The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) launched an initiative titled New Skills for Jobs in the Making – Hack for Skills on 17 November. MCAST students and alumni gathered on campus and stayed overnight at the College to craft and present innovative ideas on shaping future skills. Forty young people, twenty in…

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) and the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) signed a Memorandum Agreement on 16 November. The collaboration will prioritise crucial sectors, namely,  research and innovation, training and creating student learning opportunities. With this agreement, MCAST students will have more opportunities to experience work related to…

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) and MG2I – MCAST’s Gateway to Industry inaugurated the opening of the new Zheng He Traditional Chinese Medicine Education Centre on campus in Paola. The new Centre will operate under MCAST’s Institute of Community Services (ICS). MCAST and Jiangsu Vocational College of Medicine (JSMC) signed a…

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) as part of the ‘Encounter – MCAST Meets the Industry’ series held a conference titled, Quality Apprenticeship – Are We There? to discuss the importance of apprenticeships to students, employers, and the local industry. Industry partners, key international speakers, students, and academics from diverse fields of…

The Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) Principal and CEO Professor Joachim James Calleja is currently participating in the third Erasmus+ European Universities Alliance EU4Dual Rectors’ Council Meeting in Kecskemét, Hungary. Prof. Dr. Tamas Fülöp,  Rector of John von Neumann University as host, greeted the other eight Principals and Rectors for the 2-day…

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, visited the Institute for Engineering and Transport and the Institute for Applied Sciences at MCAST, where she witnessed the fruit bore from EU Funds. While being shown around the new laboratories and lecture halls by MCAST Principal and CEO Dr Joachim James Calleja, President Metsola reiterated the…

The Central Bank of Malta Governor, Professor Edward Scicluna visited the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) where he addressed the students of the Institute of Business Management & Commerce (IBMC) and explained the role of the Central Bank of Malta both as part of the European System of Central Bank as well…

Last week, MCAST Principal and President of EfVET Professor James Calleja chaired the annual conference of the European association of training providers in vocational education and training in Rhodes, Greece. Over 350 participants participated in a two-day conference focused on Future Skills for Green Transitions: an agenda for VET. EfVET members representing over 3.5m students in vocational…

The Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology has been awarded a grant of €125,000 from the Malta Council for Science & Technology, under the Space Upstream Programme (in collaboration with ESA), to develop a new method for repairing spacecraft hulls using cold-welding adhesion. The project, led by Dr Leonardo Barilaro, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace…