Jacqueline Micallef Grimaud
Director Quality Assurance.
Jacqueline Micallef Grimaud achieved Associate status awarded by the Chartered Insurance Institute, London, in the early 1980s. She combined this field of industry with a BA (Hons) (Melit.) Degree in Public Administration in 1989, by virtue of which she held a management post within the public service up to 1994. Jacqueline then read a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, awarded in 1995. Her experience as an educator runs the whole gamut from learning support educator, kindergarten, primary, secondary, higher/further/vocational education teaching/lecturing as well as teacher/lecturer education and training in all sectors. In 2001, Jacqueline was appointed lecturer at the Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST). In July 2003, following a rigorous process, she was elected as a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London. As Senior Lecturer, in 2004, she took on the responsibilities of coordinating the MCAST Vocational Teacher Training Programme and Staff Development Programmes, under the auspices of the then newly launched Professional Development Centre within MCAST, which she set up and organised in her capacity as an educational administrator, as well as pedagogue and andragogue. This was reinforced by the achievement of a Masters of Arts (MA) degree in Comparative Euro-Mediterranean Education Studies with the University of Malta specialising in Quality Assurance and Quality Education. In 2007, Jacqueline took on the role of Deputy Director of MCAST’s Institute of Business, Management and Commerce. In 2017, she assumed the post of Deputy Director within MCAST’s Quality Assurance Department. Jacqueline is finalising a PhD with Pegaso International focusing on the ethics and parameters underpinning quality online education for sustainable development in lifelong learning while reading towards a DBA with Heriot Watt University focusing on the need for governance, management, and quality assurance measures for the delivery of quality higher/further education. To consolidate her grasp of other fields, Jacqueline attended various courses, amongst others: Internal Audit course leading to certification as an Internal Auditor; on the auditing/quality assurance of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) aspects of an aviation maintenance-training organisation leading to EASA certification; on Infrared Thermography achieving ITC certification and completed a postgraduate EQF Level 7 course with the University of Florence and Heritage Malta on Research and Training in Conservation Science. With respect to the application of nuclear techniques for the preservation and conservation of cultural heritage, Jacqueline was, for a number of years, a National Technical Coordination Expert for the International Atomic Energy Agency within the United Nations As a Visiting Senior Lecturer of the University of Malta, Jacqueline lectures within the Faculty of Economics, Management, and Accountancy. By way of access to the world of arts and music, she studied the pianoforte and is a classical vocalist, has a musical appreciation diploma to her name, and is a Licentiate (LLCM) of the London College of Music – University of West London, UK. She has been involved in the direction of a number of musical productions and featured in various inauguration, charity, and private concerts, both as a soloist and with her vocal ensemble, as well as leading an organising team for a number of philanthropic concerts, both locally and overseas
PGC (Res Meths), MA CEMES (Melit), BA (Hons) (Melit) P Admin, PGCE (Melit),
PGA (ConsSci), LLCM, A(Mus)VCM, FCII, ACII
+356 23987138
jacqueline.micallef.grimaud@mcast.edu.m