A degree course in Gozo studies

Abstract

When in 1996 the Gozo Centre of the University of Malta was officially inaugurated, a small group of people, including myself, felt a surge of pride and the satisfaction of a job brought to its conclusion. Finis coronat opera, I said to myself as the Prime Minister inaugurated the Centre. We had worked hard for many months to achieve this, even though lectures had already started being given at the Sir M'Ang Refalo Post-Secondary School, Victoria. But why all this fuss, why were we so enthusiastic? The reason was very simple. We had brought tertiary education within the grasp of all Gozitans. For the first time ever, Gozitans could say that the University had come across to them.