Call to make better use of students' theses

Elaine Dutton, who yesterday graduated in psychology and delivered the graduation speech on behalf of the students, appealed to those responsible to remember to invest in the university, its library and its employees when it comes to spending the country's money.

Although the university years were a positive experience overall, there was room for improvement and, among the shortcomings, was the frustration of not finding in the university library the books and articles required to write theses.

The library's lack of resources was felt mostly in the absence of recent publications, Ms Dutton said. "How can a university expect high standards from its students if its library is not equipped to be a primary source of information?"

Students often felt like they were "swimming against the current," Ms Dutton said.

Listing a few of the shortcomings, she mentioned the tedious and confused bureaucracy, which resulted in a waste of time.

Another problem was the clashes and hassles that arose among the various departments in the university due to existing tension between them.

Ms Dutton expressed hope that the theses of the graduates would not be left to accumulate dust on shelves and suggested that the university create more possibilities so that works of a certain calibre would be published and made more accessible, particularly to the private sector.

The following students graduated yesterday:

Diploma in Computer Studies Education
Keith Aquilina, Chris Borg, Jason Bugeja, Mario Bugeja*, Ruben Bugeja, Gordon Cassar, Michelle Falzon, Andrew Magri, Lorraine Micallef, Joanne Mifsud, Isabel Said*, Rosemarie Saliba, Kris Scicluna, Bernard Vassallo, Dennis Zammit.

Diploma in Adult Education
Simon Aquilina, Ruth Calleja Borg, Elizabeth Ghirxi, Maria Grixti, Mary Rose Sacco.

Diploma in Information Technology in Education
Maria Attard, Connie Bonnici, Raphael Buttigieg, Carmen Degabriele, Veronique Degabriele Ferrante, Antonella Ferrante, Margaret Fonde, Antonella Giles, John Grech, Seana Mifsud, Alfio Spiteri, Nicola Zammit Haber.

Diploma in Adult Training & Development
Caroline Bosnjak, John Joseph Cole, Peter Debono, Saviour Dimech, Joseph Galea, Reginald Galea, Mary Gauci, Robert Portelli, Joseph Schembri, Donald Stevens, Rosette Thake, Julian Zarb.

Diploma in Youth Studies
Kylie Barbara, Carmel Bugeja, Jacqueline Casha, Monique Falzon, Mary Rose Gauci, Ruth Mifsud, Leonard Piscopo*, Yvette Zammit Haber.

Bachelor of Psychology
Sponsor: Dr. C. Borg
Marija Elena Attard, Marilyn Attard, Lianne Attard Bezzina, Sarah Azzopardi, Ivan Belan, Nicole Blackman, Anton Bonnici*, Kristina Bonnici, Adriana Calleja, Gordon Camilleri, Suzanne Camilleri, Johanna Cremona, Josette Debattista, David Evans, Vanessa Fenech, Margaret Galea Lopez, Hannaleena Hatinen, Trond Lundmo, Elaine Micallef, Josette Micallef, Rowena Pellegrini, Maria Schembri, Carmen Testa, Charlene Vella.

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
Sponsor: Dr. C. Borg
Elaine Atkins, Karen Attard, Leonie Baldacchino, Jennifer Briffa, Fiola Buttigieg, Victoria Buttigieg Stivala, Benjamin Calleja, Robert Cassar, Marlene Cauchi, Elaine Cauchi Galea, Tanya Chetcuti, Andrea De Maria, Marlene Debono, Elaine Dutton, Tania Farrugia, John Galea, Rose Galea, Christine Garzia, Marisa Giordimaina, Louisa Grech, Maria Grima, Graziella Mercieca, Elysia Micallef, Deborah Naudi, Paul Pace, Sarah Psaila, Janelle Spiteri Cremona, Sharon Tanti, Ivana Tasic, Claudia Theuma, Elisa Von Brockdorff, Edward Zammit.

Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Sponsor: Dr. C. Borg
Chantal Abdilla, Marica Abdilla, Sharon Abela, Tania Abela, Josette Agius, Victor Agius, Lisa Agius Fenech, Marannie Amaira, Urieth Aquilina, Joanna Attard, Maria Attard, Rachel Attard, Johanna Azzopardi, Ruben Baldacchino, Sharon Bartolo, Nataline Bezzina, Fiona Bonnici, Mandy Bonnici, Bernice Borg, Charlene Borg, Julian Borg, Naomi Borg, Svetlana Borg, M'Assunta Bortone, Amy Bugeja, Rodney Bugeja, Denise Buttigieg, Joseph Buttigieg, Karen Buttigieg, Paul Buttigieg, Philip Cachia, Alexia Calleja, Louise Calleja, Alan Camilleri, Charmaine Camilleri, Daniela Camilleri, Sabrina Carabott, Clinton Carter, Vincent Caruana Gauci, Kevin Casaru*, Micheline Cassar, Charlotte Chetcuti, Ramon Chircop, Joanne Cini, Petra Coppini, George Cremona, Melissa Cremona, Alison Curmi, Jacqueline D'Amato, Nathalie Dalli, Alexandra Damato, Lisa Darmenia, Denise Degiorgio, Christa Deguara, Maria Delicata, Charlene Facciol, Alexia Falzon, Bernadette Farrugia, Joanna Farrugia, Maria Farrugia, Nicole Farrugia, Elizabeth Fenech, Rachel Flores Martin, Caroline Formosa, Christian Formosa, Elaine Formosa, Cynthia Gafa`, Dorita Galea, Rose Gatt, Elena-Bianca Gauci, Horace Gauci, Anabelle Grech, Sabrina Grech, Ann Marie Grima, Jo Ann Grima, Caroline Magri, Josianne Magri, Christopher Mallia, Marouska Mamo, Edward Marmara', Vincienne Meli, Luisa Mercieca, Samantha Mercieca, Josette Micallef, Adrienne Mifsud, Antoinette Mifsud, Claudia Mifsud, Gabrielle Mifsud, Ingrid Mifsud, Caroline Mifsud Bonnici, Andrea Morana, Antonella Muscat, Maria Muscat, Ylenia Muscat, Katya Pace, Mireille Pace, Ruth Pace, Clara Pirotta, Roberto Pisani, Maria Vivian Portelli, Mary Anne Portelli, Alberta Psaila, Christine Sammut, Rachael Sammut, Kim Scerri, Maria Schembri, Claire Sciortino, Kevin Sillato, Ritianne Stanyer, Eliana Tombion, Greta Treeby, Yvette Maria Tyrku, Adrian Vassallo, Roberta Vassallo, Alison Vella, Alison Vella, Maria Vella, Micheline Vella, Neville Vella, Petrina Vella, Daniela Xerri, Sean Zammit.

Bachelor of Education
Josef Azzopardi, Alison Farrugia, Jonathan Muscat, Stephen Rizzo, Rayvin Saliba.

Bachelor of Commerce
Sponsor: Prof. D. Darmanin
Alexander Abela, Alex Abela, Amanda Agius, Pauliana Agius, Maria Alessandro, Matthew Anastasi, Marcolette Anastasi, Joanne Aquilina, Mark Aquilina, Martin Attard, Nicolette Attard, Doreen Azzopardi Nicolo' Baldacchino Orland, Stefania Barbara, William Barbara, Christine Bezzina, Saviour Bezzina, Graziella Bianco, Christine-Marie Bonello, Dorianne Bonett, Anne-Marie Bongailas, Claire Bonnici, Kevin Bonnici, Angele Borg, Karl Borg, Maria Borg, Sara Antonia Borg, Gigliola Briffa, Matthew Buttigieg, Andrew Callus, Ann Camilleri, Christopher Camilleri, Laura Carbonaro, Antonella Maria Cardona, Julian Cardona, Charmaine Caruana, Lavinia Caruana, Roberta Caruana, Alysia Cassar, Desiree Cassar, David Paul Cassar, Fiona Marion Cassar, Bernard Catania, Mingzhu Chen, Clint Chetcuti, Timothy Crockford, Natalie Cuschieri, Katia Cutajar, Liana Dalli, Mariestelle Dalli, Joanna De Cesare, Antoine Debono, Alison Difesa, Mario Dimech, Allison Ellul, Amanda Farrugia, Dorianne Farrugia, Emanuel John Farrugia, Vanessa Farrugia, Veronica Farrugia, Maria Fedash, Katiana Formosa, Michael Formosa, Matthew Formosa, Celaine Gafa, Jonathan Gafa, Damaris Galea, Doriette Gambin, Joseph Gatt, Christabella Gauci, Stephen Gauci Baluci, Marianna Ghaplanyan*, Dorianne Giordmaina, Elaine Glanville, Analise Grech, Angela Ann Grech, Owen Grech, Claire Grima, Oriana Doreen Grixti, Litao Hu, Alexia Mallia, Joette Mallia, Dorianne Mangion, Maureen Mangion, Alexia Meli, Marco Mercieca, Denise May Micallef, Maris Micallef, Maria Annette Micallef, Anna Maria Mifsud, Dorianne Mifsud, Christopher Mizzi, Charlene Muscat, Mario Muscat, Rosalie Muscat, Tiziana Ohayon, Christopher Pace, Charlene Pace, Fiona Pace, Ann Pace O'Shea, Ryan James Pisani, Joseph Anthony Polidano, Marvic Portelli, Cherise Psaila, Audrey Said*, Josienne Saliba, Pamela Saliba, Vanessa Sammut, Vanessa Amanda Sammut, Alexia Schembri, Daniela Schiavone, Mariliz Sciberras, Tiziana Scicluna, Angus Spiteri, Graziella Spiteri, Graziella Marie Spiteri, Ruth Marie Spiteri, Tracy Stellini, Roseanne Stevens, Jason Stivala, Marilyn Stivala, Kenneth Swain, Alexie Tabone, Franco Tartaglia, Oleksiy Tkachenko, Sharon Marya Tortell, Justin Vassallo, Andrea Vella, Audrey Ann Vella, Clive Vella, Josette Vella, Maria Vella, Ralph Vella, Rose Marie Vella, Huiling Xie, Alessia Zammit, Antoine Zammit, Jason Zammit, Kevin Zammit, Ruth Zammit, Kathleen Zeraf, Stoyan Zheliazkov, Andriy Zinovyev.

Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Peter Attard, Elisa Azzopardi, Christine Baldacchino, Sasha Bartolo, Debbie Briffa, Mariella Busuttil, Elaine Busuttil Gili, Leona Cachia, Maria Cachia, Mark Cachia Sammut. Antonella Camilleri, Roberta Camilleri, Daphne Caruana, Vanessa Cassar Parnis, Darlene Cefai, Valentino Chetcuti, Georgette Cutajar, Ilona Darmanin, Vincienne Debono, Catherine Falzon, Josette Fenech Magrin, Lorna Fiorini, Robert Galea, Rowena Gatt, Christine Gauci Borda, Simone Gauci Borda, Leana Grech, Nadine Grech, Annette Grima, Wayne Grima, Elise Grixti, Monique Mallia, Mary Mejlak, Alison Micallef, Claire Micallef*, Etienne Micallef, Maria Mifsud, Pauline Mifsud*, Vanessa Mifsud, Jason Mintoff, Marisa Portelli, Sandra Portelli, Antoine Psaila, Maureen Sacco, Victoria Said, Audrey Saliba, Doreen Saliba, Mark Saliba, Sylvana Saliba, Dorianne Sammut, Lorraine Sammut, Roberta Scerri, Jacqueline Sciberras, Bernadine Spiteri, Kristian Spiteri, Claire Tanti, Eman Vella, Jeremy Vella, Gordon Zammit, Stephanie Zarb.

Master of Education
Sponsor: Dr. C. Borg
Nathalie Attard, Carmel Busuttil, Dorianne Cachia, Anthony Degabriele, Ninette Pace Balzan, Susan Sammut.

Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor:Dr.C.Borg
Suleiman Khoja

* in absentia