S.L. 327.437 Art. 10Functions and powers of the Board of Governors.

(1) The Board of Governors shall have the duty of performing the objectives and to exercise the powers of the

Academy as provided in this Order, and shall in particular have the following functions:

(a) to develop the direction, strategy and image of the Academy and any of its branches, including the adoption of periodic development plans for the Academy and its branches;

(b) to acquire, administer and control the resources, facilities and property, both movable and immovable, of the Academy, including the procurement and utilisation of resources for the running of the Academy and any of its branches;

(c) to distribute between the Institutes and any branches within the Academy, as the case may be, the resources available to the Academy by way of funds and by way of premises, facilities, services, equipment and persons;

(d) to assist and advise the Director in achieving a level of excellence in the standards of the Academy’s courses and programmes;

(e) to assist the Director in ensuring that the Academy adheres to the requirements of the National Commission for Further and Higher Education, as provided in the Act or any regulation made thereunder;

(f) subject to the provisions of articles 7 and 14, to establish courses, programmes, institutes, outreach centres, libraries, offices and other structures within the Academy for fulfilment of the mission of the Academy: Provided that the courses, programmes and institutes may only be established by the Board of Governors following consultation with the Board of Studies;

(g) with the approval of the Minister, to constitute branches of the Academy in Malta, Gozo and abroad;

(h) to determine, in accordance with the requirements of the Malta Qualifications Framework, the conditions for admission into a programme or course provided by the Academy;

(i) to provide appropriate procedures for the assessment and certification of learners;

(j) to supervise the expenditure and the administration of the Academy and to approve the annual budget proposals to be submitted to the Minister within a given time;

(k) to appoint the Director, and on his advice, also to appoint all other principal officers of the Academy;

(l) to set up, and abolish, any post of an academic or other nature and make appointments thereto;

(m) to make guidelines and establish procedures concerning the performance and the conduct of students, teachers and other persons entrusted with rendering any service at the Academy, whether engaged by an indefinite or a definite contract of service, or by a contract for service, or if seconded or on loan to the Academy by government, public or private entities;

(n) to make guidelines to establish rules relating to any programme or course provided by the Academy;

(o) to make any other guidelines, rules and procedures as provided in this Order;

(p) to appoint Maltese or foreign examiners according to pre-established guidelines and procedures, and to ensure that payment is effected for their service;

(q) to ensure that proper academic levels are retained and improved upon;

(r) to establish internal quality assurance schemes as required by the Act or any regulation made thereunder and required auditing procedures for the operations of the Academy;

(s) to endeavour to undertake relevant projects of a cross-border nature and to enter into such agreements as appear to it necessary with public of private educational and cultural entities in Malta and overseas for the fulfilment of the mission of the Academy;

(t) through the Ministry responsible for education in cooperation with, where necessary, the Ministry responsible for culture, to publicise and promote the Academy’s policies, plans, courses, programmes and operations in a manner which establishes the Academy and its branches as a vital element of the Maltese visual and performing arts sector;

(u) to establish ancillary activities related to the operations of the Academy with the direct purpose of enhancing the learning experience of learners;

(v) to perform any other function which it may deem necessary to execute the powers and functions of the Academy which are not, by means of this Order, vested in another governing body of the Academy; and

(w) to undertake any other function assigned to it by the Minister from time to time.

(2) The Board of Governors shall also approve the curricula and the syllabi submitted by the Board of Studies and, where it deems it so necessary, to revert the same to such Board of Studies together with its advice about any proposed amendments.

(3) The Board of Governors shall ensure that the awards of the Academy are recognised both at a national and at an international level, and that, wherever applicable, are related to the standards established in the Malta Qualifications Framework.