A new transdisciplinary course, Masters in Inclusive Education and Communities, is a three- year part-time/evening course that starts in September at the University of Malta.

Applicants are required to have a first degree to be eligible. The innovative characteristic of such a programme is that it brings together studies in the various caring and human professions into one course.

People from the following professions are invited to apply: Heads of school, human resource managers, speech and language pathologists, counsellors, medical doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychology graduates, psychologists, social workers and social administrators, teachers, youth and community workers and other related professions. Parent activists and people with disability are invited to apply if they have the necessary entry requirements.

The principle objective of the course is to create a common conceptual and strategic framework between professionals from different disciplines to facilitate the development of an inclusive community based on a transdisciplinary team model.

Apart from the highly proficient local lecturers, this course will also include high profile foreign contributors in the field of inclusive education, communities and disability, namely; Prof Lucia de Anna, IUSM, Italy, Prof. Michael Giangreco, University of Vermont, USA, Professor Dan Goodley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Prof. Laura Nota, University of Padova, Italy, Prof. Mara Shapon Shavin, University of Syracuse, USA, Gunvor Sonneysyn, Institute for Applied Pedagogy, Norway.

For more information call Stefania Micallef on 2340 2928 or send an e-mail to [email protected].