University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

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L.N. 472 of 2010

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5)

and 75(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University

of Malta has promulgated the following regulations made by the Senate of the

University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 75

and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the University Assessment (Amendment)

Regulations, 2010 and shall be read and construed as one with the University

Assessment Regulations, 2009, published as Legal Notice 274 of 2009, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

Regulation 4 shall be applicable from 17th September 2010 onwards.

Regulation 5 shall be applicable from 1 st October 2010 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 42 of the principal regulations

For regulation 42 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“42. The Assessment Disciplinary Board shall be composed of

the Rector or his delegate, as Chairman

the Registrar, as Vice-Chairman

an academic member appointed by Senate

the Head of the Department responsible for the Study-Unit concerned,

provided that when the Head of Department is also the principal examiner or

is involved in the revision of paper of the Study-Unit concerned, another

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member of the Department appointed by the Dean, shall be a member on the

Board, and

a student appointed from among the students’ representatives on Senate.”

Amendment to regulation 51 of the principal regulations

For regulation 51 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“51. If the examiner conducting the revision is of the opinion that there are

objective grounds for changing the result either upwards or downwards, the examiner

shall communicate the findings to the chairman of the Board of Examiners, who shall

convene a meeting of the Board of Examiners, including the examiner who conducted

the revision, to discuss the paper. The Board of Examiners shall follow mutatis

mutandis the procedures outlined in regulations 24 and 25. If the examiner’s

recommendation is to revise the marks downwards, the Board of Examiners shall only

agree to the recommendation if it results in a change of grade.”

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