your potential for creativity! 9-11 June ...

The Edward de Bono Seminar 2008, Malta, 9-11 June
Get that competitive edge, unleash your potential for creativity!
   
We are pleased to announce
The Edward de Bono Seminar 2008
to be held at the University of Malta
on the 9 - 10 - 11 June 2008

This seminar will be conducted entirely by Professor Edward de Bono, the inventor of Lateral Thinking.
Click here for full details and e-registration form.

You may also be interested to learn more about the University of Malta's Master of Arts in Creativity and Innovation with the participation of Professor Edward de Bono. The next intake is October 2008. 

Contact Person:
Dr Sandra Dingli,
Head of Institute
The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking
Tel: +356 (2340) 2434

For further details send an email
Please circulate this information to anyone who may be interested. 

Date: 7th and 9th May
Time: 1800hrs - 2000hrs
Lecturer: Professor Col. Peter Ruzsonyi
Fee: €35 (Lm15.31)

About the speaker: Professor Colonel Peter Ruzsonyi is the head of the Corrections Department within the Police College of Hungary. His areas of expertise are policing and corrections. In the past years, he has been actively involved in the designing and running of courses for police officers and in rehabilitation programmes for young offenders.

Public Policing and Private Security: Conflict, Co-operation or Compromise?
Date: 30th May and 2nd June
Time: 1800hrs - 2000hrs
Venue: Gateway Building Hall E
Lecturer: Mr Andrew Willis
Fee: €35 (Lm15.31)

About the speaker: Mr Andrew Willis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology within the University of Leicester (UK). He is responsible for the Postgraduate Certificate/MSc in Criminal Justice and Police Management, taught in association with the International Academy for Policing at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) at Bramshill. He is also responsible for the distance learning MSc in Police Leadership and Management. Mr Willis is an expert in community policing and policing standards; policing post-conflict societies; police reform, leadership and management; sentencing and penal policy; private security and risk management. He lectures in postgraduate courses leading to a Certificate/MSc in Criminal Justice and Police Management and MSc in Police Leadership and Management by distance learning. In addition to all of this, Mr Andrew Willis is extensively published.
 
Payment is to be made at the University of Malta cash office (Administration Building) by Monday, 3rd March, 2008. The amount paid should be credited to account 60-800-01-0001. Students in possession of a smartcard are advised to present their receipt at the KSU office and subsequently, they will, be refunded the sum they paid for these evening lectures. Once they pay, applicants should immediately email their name, surname and contact details to one of the following email addresses: jacqueline.azzopardi@um.edu.mt; sandra.scicluna@um.edu.mt or marion.cachia@um.edu.mt. Applicants are kindly asked to inform the Institute that they have paid their lecture fees and indicating the lectures that they plan to attend. The Institute of Forensic Studies’ administrative office is: Rm 114, Block A, New Humanities Building, University of Malta.
Tel: +356 2340 2042/2041/2771
Fax: +356 21346016.

Thomas Freller’s numerous books and Articles on people, incidents and customs relating to the history of Malta are well known.  His substantial new and scholarly work on the authors who have written about Malta since classical times down to 1900 will provide the first overarching view of the many authors, famous and obscure, who have written about Malta.  Freller places the various works within the literary and political context of their times, and his knowledge of the highways and byways of Maltese history enables him to explore in depth authors’ attitudes to Malta and to the Order of St John. Beginning with classical literature and the Acts of the Apostles, Freller goes on to write chapters on English, Italian, French, Spanish and German authors from the sixteenth to the end of the nineteenth century. The many footnotes and the substantial bibliography add greatly to the usefulness of the work to the scholar.

Verses and Visions is being launched on 17th May at 12 noon, Green Lounge, Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, the guest speaker being Professor Peter Vassallo. The book can be bought at a special pre-publication price (€34 instead of €40 for the hardback, and €24 instead of €29 for the paperback) until the 17th.

The Department of Maltese, University of Malta invites you to a series of four public lectures by Prof. Alexander Borg of the University Ben-Gurion, Negev, Israel

All lectures will be in Maltese and shall be held in Hall E, M.A. Vassalli Lecture Centre (Gateway) at 1900hrs.

Tuesday, 13 May
The Maltese Language and the Dialects of Arabic

Wednesday, 14 May
The Revival of the Maltese Language

Thursday, 15 May
Maltese and Hebrew: Similarities and Differences in their Development

Friday, 16 May
Colours as a Linguistic Test

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Id-Dipartiment tal-Malti jistiednek għal erba’ taħditiet tal-Prof. Alexander Borg mill-Università Ben-Gurion tan-Negev, Iżrael

It-taħditiet kollha jibdew fis-7.00p.m. u jdumu madwar siegħa, u jsiru fis-Sala E, Ċentru Mikiel Anton Vassalli, l-Università, l-Imsida

It-Tlieta, 13 ta’ Mejju
L-ilsien Malti fost id-djaletti Għarab
It-taħdita tifli l-post ta’ l-ilsien Malti fi ħdan l-Għarbi mitkellem ta’ żmienna. L-istat ta’ l-istudju attwali tad-djaletti ta’ l-Għarbi juri li l-Malti jista’— minħabba l-iżolament storiku tiegħu — idawwal l-istaħriġ ta’ l-imgħoddi antik ta’ l-Għarbi, b’mod speċjali fil-qasam tal-lessiku. It-taħdita hija msejsa fuq materjal ġdid li nġabar dan l-aħħar għal dizzjunarju mqabbel ta’ l-Għarbi Palestinjan u l-ilsna Xemin.

L-Erbgħa, 14 ta’ Mejju
Il-qawmien ta’ l-ilsien Malti
Il-qawmien tal-Malti fi żmien il-globaliżmu jfisser, qabelxejn, tiġdid bla waqfien f’kull qasam li jista’ jtejjeb il-qagħda kulturali u soċjali ta’ l-ilsien Malti: l-ippjanar lingwistiku, l-edukazzjoni, l-istaħriġ tal-Malti, eċċ. Fi ftit kliem, jitlob qawmien kulturali wiesa’ u kreattiv.
 
Il-Ħamis, 15 ta’ Mejju
Il-Malti u l-Lhudi: qbil u differenzi fl-iżvilupp tagħhom
Il-Malti u l-Lhudi ta’ żmienna huma żewġ ilsna tal-familja semitika li għaddew minn ġrajja tixxiebah f’ċerti punti, ngħidu aħna fil-qasam tal-fonetika, minħabba l-kuntatti li seħħu bejnhom u bejn ilsna barranija Ewropej.
 
Barra minn hekk, iż-żewġ lingwi wirtu sostrat Aramajk antik li jidher b’mod ċar fil-lessiku modern, ngħidu aħna l-Lhudi XIDER ‘to broadcast’, il-Malti XANDAR.

Il-Ġimgħa, 16 ta’ Mejju
Il-kuluri bħala test lingwistiku
It-tema tal-kuluri kisbet post ċentrali fl-antropoloġija lingwistika ta’ żmienna bħalma juru x-xogħlijiet ta’ Brent Berlin u Paul Kay u l-istudjużi li tgħallmu għandhom. It-taħdita tifli riżultati ta’ interess għar-riċerkaturi tal-Malti li nkisbu fl-istaħriġ li seħħ qalb il-Bedwini tan-Negev (Borg 1999) u fuq l-Għarbi mitkellem tal-Lvant Nofsani u ta’ l-Afrika ta’ Fuq (Borg 2008).
 

Il-Prof. Alexander Borg huwa studjuż ta’ l-ilsna Xemin (l-aktar l-Għarbi, il-Lhudi u l-Aramajk) u jgħallem il-lingwistika fid-Dipartiment tal-Lhudi kif ukoll l-Għarbi fid-Dipartiment tal-Lvant Nofsani fil-Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Iżrael.

Il-Prof. Borg kiseb il-B.A. mill-Università ta’ Londra u l-M.A. mill-Università ta’ Pittsburgh (Pa., U.S.A.). Id-dottorat tiegħu, A Historical and Comparative Phonology and Morphology of Maltese, ġie mwettaq fl-Università ta’ Ġerusalemm fl-1978 u kiseb il-grad summa cum laude.

Aktar tard, bis-saħħa ta’ dan ix-xogħol, Borg ingħatalu research fellowship mill-Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (Bonn) għal sentejn fl-Università ta’ Erlangen-Nürnberg biex jagħmel staħriġ dwar l-ilsien mitkellem mill-Maroniti ta’ Ċipru u bih kiseb l-Habilitation Ġermaniża.

L-istudju Cypriot Arabic (Stuttgart 1985) u d-dizzjunarju Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Leiden 2004) servew biex it-tajfa tal-Maroniti f’Ċipru jingħatalha l-għarfien uffiċjali tal-Kunsill ta’ l-Ewropa bħala minoranza lingwistika.

Il-Prof. Borg qatta’ tmien snin bħala riċerkatur fil-Blaustein Institute of Desert Research ta’ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev li jinsab ġo Sede Boqer u wettaq staħriġ fil-qasam ta’ l-antropoloġija lingwistika dwar il-bedwini tat-tribù msemmi Għażażima. Huwa studja l-għażla ta’ l-ismijiet personali li jingħataw fi ħdan it-tribù u s-sistema tal-kuluri fid-djalett tiegħu. Ix-xogħol dwar il-kuluri ġie mxandar fl-istudju The Language of Color in the Mediterranean (ed. A.Borg) li ħareġ fi Stokkolma fl-1999. Il-Prof. Borg issa impenjat fi staħriġ lessikali bl-appoġġ ta’ l-Akkademja ta’ l-Għarbi f’Ħajfa għal dizzjunarju ġdid dwar l-Għarbi mitkellem tal-Palestinjani. L-ewwel volum ta’ dan ix-xogħol iħaddan id-djaletti u l-kultura tal-bedwini fil-barr tan-Negev.

Il-Prof. Borg xandar ħafna artikli fuq il-Malti u issa qed ilesti wkoll ktieb li jifli l-ġrajja tal-Malti, imsejjes fuq id-dottorat tiegħu.

Third year students within the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics Management & Accountancy, reading for the B.Com., B.Sc. Business & Computing, or B.A. Tourism Studies and taking the Operations Management module, are required to write a report on the Operations function of a company of their choice as part of their credit in this subject. The subject tutor is Mr Charles J. Falzon. A number of these reports accompanied by powerpoint presentations or video will be presented during a special evening session to be held at the Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University Campus on Friday, 16th May, 2008 starting at 1830hrs.

The Organising Committee will be inviting all those managers who helped the 29 groups on this assignment, besides parents, friends, members of staff and other distinguished guests. As in the previous eight years, this event should prove highly instructive and educational.

Tickets can be obtained by contacting any member of the organising committee. Click here to send an email for further details.

Multi-Ethnic Educational Experiences in Maltese Primary Schools
It is our pleasure to invite you to attend this half day conference which will be held as a result of a year long research project on the above subject whereby findings will be presented and issues addressed. The research was conducted to raise awareness on the educational experience of children coming from
different ethnic backgrounds in particular primary school/s - with the aim of empowering them, other children and the school community in general. It is meant to raise awareness of the personal experiences of ethnic diverse children, develop critical insights about their positions within the school, initiate public debate about their educational experiences and suggest strategies to democratise educational structures and practices.

Speakers:
Dr Andrew Azzopardi Department of Youth & Community Studies
Dr Simone Galea Department of Education Studies
Ms Nicolette Camilleri, Research Assistant
Guest Speaker:
Ms Mina Dye-Sharp, Project Manager
Bradford Community
Housing Trust UK

Date: Wednesday 21 May 2008
Time: 0900hrs – 1300hrs
Venue: NCC Hamrun

Programme
0900hrs Welcome – Dr Andrew Azzopardi and Dr Simone Galea
0915hrs Introduction
0925hrs Address by Dean of Faculty
0930hrs Ms Mina Dye-Sharp 'Tackling Language, Identity and Social Inclusion'
1010hrs Questions
1030hrs Coffee Break
1100hrs Presentation – Dr Andrew Azzopardi and Dr Simone Galea
1200hrs Workshop Sessions
1230hrs Discussion and Close
1300hrs End of Conference

Speakers
Dr Andrew Azzopardi is a Lecturer with the Department of Youth and Community Studies, Faculty of Education at the University of Malta. His lecturing focuses on sociology, critical pedagogy, disability politics, inclusive education, community management, emancipatory research, narrative enquiry, youth and community studies. He has had papers published in the applauded journals of disability studies; Disability and Society and The International Journal of Inclusive Education, had several pieces of work published in an electronic journal of the University of Leeds, reviewed books for the British Educational
Research Association (BERA) and co-authored a text, Developmental Programme for PSD Teachers (2002). He has just published a monograph, Career Guidance for Persons with Disability and will very soon publish a contribution in the text Disability studies in education 'An international reader' co-edited by Dr Susan Gabel and Dr Scot Danforth. He has presented papers at the University of Leeds, University of Lancaster, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester. Dr Andrew Azzopardi is currently co-ordinating a Masters in Inclusive Education and Communities that is being offered by the Programme of Inclusive Education (Department of Psychology).

Dr Simone Galea is senior lecturer in Philosophy of Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. She has published papers in local and international journals that reflect her interdisciplinary research interests and teaching areas including philosophy of education, educational theory, feminism, multicultural and anti racist education with particular focus on narrative research and genealogical modes of inquiry. Dr Galea has regularly presented papers and chaired sessions at local and international seminars and conferences. She is currently co-ordinating a Masters programme in Educational Research and as an educational researcher she is working on a research project on the
multi-ethnic school. She is the co-founder of the newly set up Programme for Culturally Responsive Education within the Department of Education Studies.

Mina Dye-Sharp is Project Manager of the Community Regeneration Unit at Bradford Community Housing Trust UK, a leading social housing provider in the North of England. The Community Regeneration Unit is an innovative project, shifting the focus from Housing Management and 'bricks and mortar', to include tackling issues that impact on some of Bradford's poorest social housing estates. Good practice has been achieved through establishing innovative grass-roots projects creating opportunities for stakeholders to contribute to developing sustainable neighbourhoods. Principal responsibilities include establishing and developing innovation pathways - reducing barriers to learning through piloting
neighbourhood-based learning centres in some of England’s most deprived Wards. Initiatives and opportunities are linked to local support and specialist agency frameworks; relevant to beneficiaries gaining life skills, basic skills and English language skills in view of maximizing vocational and formal education and training/employment opportunities. Over the past decade, she has worked with disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable communities and groups, with a particular focus on
Bradford’s hard-to-reach minority ethnic and migrant communities. Past experience includes Coordinating the Cities Anti-Racism Project focusing on developing youth-led activities to build tolerance, understanding and encourage dialogue amongst Bradford’s most excluded and hard-to-reach communities. She also managed the Integra Programme a local and transnational project piloting creative peer-education, inter-generational and community development activities. Initiatives have been featured in local and national press and have received acclaim and recognition for social inclusion, community cohesion and innovation.

Promoting Positive Behaviour and Healthy Relationships in School
by Jenny Mosley

The Faculty of Education and the Education Directorate for Student Services are oganising a one day seminar on Quality Circle Time by Jenny Mosley (Jenny Mosley Consultancies, UK) for classroom practitioners. Jenny Mosley’s approach to raising self-esteem, promoting positive behaviour, building caring relationships, enhancing motivation and creating co-operative learning environments has been encapsulated in the Quality Circle Time Model.

The seminar provides participants the opportunity to explore in more depth this approach as a tool to develop the social and emotional competencies in children and young persons. It is divided in three sections, covering the following themes:

• Understanding one’s own behaviour as a practitioner a prerequisite to managing children’s behaviour
• Creating the right conditions within a class so that relationships can flourish
• Making use of circle time to help children develop an inner locus of control.

The Department of Youth & Community Studies and the Department of Education Studies of the Faculty of Education invite you to a public lecture:
Approaches to Immigration and Multiple Identities

Lecturer: Ms Mina Dye-Sharp
Project Manager, Bradford Community Housing Trust UK

Date: Tuesday, 20th May 2008
Venue: Hall B1, Gateway Building, University of Malta
Time: 1700hrs - 1830hrs

Introductory Presentation by:
Dr Simone Galea
Department of Education Studies
and
Dr Andrew Azzopardi
Department of Youth & Community Studies

To book a place send an email or phone on 2340-2918.

All those who attend will be given a certificate.
Attendance is free of charge.

The Department of Statistics & Operations Research wishes to invite you to a seminar entitled:

'Classification Trees' by Dr Marek Sedlacik, University of Defence in Brno, Czech Republic

Date:    Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Time:    1400hrs
Venue:  Rm 606 Maths & Physics Bldg

All university members of staff and students are cordially invited to attend.

For more details click here.

A dissemination seminar on the research results of the Daphne II project -Secondary Education Schools and Education in Values - will be presented at the dissemination seminar to be held at the SAS Radisson, St Julians on 28 May 2008. 

Dr Suzanne Gatt, at the Faculty of  Education in collaboration with Dr Jacqueline Azzopardi and Dr Sandra Scicluna at the Institute of Forensics have worked on this project and carried out research in local schools. The project is coordinated by the University of Zaragoza and is funded by the European Commission under the Daphne II Programme entitled 'Secondary Education Schools and Education in values: Proposals for gender violence prevention'. The main aim of the project is to contribute to gender violence prevention in secondary schools, given that it is one of the stages in which many young people begin their first relationships and begin to shape certain values in relation to models of attraction. The project analyses the context of secondary schools, including that of other contexts of socialisation of youth (family, neighbourhood, etc.), in order to propose actions that contribute to the prevention of gender violence in relation to education in values. More specifically, the objective of the project is to identify and analyse the types of values in Secondary Education that have an impact on the model for attraction that influences adolescents’ affective-sexual relationships.

The seminar is free of charge. All those interested in attending are to send an email to Ms Sonia Vella Zarb.

Researchers' Mobility and Career Development Consultation Meeting
Gateway Building, Hall C
University of Malta
Thursday May 22, 2008
1300hrs - 1500hrs

The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is the EU's main funding instrument that supports research and development.

One of the pillars of FP7 is the People Programme – this consists of a number Marie Curie Actions that are dedicated to stimulate the transfer of knowledge through researchers’ mobility. The actions focus on training and career development activities. Participation in the People Programme is open to European and International researchers and targets graduates, post grads as well as experienced researchers.

The People Programme offers the opportunity to, on the one hand help outgoing researchers move to another EU or third country for up to 2 years to increase competencies and skills by working with a supervisor. The supervisor will help the researcher build a career development plan while working on a particular research project.  

On the other hand, it can cover the costs for the research and salary of the researcher/s who will be working on the project. The projects are all 100% funded by the EC.

The Malta Council for Science & Technology (MCST) will be holding a public consultation on the People Programme which would be of interest to students and the research community.

For registration kindly contact Anthea Frendo on 2360 2141.

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A Whole-school Approach to Positive Behaviour in School is the theme of the Annual JMER Seminar to be held on 30 May ...

Lecturers: Professor Paul Cooper, School of Education, University of Leicester and Dr Carmel Cefai, Faculty of Education, University of Malta

Convenor: Dr Carmel Borg, Editor, Journal of Maltese Education Research (JMER)

Date: 30 May 2008
Time: 1600hrs - 1930hrs
Venue: Robert Samut Hall, Floriana
Fee: 6 Euros

Schools need to be proactive in their approach to challenging behaviour by seeking ways to prevent problematic behaviours and promote positive ones, rather than just trying to fix one problem after another. Research suggests that educators are more likely to be effective in the prevention and management of challenging behaviour if they seek to promote change at the whole school level, having an agreed plan of action developed through the active engagement of all the school members. This seminar provides participants with an opportunity to examine how the school as a community is related to behaviour difficulties, both in terms of causing or exacerbating the problem as well as in preventing it. It presents a whole-school framework for the prevention of behaviour difficulties and the promotion of prosocial ones and discusses how this framework may be put in actual practice.  Participants will be encouraged to participate actively in the seminar, sharing their experiences and making their own suggestions.

Contact person: Dr Carmel Borg

The Chaplaincy will be organising a voluntary work project in Naples in the first three weeks of July. The experience will involve organising a summer school for children together with the missionaries of charity.

For more information and applications call on 2340 2341 or email Veronica Zammit.

The Association of European Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry (INSULEUR) and the Gozo Business Chamber, in collaboration with the Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta will be organising an Executive Training Workshop in Gozo, Malta between 5 and 6 June 2008.  

The Workshop is intended for officials at senior and middle management levels, operating in the private and public sector institutions to help them familiarise themselves with issues of insular development and to offer them the instruments to support their organisation. A brochure with the programme of the workshop and a registration form, with information about the workshop fee, are attached.

Click here for the seminar programme.

Click here for the application form.

Curso Internacional De Arqueología Marítima Mediterránea
ArcheoMed International Course

The ArcheoMed Project – Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean (Interreg IIIB Medocc), through the University of Malta European Unit, has announced a public selection process for the awarding of scholarships for the participation in the International Course in Mediterranean Maritime Archaeology, Module III: Methodology and Techniques of Underwater Archaeology. The course will be held in Cadiz between 2 and 12 June 2008. The course is being organized by the Centro de Arqueología Subacuática Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico (Andalucia). The course is being held in Spanish.

Further details regarding the ArcheoMed Project and the International Course, including eligibility, selection, terms and conditions, may be viewed on the ArcheoMed website.

Relevant experience in maritime archaeology and a working knowledge of Spanish are both necessary.
Interested persons are invited to apply in writing by not later than 30 April 2008.

Applications shall include the following:
Name, date and place of birth;
Citizenship and identification (photocopy);
Full home address;
Telephone and e-mail address;
Curriculum Vitae;
Any relevant documents.

Applications are to be addressed to:
ArcheoMed Project - Scholarship Selection Board,
Department of Classics & Archaeology
University of Malta
Msida MSD 2080

Applications can be sent by email to Timmy Gambin
Late applications will not be considered.

Leadership is recognised as a critical dimension in both our personal and professional lives and needs to be taken seriously if we want to nurture learning communities which are of benefit to students and adults alike. The conference entitled Educational Leadership: nurturing meaning in a context of change aims to provide varied opportunities to share research findings, celebrate experiences, good practices and provide a forum for new and fresh ideas. The conference is intended to be an opportunity for participants to engage in dialogue that promotes compassion for and understanding of schooling among educators across international contexts. The Conference is being organised by the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education, the Faculty of Education, the Malta Society for Educational Administration and Management and the Centre for Research for Lifelong Learning within the European Commission. 

For further details please access the website on: www.leadershipconferencemalta.org or get in touch with D Christopher Bezzina.

Please make a note on your calendar for this event that takes place between November 12th and November 14th 2008.

Continuing Education, one of the brands of Malta University Consulting Ltd, is organising a new programme in Marine Biology. This programme consists of 3 short lectures which will go into details such as aspects of local marine biodiversity and conservation issues. Participants may opt to complement this course with  two SCUBA diving sessions, which may also be an excellent foundation course for those aiming to delve deeper into marine biology later on or for those who simply wish to acquaint themselves with the Mediterranean marine biodiversity. This course caters for both first-time divers, and also those with more experience, as the SCUBA dives will be conducted at different depths depending on the participant's prior experience.
 
The programme is scheduled to commence in July 2008, lectures will be delivered by Dr Alan Deidun, whilst diving sessions will be held at the DiveSystems facilities, Sliema.
 
For further information and course details kindly contact Ms Fiona Frendo on 21 234 121/2 or  or Dr A. Deidun.
 

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