> 3rd NUSCT Rectors’ Meeting - 20 October 2021 - Republic of San Marino

> 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐚 – 𝐏𝐫𝐨-𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚

Prof. Frank Bezzina is the Pro-Rector for International Development and Quality Assurance at the University of Malta. He teaches Management Science & Decision Analysis, Operations Research, Applied Business Statistics and Business Research Methods on FEMA's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Frank's research focuses on investigating phenomena in the Organisational Sciences. He has published papers on risk management, corporate governance, HRM, environmental management and statistical/methodological misconceptions. The L-Università ta’ Malta (University of Malta) is the country’s leading tertiary institution, catering for some 11,500 students who follow undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The University carries out academic research and provides a vibrant higher education setting in the arts, sciences, IT technologies and the humanities as required for Malta’s economic, social and cultural development.

https://www.um.edu.mt/

>>𝐍𝐔𝐒𝐂𝐓

On March 2, 2018, representatives from the University of Malta, the University of Greenland, the University of Liechtenstein, the University of San Marino, the University of Gibraltar and the Universitat d’Andorra met in the Principality of Andorra to formalise the creation of the Network of Universities of Small Countries and Territories, NUSCT.

In the words of NUSCT President and rector of the Universitat d’Andorra, Dr. Miquel Nicolau, “… the Network of Universities of Small Countries and Territories was born of a shared need to address issues that are specific to higher education institutions that operate in socio-political and economic contexts of small countries and territories, but that are marginally dealt with by existing international higher education associations”.

The diversity and international nature of the Network and the combined strength of its members will be leveraged to tap into competitive funding sources for joint or collaborative research projects.

The University of Montenegro, the University of the Faroe Islands, the University of Akureyri, the University of Nicosia and the Mediterranean University (Montenegro) have recently joined the network.

https://www.nusct.net/