ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS BOARD
Council acceded to the following recommendations by the Academic Promotions Board subject to terms
and conditions that may have been stipulated by Council: Council Meeting – 13 November 2015.
UNIVERSITY
Promotion to Lecturer
Dr Mark Borg – Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Health Sciences
Dr Josephine Deguara – Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Faculty of
Education
Dr Kevin Gatt – Department of Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, Faculty for the Built
Environment
Dr Jean Micallef Grimaud – Institute for European Studies
Dr Alfred Quintano – Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture
Dr Ing. Paul Refalo – Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering
Dr Clarissa Sammut Scerri – Department of Family Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing
Dr Sandro Spina – Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and
Communication Technology
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Dr Arsalan Alshinawi – Department of International Relations, Faculty of Arts
Dr Valentino Baldi – Department of Italian, Faculty of Arts
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Promotion to Associate Professor
Dr Frank Bezzina – Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and
Accountancy
Dr Ing. Saviour Zammit – Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Faculty
of Information and Communication Technology; Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and
Business Incubation
Promotion to Professor
Professor Ing. Jonathan Borg – Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Professor Mary Anne Lauri – Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing
Promotion to Visiting Lecturer
Dr Marija Axiak – Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Promotion to Junior College Lecturer
Dott’ssa Mireille Vila – Psychology
Mr Niki Young – Philosophy
Promotion to Junior College Senior Lecturer 1
Ms Juanita Sapiano – English
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