B.Commerce graduate Robert Cremona yesterday spoke about the importance of including work experience as part of a university course.

Mr Cremona was speaking during yesterday’s graduation ceremony in Sir Temi Zammit Hall at the University of Malta.

“Work experience is therefore absolutely vital, and students should be encouraged to carry out work experience relevant to their degree. Internships in companies in Malta, or abroad, are to be pursued at all costs, even if they may very well entail no real financial returns,” said Mr Cremona.

He also called for greater communication with students, and urged faculties to use the Internet further to communicate with their students.

Mr Cremona also proposed course handbooks – “a short week-by-week explanation of the topics to be covered, complete with recommended readings for each week.”

“Students need to be given more feedback, particularly with respect to their dissertations,” he said.

During the second ceremony, Arts graduate David Herrera spoke about education, and pointed out that it is considered to be the second step in the socialisation process of an individual.

In his speech, Mr Herrera called on the graduates to continue growing in a European mentality – one that calls for diversity and a positive outlook.

Mr Herrera, who was also president of the University Student Council (KSU), spoke about his political career at University.

“Unfortunately the word ‘politics’ is often given a partisan slant but there is much more to politics,” he said.

Stipends, maintenance grants and the university parking scheme were among the recent debates that concerned and were discussed by university students, said Mr Herrera.

Bachelor Of Arts In Tourism Studies

Sponsor: Prof. D. Darmanin

Pavel Adamov *, Amanda Demarco, Benjamin Esposito, Maria Farrugia*, Katriona Gauci, Dragomir Kichukov*, Yuan Liu, Jonathan Marmara, Tao Yu, Jing Zhang*.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours) Tourism Studies

Sponsor: Prof. D. Darmanin

Karen Agius, James L Baldacchino, Nicola Borg Costanzi, Johanna Calleja, Rebekah Camilleri Kamsky, Jolene Caruana, Josephine Deguara, Elaine Marie Dimech, Carmel Farrugia, Andrew Galea, Kurt Grixti, Rebekah Manduca, Lara Ann Micallef, Nicholas Robert Micallef, Marilyn Mifsud, May Mifsud, Jennifer Muscat (Robing), Maria Picco, Lacey Sammut, Letizia Vassallo, Cora Vella Laurenti, Catherine Xuereb.

Bachelor Of Science In Business & Computing

Sponsor: Prof. D. Darmanin

Christabel Attard, Simon Attard, Eman Baldacchino, Sammy Jo Barbara, Vronsky Bartolo, Mirko Bonello, Clive Bonnici, Lucienne Bonnici, Alan Borg, David John Borg, Kassandra Calleja, Russell Camilleri, Joseph Jacob Caruana, Martina Caruana, Moira Cassar, Marvin Corrado, Adam Darmanin, Ryan Debattista, James Degiorgio, Tiziana Maria Falzon, Joseph Galea, Robert Galea, Alan Gauci, Alexander Grima, Tania Anne Grima, Anton Magro, Jonathan Mallia, Carlo Mamo, Andrea Mangion, Jonathan Micallef, Waylon Mifsud, Elaine Marie Mizzi, Zhanlin Ou, Ziyang Peng, Joseph Vincent Refalo, Paul Said, Michael Sammut, Michelle Scerri, Annalise Sultana, Carl Vella, Matthew Vella, Nicholas Vella, Vanessa Marie Vella, Hui Wang, Adrian Xuereb Archer, Xiaoming Zhai.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Honours)

Banking & Finance

Charles Abela, Alan Agius, Claire Agius, Atanas Belyovski, Elaine Bonnici, Jean Paul Bonnici, Marie Claire Bonnici, Gabriella Borg Grech, Katrina Buhagiar, Malcolm Buttigieg, Carmen Sally Camilleri, Klesta Cela,

Alexia Cilia, Kyle Debono, Deandra Deguara, James Ellul, Steve Ellul, Domenic Ellul Lanfranco, Anisa Farrugia, David Grech, M`Stellies Grima, Charmaine Lia, Michelle Micallef, Nadine Mifsud, Josmarie Portelli, Claire Sapiano, Brian Tabone, Melissa Theuma, Daniela Vella, Joseph John Woods.

Economics

Daria Abdilla Bason, Roderick Armeni, Maria Elena Attard, Silvio Attard, Kurt Azzopardi, Mark Anthony Bonello, Christian Briffa*, Ian Buttigieg, Sara Jane Buttigieg, Blaine Camilleri, Clyde Caruana, Jonathan, Cassar, Anabel Cauchi, Joseph Darmanin, Sephora Debono, Nicholas Ellul Rebecca Ellul, Matthew Gatt, Owen Grech, Michelle Johnstone, Kirsten M. Miller, Tyrone Mizzi, Christian Pace, Raniero Polidano, Ian Sapiano, Andrew Spiteri, Mark Theuma, Robert Zammit (Robing), Matthew John Zerafa.

Management

Stephanie Attard, Andre Axisa, Lydon Baldacchino, Matthew Bezzina, Stephanie Bonavia, Joanne Bonello, Kurt Bonsfield, Andrea Borg*, Annalise Borg, Francesca Borg, Daniela Bugeja, Josianne Bugeja, Stephen Cachia, Rosario Camenzuli, Deemer Camilleri, Isabelle Camilleri, Stefania Cappello, Matthew Caruana, Analise Cassar, Ian Curmi, Sarah Cutajar, Clayton D’amato, Marygrace D’amato, Melvyn Darmanin, Diane Falzon, Roderick Falzon, Edward Farrugia, Lawrence Paul Farrugia, Robert Farrugia*, Maria Fenech Imbroll, Jeanine Galea, Roberta Galea, James Gatt, Antoniella Jane Gauci, Jessica Giordano Imbroll, Ilich Gouder, Nicky Gouder, Maria Angela Lombardo, Diane Mallia, Dorianne Mamo, Lisa Martin, Josef Mercieca, Cherise Micallef, Stephanie Micallef, Keith Alexander Mifsud, Joseph Mintoff, Amanda Mizzi, Elaine Muscat, Maria Laura Muscat, Stephen Muscat*, Bernard Paris, Michela Rausi, Neil Rogers, Geoffrey Saliba, Rachel Saliba, Stephanie Saliba, Mariella Sammut, Philip Scerri, Lawrence Schembri, Ryan Schembri, Abigail Scicluna, Stephanie Stellini, Adrian Tabone*, Marco Tanti, Marvin Tonna, Bernardette Vassallo, Simon Vassallo, Loredana Vella, Victoria Wood, Ian Wright, Carlsten Xuereb, Denise Xuereb, Claudia Zammit.

Public Policy

Ayrton Caruana, Alistair Farrugia, Lorraine Montesin, Claire Pace, Duncan Pulis, Kathryn Sammut, Claire Eleanor Spencer.

Diploma In Sport And Leisure Studies

Kenneth Aquilina, Angelique Attard, Martin A Borg, Maximilian Borg Bonello, Angele Cremona, Renette Debono, Marcelline Fenech Adami, Gillian Grech, Keith Micallef, Patrick Pace, Audrey Sultana, Maria Tanti, Edric Zahra, Anthony Zammit.

Bachelor Of Arts

Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech

Annabelle Agius, Ruth Agius, David Borg, Lara Borg, Audrey Lorraine Buhagiar, Carolanne Busuttil, Adrian Camilleri, Mari Camilleri, Christian Cassar, Sarah Cauchi, Cheng Chen, Fabio D’amato, Eunice Dimech, Petra Domovic, Joanna Ellul, Sabrina Ellul, Nicholas Farrugia, Diane Ferrante, Monica Grech Fonk, Stephanie Jones, Helena Kraus, Svetlana Malinova*, Kristina Micallef, Maria Tereza Micallef, Paul Micallef, Alexandra Michelmann*, Charmaine Montebello, Stefania Pancrazi, Mariya Pencheva, Claire Purkiss, Francesca Ramunno, Andrew Paul Scerri, Odette Schembri, Christiana Sciberras, Alison Tanti, Suzanne Van Lent, Jonathan Xuereb, Joseph Zammit.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours)

Sponsor: Prof. D. Fenech

Anthropology

Alex Abdilla, Andrè Callus*, Aleksandar Dimitrovski.

Arabic

Louise Gatt, Samira Jamil, Noel Xuereb.

Archaeology

Maxine Anastasi, Tracey Ann Cumbo, Glen Farrugia, Maria Schembri.

Classics

George Francis Vella*

English

Christine Attard, Graziella Bonanno, Karen Bonanno, David Bonello, Bettina Borg Cardona, David Camilleri, Dorianne Falzon, Christian R Mc Clean, Josephine Lynne Mercieca, Martine Naudi, Denise Piscopo, Lorna Saliba.

French

Nerissa Antonella Camilleri, Davinia Elding, Jeanette Grima, Stephanie Pace.

Geography

Rita Borg Bonaci, Emmanuel Buttigieg, Margaret Calleja, Helmut Cassar, Amanda Ciantar*, Salvatore De Martino, Annalisa Farrugia, Claire Galea, Roberta Gauci, Aaron Grech, David Herrera, Deborah Mifsud, Diane Mifsud, Noemi Portelli, Melisent Marie Saliba, Daniel Jacob Tabone, Brian Tanti, Leo Vella.

History Of Art

Lisa Attard, Jessica Borg, Daphne Caruana, Adrian Fenech, Noella Fenech, Maria Vella.

History

Mark Anthony Bugeja, Sarah Anne Buttigieg, Charlene Camilleri, Marouska Caruana, Elizabeth Ebejer, Christopher Fenech, Liam Gauci, Liam Gauci, Edward Montebello, Isabel Xuereb*.

International Relations

Bjorn Azzopardi, Clint Mario Borg, John Buttigieg, Matthew Caruana Galizia, Mark Ciscaldi, Jennie Hery-Jaona, Thomas Loporto, Katina Mladenova, Keith Spiteri, Yana Staykova, Desislava Subeva, Lili Vasileva, Ilina Yakova, Dan Zhou.

Italian

Deborah Miriam Borg, Abigail Camilleri, Amanda Cardona, Cheryl Caruana, Crystielle Cortis, Maria Louisa Cutajar, Sharlie Falzon, Priscilla Denise Musumeci, James Pace, Lucianne Pace, Maria Pia Pace, Michelle Said, Clyde Triganza, Christine Zammit, Ionie Marie Zerafa.

Linguistics

Mandy Portelli.

Maltese

Stefan Bezzina, Anne Marie Bonnici, Gabriella Bruno, Jean Pierre Caligari, Graziella Cassar, Daniel Colombo, Ruth De Giorgio, Joanne Falzon, Stefano Farrugia, Jennifer Sylvana Fenech, Reno Fenech, Edmond Grech, William Incorvaja, Derek Carmel Mercieca, Thomas Pace, Graziella Pullicino, Mary Joyce Said, Melanie Schembri.

Music Studies

Fernando Benito Saico, Rosabelle Bianchi, Daniel Cauchi, Joseph Chircop, Charlene Farrugia, Dominic Galea, Karin Grech, Tancred Grech, Joseph Lia, Marie Eloise Spiteri.

Near Eastern Studies

Pierre Bonnici

Philosophy

David John Camilleri, Mark Farrugia (Robing), Jean Paul Gove`, Giles Magro, Mahira Sheikh, Reuben Spiteri, Natasha Vella Petroni.

Social Studies

Charmaine Debrincat

Sociology

Joanne Agius, Marilyn Attard, Marita Borg, Deborah Briffa, Elaine Galea, Glen Gauci, Delia Inguanez, Rachelle Mifsud, Ann Julene Spiteri, Mariella Spiteri, Maureen Spiteri, Pierre Taliana, Clint Vella.

Theatre Studies

Karl Cassar, Christabelle Marie Lewis

* in absentia