The University of Malta today announced the signing of the Collective Agreement for Academic Staff of the University of Malta and Academic Staff of the Junior College 2014-2018.

The Agreement was signed by Rector, Professor Juanito Camilleri, and Dr Michael Sciriha, President of Council, on behalf of the University; Professor Matthew Montebello, President UMASA, and Professor Luciano Mulé Stagno, Council Member UMASA; and Mr Kevin Bonello, President MUT, and Mr Franklin Barbara, General Secretary MUT.

The Agreement was signed in the presence of Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment, and Edward Scicluna, Minister for Finance.

Together with the Collective Agreement, other documents that were signed comprise an Agreement to facilitate the implementation of the Collective Agreement for Academic Staff of the University of Malta and Academic Staff of the Junior College, the University of Malta Intellectual Property (IP) Policy 2014, and the University of Malta Manual of Conduct and Procedures.

This Collective Agreement places a high focus on eLearning in all aspects, including promotions, academic effort, research output and quality assurance. It strengthens the Research Fellowship stream and revises the promotions criteria for academics, that will now include eLearning issues and intellectual property generated to better reflect the University’s mission.

A revised Intellectual Property policy aims to ensure that both the academics and the University itself benefit from the output generated by academics.

The Agreement highlights the requirement for academics to provide an updated list of publications on an annual basis. Furthermore it revises the employment conditions for Assistant Lecturers and thus updates the recruitment policy. In order to further improve student experience, the Collective Agreement includes revised examination periods, introducing stricter timescales on correction of examination papers.

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