Employment of Academic Staff (Amendment No. 1)

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L.N. 414 of 2021

EDUCATION ACT

Statute amending Statute 7 – Appointments and Conditions of

Employment of Academic Staff (Amendment No. 1)

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 statute made by the Council of the University of Malta in

virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 72, 75(1), 77(d) and 136(3) of the

said Act

Citation

This statute may be cited as the Statute amending Statute 7 - Appointment

and Conditions of Employmnet of Academic Staff (Amendment No. 1) and shall

be read and construed as one with the Statutes of the University of Malta included

in Schedule II of the Education (Cap.327), hereinafter referred to as “the principal

statute”.

Applicability

This statute shall be applicable from 1 October 2021 onwards.

Amendment of article 10 of the principal statute

For article 10 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“10. University Fellows

University Fellows may be appointed by Council in accordance with procedure

approved by Council on the recommendation of Senate as follows

(a) Honorary Fellows, where the University wants to confer such honour on

deserving individuals;

(b) Senior Fellows, in the case of retiring academic members of staff of professorial

rank to enable them to carry on with their research contributions at the University;

(c) Visiting Fellows, in the case of senior foreign or local scholars of professional

rank or distinction;

(d) Fellows, in the case of retiring members of staff, not of professorial rank, to

enable them to carry on with their research contributions at the University.”

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