Tatjana Chircop, who graduated BA Hons in youth and community studies yesterday, pointed out that during these last few years there has been a lot of progress when it comes to inclusion in education, “however when will we really be able to internalise and practise inclusion in every field?” she asks.

Ms Chircop was referring to the various forms of art that do not exist in Malta’s educational system throughout the years. “Although they exist at a university level, the foundations needed to be built from our early childhood are not there, and they are not offered as part of our curriculum. The arts still seem to be considered a luxury and the access to a cultural education depends on the parents’ income and background,” she said. “When it comes to disciplines such as music, dance and theatre those students who want to take up the arts as a career, find themselves looking for something in Malta which does not exist. What is needed is an educational structure in the primary and secondary schools that incorporates different forms of art in the curriculum.”

Veronica Bonello, who graduated in architecture, said that a practical aspect of their formation takes place in the civil engineering laboratory, therefore it was a pity that this laboratory was not always at the disposal of students. “Design is another important aspect in the courses of architecture and civil engineering, however due to a lack of space at the university faculty students from the fifth year of architecture and urban design have to find another place where to exhibit their final exams’ work. This means that the expenses for this activity are paid by the students themselves,” she said.

“Therefore we are hereby expressing our desire for financial as well as organisational assistance from the university for our fifth year exams,” added Ms Bonello. “The problem of lack of space is also felt by students from every year of the course when it comes to design tutorials, and whenever they need to show their work during a review. It is important that there should be enough space in the design studios for all students, as this kind of teamwork is essential for our profession.”

Following is the full list of

yesterday’s graduates:

Diploma in Youth Studies

Moira Bonello, Miriam Cutajar, Marvic Debono.

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Administration & Management)

Sandra Abela, Audrey Abela D’Amato, Jonathan Attard, Robert Attard, Simone Attard, Ramona Blundell, Charles Bonnici*, Marco Bonnici, David Borg*, Josef Borg, Maria Borg Vella, Gaetano Calleja, Joseph Camilleri, Emily Chircop, Kristine Coppini, Claudine Coreschi, Carmen Cremona, Mary Therese Cutajar, Gloriann Debattista, Paul Debono, Andre Degabriele, Charmaine Elshout, Marion Falzon Ghio, John Fenech, Antonella Ferrante*, Clarissa Fleri Soler, Charmaine Gafa, Annabelle Gaffarena, Andre Josef Galea, Geoffrey Galea, Renzo Galea, Dorienne Grech, Joseph Marygrech*, Marthese Grima, Yvette Grima*, Alfred Grixti, Christopher Higgans, Steve John Jones*, Robert Magro, Joanne Mallia, Mario Mallia, Michael Mercieca, Deborah Micallef, Jean-Pierre Micallef, Louise Micallef, Monica Micallef, Theresa Miceli, Doreen Mifsud, Edward J Mifsud, Roberta Mifsud Bonnici, Iren Mizzi, Grace Navarro, Philip Pace, Teresa Pace Tanyo Pisani, Robert Portelli, Angela Pulis, Natalie Saliba, Robert Saliba, Michelle Scerri, Maria Concetta Sciberras, Jennie Scicluna, Mariella Scicluna, Elaine Seigler, Angela Spiteri, Emilee Spiteri, Marco Spiteri, Astrid Joanna Tonna, Michael Vassallo, Antonius Vella, Christina Vella, Claudia Vella, Geraldine Vella, Ramon Vella, Daniela Zammit, Josephine Ann Zammit, Nadine Zammit, Adrian Zerafa, Mariella Zikic.

Postgraduate Diploma in Education

(Inclusive & Individual Educational Needs in Primary Schools)

Dorianne Cachia, Carmen Gauci, Carmel Hudson, Joan Mercieca, Concetta Richard.

BA In Youth and Community Studies

Sponsor: Dr. V. Sollars

Rowena Cutajar, Carmelo Vella.

BA (Hons) In Youth and Community Studies

Sponsor: Dr. V. Sollars

Joanna Carmen Buhagiar, Tatjana Chircop, Louise Cini, Suzanne Falzon(Robing), Melvyn Haber, Jane Meilak, Joseph Pisani, Simon Schembri, Jude Taddeo Zammit.

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

Sponsor: Dr. V. Sollars

Maria Ali, Tina Anastasi, Joshua Aquilina, David Attard, Paul Attard Baldacchino, Michela Borg, Charlene Buhagiar, Serena Buhagiar, Daphne Busuttil, Margherita Cachia, Nadia Camilleri, Victoria Camilleri Haber, Josette Cardona, Stephanie Cassar, Alexandra Castillo, Joseph Cefai, Angelica Ciantar, Liana Cortis, Stefan De Battista, Analise Marie Deguara, Juana Dimech, Rachel Fabri, Christiana Farrugia, Sasha Farrugia, Michaela Fenech Soler, Jessica Galea, Sarah Ganado, Kirsty Ann Gatt, Nathalie Gatt, Dorothy Gauci(Robing), Kristina Gouder, Claire Grech, Romina Haber, Anna Martina Holgersson, Amanda Johnson, Marouska Lia, Andrew Lupi Spencer, Mariella Mamo, Denise Midolo, Melanie Muscat, Priscilla Muscat, Daniela Pace, Andrea Saliba, Audrey Schembri, Jean Pierre Spiteri, Sean Swain, Joseph Tanti, Stephanie Xuereb.

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) 2002-2007 Group

Sponsor: Dr. V. Sollars

Francesca Biondo.

Bachelor of Psychology

Sponsor: Dr. V. Sollars

Mariella Caruana, Wali Islam.

Diploma in Library and Information Studies

David Agius Muscat*, Mark Borg, Tania Cachia, Edward Camilleri, Simon Camilleri, Carmen Caruana, Claudette Caruana Fava, Mariella Cassar, Maria A Debono, Victoria M. Debono, Liliana Grech, Erica Kawka Armeni, Stephen Muscat, Jonathan Sammut, Marcel Zammit Marmara’*.

Diploma in Archives and Records Management

Kevin Cassar, Alexander Gingell, Martin Hampton, Bridgette Saliba.

Bachelor of Communications

Sponsor: Rev. Prof. S. Chircop

Detelina Apostolova, Vanessa Azzopardi, Miroslava Bancheva, Rittianne Barbara, Andrew Bartolo Parnis, Deborah Marie Bezzina, Stanley Bezzina*, Kendrick Bondin, Vanessa Borg, Kristina Borodikhina, Audrey Brincat, Charlene Bugeja, Maris Buhagiar, Sean Buhagiar, Michela Calleja, Daniel Carabott, Matthew Joseph Caruana, Claudia Cuschieri, Lu Deng, Christine Dougall, Omer Egriboz, Yu Fan, Carl Joseph Farrugia, Justin Farrugia, Melchiore Farrugia, Jean-Marc Fenech, Geoffrey Galea, Lionel J. Galea, Marilena Galea, Lindsey Gambin, Anthony David Gatt, Julianne Marie Gatt, Charlene Grima, Yan He, Emma Hyzler, Alisa James, Yu Jin, Waylon Russell Johnston, Nestor Laiviera, Jingchi Liu, Catherine Micallef, Mariella Micallef, Sephora Micallef, Marica Mizzi, Huali Piao, Joanna Piscopo, Vinny Piscopo, Anna Podfigurnaia, Milos Radakovic, Julian Rizzo, Roslyn Maria Schembri, Jacqueline Spiteri, Lilian Spiteri, Maria Francesca Spiteri, Sara Spiteri, Shuli Wang, Yijia Wang, Yao Xu, Clodia Mari Xuereb, Andrew Zammit, Yixiang Zeng, Jing Zhong, Xiaoyu Zhu.

Bachelor of Communications (Honours)

Sponsor: Rev. Prof. S. Chircop

Vanessa Attard, Mohit Bindra, Bernard Borg, Roberta Busuttil, Louise Caruana Galizia*, Robert Cremona, Richard Ellul, Glen Galea*, Karolína Kocnerová, Lara Schembri, Ritianne Schembri, Daniel Vella, Yulia Yuklyaevskikh*, Malcolm Zammit, Vincienne Zammit, Suzannah Zrinzo.

Bachelor of Engineering and Architecture (Honours)

Sponsor: Mr. J. Falzon

Mark Arrigo, Wendy-Jo Attard, Luella Lee Beck, Veronica Bonello, David Bonnici,

Richard Borg, Stephanie Buttigieg, Roderick Camilleri, Ian Camilleri Cassar, Glorianne Cardona, Mark Caruana, Paul Cuschieri, Karl Cutajar, Daniel Darmanin, Dorianne Ellis, Lucienne Ellul, Joel Fenech, Kirsten Galea, Anthony Gatt, Eve Ghersci, Alexia Mercieca, Joseph Mercieca, Ina Meteva, Daniel Micallef Grimaud, Brendon Muscat, Daniel Muscat, Steven Risiott, Nathaniel Sammut*, Alex Spiteri, Cleaven Tabone, David Marcel Theuma, Josette Theuma, Ruben Vassallo, Hugh Vella, Mark Vella, Josef Zahra.

Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy

Florin Botonogu*, Luciano Fonoti*, Anne Namakau Mutelo*, Sandra Poitier*, Cheryl Thompson*, Aldo Zammit Borda*.

Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomacy

Masuzgo Kaonga .

Postgraduate Diploma in Interpreting

Reuben Azzopardi*, Emma Navarro, Sarah Jo Portelli, Michelle Vigar*.

Postgraduate Diploma in Translation

Stephanie Azzopardi, Karl Andres Callus*, Carmen Camilleri Ciantar, David Ciappara, Marcia Cocker, Antoinette Farrugia, Neville Joseph Mercieca*, Mariza Pace, Charlene Saliba, Noelle Sciberras, Charmaine Vella.

* In Absentia