MALTA UNIVERSITY DEBATING UNION (MUDU) REGULATIONS, 2017

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L.N. 87 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

MALTA UNIVERSITY DEBATING UNION (MUDU) REGULATIONS, 2017

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75 (6) of the

Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has promulgated

the following regulations made by the Senate of the University of Malta by virtue of

the powers conferred upon it by articles 75 (3) and 79 (b) of the said Act

Citation and Interpretation

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Malta University Debating Union

(MUDU) Regulations, 2017.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms

used shall be taken to mean as indicated hereunder, and the plural thereof shall be

construed accordingly

“MUDU” means the Malta University Debating Union;

“Student” means a student enrolled on a course provided by the University;

“Staff” means any member of staff appointed by Council; and

“University” means the University of Malta.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 st March, 2017 onwards.

Objectives

The objectives of the MUDU are

(a) to promote debate and discussion;

(b) to train students in the art and style of debate and discussion; and

(c) to provide a forum for debates on issues of national and international

concern.

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Scope

MUDU shall accordingly promote both competitive debating and chamber

debating and establish respective rules about organisation and conduct.

Participants

All University students and staff have a right to participate in the activities

of MUDU. Non-university members may be invited to participate in the activities of

MUDU on an ad hoc basis.

Activities may be open to the press, or relayed on the media of communication

on an ad hoc basis.

MUDU shall be run as a joint activity of the University of Malta and the

Kunsill Studenti Universitarji (KSU).

MUDU Committee

(1) The governance of the MUDU shall be through a Committee, composed

as follows

(a) a Rector’s Delegate, who will act as the Chairperson;

(b) a member of the University’s administrative staff, appointed by the Rector;

(c) two students nominated by the Council of the KSU from within its own

members; and

(d) three other students to be nominated by the Council of the KSU from

outside its members and selected in a way as to represent a cross-section

of the students of the University.

(2) The student members shall serve for a period of one year and the

appointment is renewable for further periods. The term of the student members shall

be from 1 October to the end of September. The students referred to in sub-paragraph

(c) of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be nominated in July by the KSU Council,

and are expected to participate as observers immediately.

The MUDU Committee may co-opt for a maximum period of one year up

to two other representatives of other bodies when such have entered into a specific

programme of activities with the MUDU.

Activities

The University shall provide its premises for the activities of MUDU

without any charge. Necessary ancillary charges covering running expenses may

be charged for, but in each case the University shall seek to minimise and if possible

waive such charges on an ad hoc basis.

The University shall allow the MUDU a completely free hand in the choice

of subject/s and shall not in any way exercise any form of censure on the MUDU’s

activities.

The MUDU shall be free to collect funds from any legitimate source

to subsidise its activities. Any funds provided by the University must be properly

accounted for and information on expenditure shall be available to the University in

line with University’s fiscal regulations.

Accreditation

Wherever appropriate, students shall be awarded credits according to the

applicable University regulations.

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