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Parenting Dilemmas: State or Private Schools?

May 30, 2018 · Rita M. ·

Here, for the record, I will spell out what nobody in this country seems even remotely willing to mention: how we have slipped into the uncomfortable situation of segregating children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.

Tagged With: education, equality

How Equitable is Maltese Education?

May 23, 2018 · Carmel Borg ·

Overall, Malta occupies a joint 15th place on the EU Social Justice Index. However, when it comes to equitable education, Malta features in the last place (28th) of the same Index in granting equal access to education. There is no social justice without equity in education.

Tagged With: democracy, education, equity, Malta

University—the Ivory Tower is Part of Society, Not Removed from It

April 16, 2018 · Anna Katarrh ·

Universities and especially the humanities, whose use for job markets and economic growth tends to be called into question, are often asked to justify their existence and their use of tax payers’ money for seemingly non-useful endeavours. How about turning the argument around?

Tagged With: academia, neoliberalism, universities

Strange Bedfellows: Education, Neoliberalism and the Need for Subversion

March 22, 2018 · Bernard Cauchi ·

The neoliberal ideology has not only ensured that educational practices are being modelled on practices from business world, it has become the dominant philosophy of most educational institutions.

Tagged With: education, neoliberalism

Introducing: Academia in a Neoliberal World

March 1, 2018 · Kurt Borg ·

This set of articles will foreground themes which are not always prioritised in discussions about academia.

Tagged With: academia, education, neoliberalism

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