In 2020, the University of Malta obtained its first-ever UNESCO Chair. Tackling the theme of Global Adult Education, Prof. Peter Mayo reflects on 5 years as chairholder as his first term comes to a close. With THINK, he discusses what the chairmanship entails, the difference between adult education and lifelong learning, as well as the Cold War context behind the distinction.
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Following his recent travels in Yinchuan, China, Chev. Prof. Renald Blundell has put pen to paper to share his experience. Blundell visited Yinchuan to deliver a lecture on Moringa oleifera’s bioactive compounds at the 9th International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food. But what came out of this experience would have a lasting impact on both his audience and himself.
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THINK is dedicated to answering the hard questions, those questions that leave you chewing your nails in the middle of the night. 🍑 or 🍈? Jonathan Firbank is our 🍑 specialist, and David Mizzi is the 🍈 majordomo! Two fruits, two writers, but only one can be the summer fruit sensation.
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Some are long and hard, others big and fat, others still are thin and bendy, while some are just short, round, and stubby. 🍆 come (usually) in all shapes and sizes, but does bigger necessarily mean better? What’s the difference between a 🍆 from the USA and one from Thailand? Join us as we take a quick tour of the different 🍆 from around the world and learn how best to handle each one!
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Too often history has silenced the voices of women who have helped shape the world we live in. With Nisa Minsija, a radio programme on Campus 103.7, my aim is to celebrate the lives and legacies of history’s overlooked female pioneers.
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The University Maritime Platform (UMP) serves as a platform bringing experts from various backgrounds together to work on marine and maritime issues. This year, UMP is organising an international conference to foreground and discuss such concerns.
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Digital archives safeguard our shared heritage, but in an era of cyber threats and fleeting information, who will protect these modern Libraries of Alexandria? THINK speaks to Dr Charlie Abela and Luke Brincat.
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The Humanities, Medicine, and Science (HUMS) Symposia at the University of Malta offer a unique platform where experts from diverse fields come together to explore a single theme from multiple disciplinary perspectives. This academic year, the HUMS first event, entitled ‘The Sun’, provided an interdisciplinary deep dive into the scientific, cultural, and existential significance of our closest star.
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In a time when academic life can feel overwhelmingly digital and impersonal, libraries are trying to step up to create something invaluable – a community. University libraries, which used to be primarily quiet spaces with towering bookshelves, are now reinventing themselves as inclusive ‘third places’. The University of Malta Library interns offer THINK an insight into how the Library is becoming a third place on Campus.
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Post-truth populism has secured a powerful mandate in the United States of America. This reflects a trend that extends through the world’s liberal democracies and will invite global imitation. In this opinion piece, Jonathan Firbank describes how post-truth populism works, why it works, and why the American election might show us how to fight it.
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