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30/01/2026

📚✨ KSU January Recap ✨📚

January may have been exam season, but that didn’t stop the KSU executive from coming together for quality time and our regular meetings 🤍 We also finally received our quarter-zip order - keeping the exec board warm and cozy through the winter days on campus ❄️

Our Education Officer kicked off Kokka Academy 2025 with its first edition, AI Strategies That Work for Studying, supporting students ahead of exams and thesis submissions. A big thank you to Dr Dylan Seychell for delivering such an insightful and informative session 👏

The chessboard made its return to Quad (briefly!) before narrowly escaping Storm Harry 🌬️♟️ Don’t worry - it’s safe and will be back very soon.

Our PRO and VPI were also invited to the UM Strategic Plan, where they gained insight into the university’s trajectory for the next four years.

To top it all off, we hosted this semester’s AMSM-NTSA, offering students 24/7 study spaces at the KSU-PwC Common Room and Kokka Salott in Students’ House 📚 There were also plenty of snacks and drinks to enjoy throughout NTSA, kindly provided by our sponsors - a huge thank you to them for their continued support and contribution to students 💛

And this is just the beginning! We can’t wait to bring you more exciting semester two events, including the AMSM Car Treasure Hunt, Sports Week, and the highly anticipated KSU Students’ Fest this April 🎉

29/01/2026

Yesterday, KSU acted on its promise to involve itself more directly in the current Industrial Action between UMASA (the University Lecturer Union), the Ministry for Education and University. KSU’s request for an in-person meeting between representatives from KSU and the Ministry for Education was accepted by the latter and this morning the meeting took place.

During this meeting, KSU discussed the current state of the negotiation process between the parties to the Industrial dispute and expressed its concerns regarding the recently issued directives which may potentially delay the publishing of exam results for this Semester. On this note, KSU expressed its concerns to the Minister regarding the slow progress so far and stressed that any increase in salaries due to lecturers stemming from this collective agreement should ideally be covered by a proportional increase in Government funding, so as to not place further strain on limited University resources. Importantly, with students now being affected directly, KSU has strongly advocated with the Minister and with UMASA that all possible efforts are made and their full focus is directed to the swift resolution of this issue.

The Minister Onor. Dr. Clifton Grima made it clear that he has personally intervened in this process, to try and expedite the process. Moreover, the Minister also informed KSU that a conciliatory meeting between the parties is scheduled for tomorrow, whereby all parties will be at a table, attempting to reach a mutually acceptable offer for University Lecturer’s conditions and renumeration for the upcoming years.

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗞𝗦𝗨 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝟳-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝟳 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹.

Should no solution be found, KSU will be escalating its involvement, through acts legally available to it, all of which are being considered. This so that it, alongside any affected students may place all possible pressure as appropriate.

29/01/2026

The University of Malta Academic Staff Association (UMASA) has announced an escalation of its industrial action following a lack of agreement between the union, the University of Malta (UM), and the Ministry for Education on a collective agreement. Academic staff have confirmed that, effective immed...

29/01/2026

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28/01/2026

KSU Statement on the Escalation of UMASA (University of Malta Academic Staff Association) Industrial Action and Potential Impact on Students

KSU has recently learned that UMASA directives relating to the Industrial Action between the Union, UM and the Ministry for Education will be escalating in light of the failure to reach a consensus between the parties on the demands for a collective agreement.

Until today UMASA had opted to strictly undertake directives which did not impact students directly, limiting their directives to the ban from organising or attending administrative or management meetings. This is something which KSU itself had advocated directly with UMASA for, and KSU observes that over its period of communication with UMASA the union has made efforts to ensure that as far as possible students are not impacted.

However, this recent escalation has resulted in directives which will impact University Students through withholding of examination marks.
Very importantly, this withholding of marks will not mean that examination scripts will not be graded, but rather that if the situation persists for long, students may expect their results later than usual. Nonetheless, KSU deeply regrets the possibility that Students may be adversely affected and will continue to undertake every possible action it can to put pressure on the parties to find an amicable solution to the dispute. KSU is also attempting to get in contact with the Ministry to exert further pressure to find an end to this situation before students feel the adverse effects.

We urge students not to panic, as there is still time for a solution to be found between the parties before effects are felt. All possible efforts are being explored by KSU which is treating this situation as critical.

KSU asserts that the situation should not have reached this stage and that it is worrying that, once again, students have ended up in the middle of an industrial dispute. Students are innocent parties in all this.

Unfortunately, the resolution of this conflict does not depend on KSU, but rather that all parties (UMASA, University and the Ministry for Education) arrive at an amicable solution between them. We shall nonetheless be exerting all possible pressure that this is done as soon as possible. We are prepared to take all possible actions to protect students.

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Endorsed by

ASCS
DESA - Department of English Students Association
ELSA Malta
ESA Earth Systems Association
GħSL - Malta Law Students' Society
Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija
GUG
Malta Model United Nations Society
MHSA - Malta Health Students' Association
MIRSA - Malta International Relations Students Association
MKSA - Media & Knowledge Sciences Association
MMSA - Malta Medical Students' Association
Malta Pharmaceutical Students' Association- MPSA
Malta University Sport Association - MUSA
SACES
SDM - Studenti Demokristjani Maltin
UESA - University Engineering Students’ Association

Sam Delia as Student Representative
Jan Proschek as Student Representative
Bianca Pace as Council Representative
Nick Muscat as Senate Representative
Matthew Grech as Student Representative
Maya Camilleri Sacco as Council Representative
Francesco Gellel as Senate Representative
Maya Debono as Student Representative
Ruby Sciriha Camilleri as Senate Representative
Leon Bartolo as Senate Representative
Kris Bajada as Council Representative
Neil Camenzuli as Student Representative
Ella Micallef Darmenia as Student Representative
Thea Sultana as Student Representative

27/01/2026

On Monday, the Prime Minister stated that Malta has received an informal invitation to join the Board of Peace. Malta has not yet given a reply as to if it will join, as the Prime Minister says that membership will be decided on the basis of national interest.

Any decision beyond an unequivocal rejection of this invitation would be a betrayal of Malta’s national interest on the international stage.

The board’s chairman is the US President Donald Trump, the leader of an administration which has not only threatened EU member states via economic coercion in the form of tariffs but also funded and supported the regime which gave rise to Gaza’s destruction and the genocide of the Palestinian people. He would also personally hold sweeping powers, including final authority over the charter’s interpretation and veto control over major decisions. Malta should not further appease such behaviour from an alleged ally.

Worse still, the Board has a military arm. That raises the prospect of a selective, weaponisable alliance which may act beyond its current UN mandate, which is a reasonable prospect considering the wording of the Board’s Charter is not limited to Gaza and the Chairman’s preference for force without consultation of International bodies. Our fear is that this body, operating under a “unified command acceptable to the Board of Peace” rather than the usual international peace-keeping chain of command, acts unilaterally in future conflicts without the UN’s in-built safeguards.

A better use of Malta's influence and relationship with the US would be to persuade them to abolish the UN Security Council’s Veto. That way, the far more robust and legitimate UN can be as efficient as it was in the past when it was allowed to operate more freely, and negate the discussion for a need for any external boards run by one individual,

Lending Malta’s name to this US-dominated initiative, which members include Israel and invitees include Russia, represents the betrayal of what this country’s people believe in and the selling-out of Malta’s soul. Moreover, it goes against the spirit of our Constitution, which states that ‘Malta is a neutral state actively pursuing peace, security and social progress among all nations by adhering to a policy of non-alignment and refusing to participate in any military alliance.’

Malta’s students, its people and its leaders have been courageous in the past. We have stood up to larger nations who threatened to bully or cajole us into joining in on initiatives which go against our principles, and we should be ready to do so again.

It is now up to the Prime Minister and the Government to do the right thing by standing strong in our name for Malta's principles. Reject the Invite.

26/01/2026

Don’t forget to collect your KSU Student Card, which you ordered during your first semester 🎓

A wide range of discounts are waiting for you - find out more about these on the KSU website 💸

📍 Pick up your card from the KSU Office
⏰ Weekdays, 09:00–17:00

Didn’t order it in the first semester?
Don’t worry - applications will reopen soon ✨

26/01/2026

21/01/2026

🚗💨 Get ready to rev up the competition!

We’re excited to announce the prizes for this year’s KSU Car Treasure Hunt 🏁✨

🥇 First Place: €500
🥈 Second Place: €250

It’s time to race, solve, and compete for these awesome rewards 🗺️🔥

Think your team has what it takes to claim the grand prize?

👉 Apply through the link in our bio!
Good luck, and may the best team win 🏆🍀

21/01/2026

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20/01/2026

Despite the persistence of Storm Harry, the latest update we have is that all exams are still scheduled to go ahead as planned.

If you are experiencing issues with your examination session, or if it is impossible to attend due to transport disruptions, safety hazards, or related concerns, please report this to us through our feedback section below:

https://www.ksu.org.mt/services/complaints

Based on the complaints received, we will be working with the University to address cases where attendance is impossible and to advocate for appropriate contingency plans for situations such as this.

20/01/2026

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