ASSCSlIllIcnt Tests Regulations , 1997

L.N.174 of 1997

ED UCATION ACT

(CAl'. 327)

ASSCSlIllIcnt Tests Regulations , 1997

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30(5)

and 31(6} of the Education Act (Cap. 327). the Chancellor of the

University of Malta has promulgated the following regulati ons made

by the Senate of the Universi ty of Malta by virtue ortbe powcrsconferred

upon it byscctions 31 and 35 of the said Act

C itation

These regulotiollS may be c ited as the Assess ment Tests Regulations. 1997 .

A Ilpl icability

These regulati ons shall appl y from October 1995 onwams.

ASSESSM~:NT T":;'')TS R EGU tATIONS; 1997

I. Coursework assessment for the awam of credit shall be the responsibility of

the lecturer/s who teach/es the p8r1icular study-uni t in consultation with the Head of

DepartmerJt. 1be method of assessment is pre-announced in the course programme

published at the beginning of the year and approved by the Faculty Boord on the

recommendation of the Board of Studies for the cOurse.

Assessments may take the form of

2. written tests. normally a I hou r test for the awam of I credit;

(a)

written essay type assignments to be handed in within a specified time

(b)

limit. nonnally not less than two weeks. An assignment of between 1500 and

2500 words is the norm for the award of one credit;

oral tests;

(c)

(d)

practical projccts

(e)

combinatiOfls of twO Of more o f the alxwe

an y other form of assessmen t as appro\'ed by the Boam of Studies.

(I)

Students taking an assessmenllesl shall be liable 10 disciplinary action if by

.my means lhey oblain or seck 10 obtain unfair advantage in the Ics\. Improper condUCt

includes

(a) copying or attem pting to copy from unauthorised material or giving or

seeking to give assistance 10. or seeking 10 obtain or :x:cepting assistance from,

any other st udent durin g a specified ti me set for a wriften tesl;

(b) being in possession of unauthorised material durin g a speci fied time

set for a writtcn test

(c) engagi ng in plagiarism - defined as the unacknowledged use as one's

own. of work of anothe r person. whether or not such work has been published;

(d) subm itting wort or pan thereof that has been submitted for the award

of another credil without the permission of the lect urer concerned .

When a st udent is al leged to have committed a breach of thesc regulations

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the case is examined by a Faculty Disciplinary Board composed of tile Dean , the Head

of Depanment eoncerned and the lecturer responsi ble for the test. When the Dean

happens to be also the Head of Depanment as well as the lecru rer responsi ble for the

test. another head ofDepanment is appointed by the Faculty Board so that the Foculty

Disciplinary Board shall not consist of less than two members.

2 A st udent who is accused of a breach of these regul ations has a ri ght to be

heard by the Faculty Disciplinary Board and to be ass isted by another student if fie so

chooses.

The Faculty Disciplinary Board shaJl have the power to

(a) cancel the result of th e test , with or without the possibility ora fe·sit; or

(b) refer the ease to the University Disciplinary Board for aClion to be

laken in tenns of University regu lations.

A student may appeal from adecision taken by the Faculty Disciplinary Board

10 the Uni versity Disciplinary Board by writing to the RegislTaf wilhin a period of not

more th an five worting da ys from when the decision of the Faculty Disci plinary Board

is communicated to him.