The Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) and ST Microelectronics jointly held an award ceremony at the College’s Main Campus in Paola. MCAST students following engineering courses within the College’s Institute of Engineering and Transport (IET) were presented with awards for their brilliant achievements within this sector. The awards were presented by MCAST…

The Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) inaugurated new premises and facilities for the fully accredited Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS), which forms part of the Institute of Engineering and Transport (IET). Industry players were also invited to visit the new Centre and meet students. The CMS offers a wide range of maritime…

Representatives from the Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) are participating in, Playcon one of the largest international game development and e-sports Expo. Participants from the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and from the Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA) showcased work done by MCAST students following courses in game development…

The Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) hosted the final multiplier event conference of the ‘CoachEd6 – Towards Quality Coaching Education’ project. CoachEd6 is a project led by MCAST together with, Mugla SItki Kocman University (Turkey), the University of Southern Denmark, and Reykjavik University (Iceland). In the absence of coaching education at higher…

A team of 5 students from MCAST’s Institute of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) were selected to compete in an international robotics competition which was held in Geneva, Switzerland between 13th October 2022 and 16th October 2022. First Global, the main organisers for this event invited 162 countries to participate in this competition. The aim…

A very strong vote from over 250 EfVET eligible members re-elected MCAST Principal/CEO Professor Joachim James Calleja for another three year term as EfVET President. The electronic vote took place during the Annual General Meeting of the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education (EfVET) in Kuopio, Finland last Friday. EfVET last year celebrated its…

Three students following courses at the Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) were nominated for the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award during the Malta Business Awards organised by the Malta Chamber of SMEs. College students Mirhea Abdilla, Amber Borg, and Chris Saliba were the three shortlisted finalists in the mentioned category. Ms Mirhea…

The Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) hosted a group of twenty heads of school and teachers from six Western Balkan countries, namely Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia and Bosnia & Herzegovina for a week-long event. This was part of an ongoing European Union Project called VET MOBILITY SCHEME FOR ENLARGEMENT COUNTRIES…

The Community College for the Third Age an initiative by the Malta College for Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) received a record number of applications from seniors willing to join a new learning experience this year. The College’s Centre for Learning and Employability (CLE) organises this yearly programme of activities for older citizens who wish…

According to the EIT Food Trust Report 2021 (1) and the Special Eurobarometer Survey – April 2019 on Food safety in the EU (2), food safety is one of the most important factors when consumers buy food. However, there is the lack of trust in government authorities on food production. Although authorities address these issues…