This committee was first established as Student Support Services Committee in 2013 with the aim of offering support to College students during their study programme at Junior College. Throughout the years the Committee was involved with the development and drafting of several policies and procedures such as the Attendance Policy, Code of Behaviour, Assessment Support Policy, Student Guidelines for Wellbeing, Withdrawal Policy, Staff Guidelines for Student Wellbeing and the Peer-mentoring Support System. The Committee has also given its support and advice to the College with respect to procedures aimed at students with disability and access arrangements in liaison with the UM Access Disability Support Unit.

The Committee oversees interviews with students aimed to evaluate the problems faced by individual students and to offer the necessary support. These interviews deal with issues concerning attendance, assessment and withdrawal requests.

The aims of this Committee are to: 

• coordinate all the student services provided by the College, namely, the Student Services Office, the Counsellor Service Professionals, the Student Advisors, the Youth Worker, the Chaplain and academic members of staff
• oversee the overall wellbeing and welfare of students, taking into account performance and  attendance indicators as well as the general behaviour of students and exemptions requested
• oversee the peer mentoring system
• monitor attendance records at each attendance period, with special emphasis on those who are habitually absent in all subjects
• recommend strategies to reduce absenteeism and dropout rates
• monitor the use of exemptions by students and recommend strategies to combat abuse
• monitor assessment records, with special emphasis on those who obtain very low marks in most subjects
• recommend possible action in the case of students who are identified as who are potentially at risk of failing or dropping out.
• oversee the applications of students who request to withdraw from the College.
• update the code of behaviour for students.

2022/23 Committee Composition

Chairperson
Mr Roderick Vassallo, Vice-Principal

Members
Ms Anna Borg Bartolo
Dr Glorianne Borg Axisa
Ms Stephanie Bugeja
Ms Karen Buttigieg 
Mr Roberto Calleja
Ms Mariella Cortis
Ms Desiree D'Amato
Ms Natasha Galea (rep. the Diversity Committee)
Dr Olivia Galea Seychell
Ms Cynthia Genovese
Dr Miriam Geraldi Gauci
Ms Josephine Mallia 
Rev. Bernard Micallef
Ms Fleur Mifsud Bons
Mr Giosué Pianciamore
Mr Joseph Scicluna
Mr Neville Thomas
Dott. Mireille Vila
Ms Anne Marie Vincenti  

1. Executive Committee
   • Mr Roderick Vassallo, Chair
     
   • Ms Anna Borg Bartolo
     
   • Dr Miriam Geraldi Gauci
     
   • Mr Giosué Pianciamore
     
   • Mr Neville Thomas
     
2. Research & Development Committee
   • Ms Anna Borg Bartolo, Chair
   • Ms Stephanie Bugeja
     
   • Ms Karen Buttigieg
     
   • Ms Mariella Cortis
     
   • Ms Anne Marie Vincenti 
     
3. Training & Mentoring Committee
   • Dr Miriam Geraldi Gauci, Chair
     
   • Ms Anna Borg Bartolo
     
   • Ms Natasha Galea (rep. the Diversity Committee)
     
   • Ms Josephine Mallia
     
   • Ms Fleur Mifsud Bons
     
   • Two student representatives
4. Interviews & Support Committee
   • Mr Giosué Pianciamore, Chair
     
   • Dr Glorianne Borg Axisa
     
   • Dr Olivia Galea Seychell
     
   • Rev. Bernard Micallef
     
   • Ms Fleur Mifsud Bons
   • Mr Joseph Scicluna
     
5. Awareness Campaigns & Strategy Committee
   • Mr Neville Thomas, Chair
     
   • Mr Roberto Calleja
     
   • Ms Desiree D'Amato
     
   • Ms Cynthia Genovese
   • Dott. Mireille Vila
     
   • Two student representatives