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.
University—the Ivory Tower is Part of Society, Not Removed from It
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?
Strange Bedfellows: Education, Neoliberalism and the Need for Subversion
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.
Introducing: Academia in a Neoliberal World
This set of articles will foreground themes which are not always prioritised in discussions about academia.
