The glass ceiling : Maltese women in academia

Abstract

This paper discusses the current status and role of the Maltese woman in education. Nowadays, many Maltese women are taking up the challenge to further their studies at the University of Malta. Which degrees do females obtain and which areas of study are favoured by most of the female students at the University of Malta? What is the profile of academic women in the ten Faculties at the University of Malta? Why are there so few female academics and why is it that they stand overwhelmingly at the bottom of the academic hierarchy? This paper seeks to provide answers to these questions and analyses the effect current social change has on the role of women in contemporary Maltese society.