Nadia Maria Vassallo

Principal

IDEA College

Education
Education

IDEA College

Mosta

"Leading life with purpose helps us experience clarity about who we are and what matters."

Business Profile

I graduated as a teacher in 2001 and taught across all levels of education from the primary up to doctoral level. Throughout my career, I have had different roles in various educational settings from Trade Schools to Primary, Secondary, Post-Secondary, Vocational and Tertiary Education. After nine years of teaching in a Church School, I worked in a VET setting, occupying various roles including six years in Senior Management up to Deputy Principal Curriculum and Student Affairs. I have also served as Senior 2 Lecturer at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, MCAST and visiting lecturer on the Masters Programmes at the Institute for Education and the University of Malta. I am now Principal at IDEA College. I also lecture on the Doctorate of Business Administration and other Master programmes and I supervise research in various fields of study. My main research interests are Language Education, Further (Post-compulsory) Education and Educational Pedagogy and Policy within Vocational Education.

Business Activities

  • 2024: Principal, IDEA College
  • 2023: Lecturer on the DBA
  • Lecturer on the Master of Educational Leadership and Innovation
  • Research Supervisor
  • Chair of the VIVA Board
  • Chair of the Editorial Board, The IDEA Journal of Applied Research

Previous

  • 2001-2005: Teacher
  • 2006-2010: Specialist Dyslexia Teacher
  • 2010-2014: Lecturer
  • 2014: Senior Lecturer
  • 2012-2016: Coordinator of the Learning Support Unit and the Foundation Programmes, MCAST
  • 2018-2019: Director, MCAST
  • 2019-2021: Deputy Principal, MCAST
  • 2022-2024: Director, IDEA College

Education

  • 1997-2001: Bachelor in Education (Primary and English), University of Malta
  • 2004-2006: Master in Literacy and Language in Education, University of Sheffield
  • 2006-2008: Postgraduate Diploma in Dyslexia and Literacy, University of York and Dyslexia Action
  • 2012: Award in the Design of Home-Grown Qualifications/Awards for Accreditation Purposes, MCAST
  • 2010-2014: Doctor of Education, The University of Sheffield

Society

Official Partners

  • Trade Malta
  • Tech.mt
  • Laferla
  • Malta Enterprise
  • Healthcare Logistics
  • Malta Business Registry
  • Lidion Bank
  • IHI Group
  • TNT
  • Strand Palace
  • Bels
  • Tristratus
  • Agora
  • Project Technik
  • William J England
  • Fozwize
  • Mamachi
  • Transport Malta
  • Turbo Systems Ltd Accelleron