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Education in Malta: a Beacon of Equal Opportunity or a Means of Segregation?

March 12, 2020 · The IotL Magazine ·

Isn’t free and equal education for all the bastion of equal opportunity? Not if the education system segregates children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.

Tagged With: education, equality, segregation

Equitable Education in Malta—An Optical Illusion

June 14, 2019 · Carmel Borg ·

A relatively large segment of our student population remains trapped in lower echelons of society and this contradicts the dominant political rhetoric according to which Malta is heading towards a middle-class society.

Tagged With: education, equity, segregation

Will Robots Take Over Our Jobs?

April 30, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

What changes will automation bring to our lives and societies? What will we do when our jobs become redundant? We must be asking these questions right now because tomorrow might be too late.

Tagged With: automation, trade unions, Universal Basic Income

Muslim Students in Maltese Schools: Outsiders Looking in

April 6, 2019 · Louise Chircop ·

Presently, Muslims in our schools can be compared to students who require a wheelchair but no ramps and easy access doors are built for them. Schools are not free of prejudice and do not make the necessary arrangements to provide these pupils favourable conditions for learning.

Tagged With: discrimination, education, equality, Muslims, racism

Ignorance in the Age of Permanent Education

December 12, 2018 · Bernard Cauchi ·

Ignorance is a very important educational starting point. By recognizing our lack of knowledge, we open up to a discovery of the world through curiosity, learning from mistakes, dialogue with other standpoints which is very similar to self-driven child play.

Tagged With: education, equality, intelligence

Writing in Click Economy

November 1, 2018 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

Precarious, unpaid or underpaid writing is similar to what unpaid internships—initially developed to help young people learn job skills—have become in many industries. It seems to be the only stepping stone into an employment security, if it ever comes.

Tagged With: employment, journalism, worker's rights

Promise & Betrayal: A Former American University of Malta Lecturer Speaks Out

May 31, 2018 · Former lecturer at AUM ·

We were given time-consuming tasks to complete over the holidays, including the organization of Spring’s student orientation. Little did we know that in the meantime, Sadeen put out several ads on LinkedIn and elsewhere in search for new staff to replace us.

Tagged With: American University of Malta, disposable academics, exploitation

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