Dr Angele Attard Chetcuti, a lawyer by profession, has been appointed as the new Administrative Director of Legal 福利在线免费 at the University of Malta.
She succeeds Dr Chris Soler, who was selected to fill in the position of State Advocate in October 2020.
Prior to this appointment, Dr Attard Chetcuti had already served the University as a Senior Legal executive for a total of five years.
Previous roles of Dr Attard Chetcuti include those of Senior Associate with WH Partners, a Malta-headquartered leading business law firm, legal advisor to the Minister of Education, Employment and the Family, Education and Employment Coordinator at Education International, a non-profit organisation based in Brussels, Belgium, and Commissioner Officer for Quality Assurance at the Maltese National Commission for Higher Education (recently re-branded Malta Further and Higher Education Authority).
Apart from an LL.D. degree from the University of Malta, Dr Attard Chetcuti also holds a post-graduate Diploma in European Studies from the European College of Parma and an M.Sc. in Educational Studies (Higher Education) from the University of Oxford.
Dr Attard Chetcuti has a passion for all matters relating to higher education and has worked in this field for most of her professional life. Her interest in this area stems from her days as a student representative, starting out as international commissioner for the Kunsill Studenti Universitarji (KSU) back in 2003 and as an elected member of the European Student Union鈥檚 Committee on Commodification of Education thereafter for two consecutive terms.
The Administrative Directorate of Legal 福利在线免费 gives legal advice to members of the UM community, drafts and negotiates agreements and various collaborative initiatives, undertakes litigation on behalf of the University before the Maltese Courts, provides company secretarial services to the University Group of Companies, and contributes to various Boards, Committees and Working Groups established by Council and Senate.
