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A study found a correlation between exercise frequency and the marks obtained in O levels in Mathematics and English. Photo: Shutterstock.com

More exercise correlates to better O level marks, study suggests

Malta’s “comparatively low scores” contradict its high education budget

January 2, 2025| Marc Galdes
Marco Bonnici (left) sat with Times of Malta for an interview on Friday. Photo: Karl Andrew Micallef

Teachers' union pushes for MCAST talks to be reopened

MUT boss appeals for government goodwill and says talks could conclude 'in weeks'

December 24, 2024| Daniel Ellul
The last MCAST collective agreement expired three years ago but talks collapsed recently. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Top civil servant hits out at Malta Union of Teachers

Joyce Cassar pins blame for stalled MCAST negotiations on union

December 21, 2024| Daniel Ellul
Marco Bonnici reading the message on campus. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Teachers' union urges education minister to intervene as MCAST talks collapse

The last MCAST collective agreement expired three years ago.

December 17, 2024| Daniel Ellul
Recent data showed that around seven out of 10 builders failed the revamped theory exam. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

BCA wants to create MCAST course for masons after many fail theory exam

Applicants falling short on theoretical knowledge, licensing committee chair says

December 13, 2024| Emma Borg
Mac Patrick Gauci wearing a motion capture suit to record the sign language gestures used in the programme.

The student using AI to turn speech into sign language

Mac Patrick Gauci believes the early-stage technology could help bridge the communication gap between deaf and hearing people

December 7, 2024| Fiona Galea Debono
Photo: MCAST students protest on campus in Paola in October. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

MCAST deadlock: Government goes public with union's demands for lecturers

MUT wants 10 extra days of leave and a €400 allowance for resits, state claims

December 6, 2024| Daniel Ellul
Prime Minister Robert Abela speaking at MCAST in 2022. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Abela ‘penny-pinching’ on MCAST lecturers – PN

PM treating MCAST like 'second-class institution', Opposition says

December 3, 2024| Times of Malta
Lecturers and the union kicked off the scholastic year with a protest. Photos: Daniel Ellul/Chris Sant Fournier

New deal for MCAST lecturers 'cannot be exorbitant’ - Robert Abela

MUT hopes for new MCAST lecturers’ agreement soon

December 3, 2024| Daniel Ellul
Students protesting at MCAST during a previous demonstration. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Two MCAST student protests planned different campuses over industrial action

Students have had their marks withheld amid an ongoing dispute

November 22, 2024| Times of Malta
An impasse in negotiations has dragged on for months, keeping students floating in doubtful waters. File photo

Students frustrated as MCAST pay talks drag on and industrial action continues

MCAST says it is ‘working diligently to reach a resolution’ -- MUT holding talks with the Office of the Prime Minister

November 21, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit
MCAST has vowed to make changes. File photo

MCAST recruitment was done in a ‘somewhat happy-go-lucky way’: Ombudsman

Report notes minimal guidance for conducting recruitment and interviews

November 12, 2024| Jacob Borg
Proud moment: Angela Bettoni with her MCAST diploma.

Watch: ‘I’m no trailblazer’, says first student with Down's to join University

Angela Bettoni is the first Mcast BA graduate with Down’s syndrome

October 20, 2024| Fiona Galea Debono
Education Minister Clifton Grima called out the situation MCAST students are experiencing as collective agreement discussions progress. Credit: Times of Malta file photo

'Unacceptable situation for students': minister about ongoing MCAST dispute

MUT have scheduled meetings with OPM this week and the next

October 14, 2024| Giulia Magri
Robert Abela address Sunday's activity. Photo: PL

Prime Minister ‘optimistic’ about breaking MCAST lecturer deadlock

Lecturers kicked off scholastic year with a protest

October 13, 2024| Jacob Borg
Emma Brownrigg Fenech addressing the growing crowd at Friday's protest Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

'Enough is enough': MCAST students protest in solidarity with lecturers

Directives leave students without grades or guidance as deadlock persists

October 11, 2024| Emma Borg
File photo: MCAST

'Enough is enough, we deserve better': MCAST students to protest on October 11

MUT and government have not yet agreed on a collective agreement for lecturers, staff

October 3, 2024| Times of Malta
The lecturers convened on the college grounds.

MCAST lecturers protest, as union says it will step up directives

MUT says it has no faith in college principal

October 1, 2024| Daniel Ellul
The collective agreement for MCAST staff expired almost three years ago.

Union rebuffs new MCAST principal's call to lift industrial action

Says it will not negotiate collective agreement with him

September 30, 2024| Times of Malta
File photo: MCAST

MCAST lecturers, staff to protest on October 1

Teachers' union declares new trade dispute

September 27, 2024| Times of Malta
The last collective agreement for MCAST lecturers was signed in 2018 and expired in December 2021. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

MCAST lecturers frustrated over protracted negotiations

Government asks MUT to provide ‘a consolidated position’ by Friday

September 15, 2024| Mario Xuereb
Stephen Vella. Photo: MCAST Communications Office

Stephen Vella appointed new principal and CEO of MCAST

He previously served as one of the college's deputy principals

September 10, 2024| Times of Malta
MCAST has done good work in offering career paths to students who may have fallen behind in academic education or showed an aptitude for technical training. Still, more needs to be done to reform the education system. Photo: MCAST

We have more lawyers than plumbers

Education authorities must consider the revival of trade schools at secondary education level

September 9, 2024| John Cassar White
MCAST principal Joachim James Calleja. File Photo

Decision to dismiss MCAST principal 'unreasonable and unjust'

Sacking breached the Ombudsman Act, commissioner says

August 29, 2024| Edwina Brincat
Horace Laudi is taking over as MCAST president.

New MCAST president appointed

Horace Laudi succeeds Ian Refalo

July 9, 2024| Times of Malta
MCAST said the measures were due to ‘exceptional extenuating circumstances’. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

MCAST students who missed out on exams to get ‘administrative pass’

A number of students could not sit for their assessments due to union directives

July 2, 2024| Emma Borg
The Mcast campus in Paola. Photo: Mcast.

MCAST students to get exam and assignment marks

MUT drops marking-related directives as talks continue over collective agreement

June 28, 2024| Times of Malta
Prof Joachim James Calleja has been serving as the principal and CEO of MCAST since 2018. Photo: Times of Malta

MCAST principal confirms contract was not renewed amid reports of sacking

Joachim James Calleja said he was told he could close out the academic year as head of the college

June 21, 2024| Giulia Magri
Students at MCAST feel anxious as they wait for their exam results.Photo: Chris Sant Fournier. Inset: Business student Jordan Galea Pace said without grades, students cannot apply for Master’s degrees or jobs.

MCAST students plead for end to union dispute

‘Directives have caused undue stress and anxiety’

June 20, 2024| Giulia Magri
The MCAST Campus in Paola

New dates for MCAST information sessions

Sessions due to be held on June 21 and 23 postponed due to union directives

June 19, 2024| Press Release