Page 46 – Isles of the Left

Parenting Dilemmas: State or Private Schools?

May 30, 2018 by The IotL Magazine 11 Comments

Here, for the record, I will spell out what nobody in this country seems even remotely willing to mention: how we have slipped into the uncomfortable situation of segregating children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.

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How Equitable is Maltese Education?

May 23, 2018 by The IotL Magazine 3 Comments

Overall, Malta occupies a joint 15^th place on the EU Social Justice Index. However, when it comes to equitable education, Malta features in the last place (28^th) of the same Index in granting equal access to education. There is no social justice without equity in education. [Read more…] about How Equitable is Maltese Education?

The ‘Other’ Side of the Kitchen

May 22, 2018 by Rachael Scicluna Leave a Comment

The image of domestic kitchen serves as an electoral asset and reinforces heterosexual gender roles at once.

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Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

May 17, 2018 by The IotL Magazine 2 Comments

Data collected from users feeds algorithms that are shaping our perceptions about the world and the way we engage with the information by selecting what we can see, read and listen on the web, most of the time with a hidden agenda. [Read more…] about Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence