Academic Staff (Amendment No. 2)

L.N. 31 of 2026

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Statute amending Statute 7 – Appointments and Conditions of Employment of

Academic Staff (Amendment No. 2)

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 Employment of Academic Staff (Amendment No. 2) 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 April 2025 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 members of staff at the grade of

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

(c) Fellows, in the case of retiring members of the academic staff at the

grade of Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer to enable them to carry

on with their research at the University.

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

professional rank or distinction.

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