General University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

L.N. 180 of 2001

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

General University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

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 General University Postgraduate

Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and shall be read and construed as one with

the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008, published as Legal

Notice 120 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 18 th February 2011 onwards.

Amendment of regulation 51 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (4) shall be added after paragraph (3) of regulation

51 of the principal regulations

“(4) A Principal Supervisor or co-supervisor shall not be related to a student by

consanguinity or by affinity to the third degree inclusive or have a dual relationship

with the student.”

Paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 51 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (5) and (6).

The following sub-paragraph (e) shall be added after sub-paragraph (d) of

paragraph (5) of regulation 51 of the principal regulations

“(e) the students are aware of the manner in which research results are reported

and that they understand the implications of plagiarism and other unbecoming academic

practices.”

Sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (5) of regulation 51 of the principal

regulations shall be renumbered as sub-paragraph (f).

The following paragraphs (7) and (8) shall be added after paragraph (6) of

regulation 51 of the principal regulations

“(7) Principal Supervisors and co-supervisors are not responsible for proof-

reading dissertations. Neither is it their responsibility to ensure that dissertations do not

contain plagiarised parts.

(8) If plagiarism is detected by a supervisor in drafts or in the final version of a

dissertation prior to formal submission, the Principal Supervisor shall use discretion as

to whether to reprimand the student and demand corrective action or to report the matter

to the Assessment Disciplinary Board, depending on the gravity of the offence.”

Amendment of regulation 53 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 53 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(2) Principal Supervisors shall signify in writing, on the appropriate form, that

they are aware that the student is submitting his/her dissertation for examination by the

Board of Examiners.”

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of regulation

53 of the principal regulations

“(3) The supervisory role of Principal Supervisors and co-supervisors shall cease

when the dissertation is submitted for examination. The role may be re-assumed, on the

advice of the Board of Examiners, in order to provide guidance to students whose

dissertation is referred back for significant correction pending final acceptance.”

Paragraph (3) regulation 53 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered

as paragraph (4).

Amendment of regulation 55 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of regulation

55 of the principal regulations

“(3) Principal Supervisors and co-supervisors shall not be members of the

Board of Examiners but the Principal Supervisor shall be invited to attend as an

observer during the oral examination. The Principal Supervisor may contribute if

invited to do so by the members of the Board of Examiners but must withdraw prior to

the final deliberations of the Board of Examiners. However, a Board may request

special permission from Senate to allow a Principal Supervisor to form part of a Board

of Examiners for justified reasons.”

Paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 55 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (4) and (5).

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