University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

L.N. 138 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

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 (3) and 79 (b) of the

said Act

Citation

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

Regulations, 2013 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

(1) Regulation 3 of these regulations shall be applicable from October 2012

onwards.

(2) Regulation 4 of these regulations shall be applicable from 18 th January,

2013 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 21 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 21 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

“21. (1) For a Master’s degree which comprises mainly taught study-units and

a dissertation of at least 30 credits where the number of students on the programme is

5 or more, Senate shall appoint External Examiners

(a) on a visiting basis to review both the taught component and the dissertation

study-unit; or

(b) on a non-visiting basis to review both the taught component and individual

dissertations.

(2) For a Master’s degree which comprises mainly taught study-units

and a dissertation of at least 30 credits where the number of students on the programme

is less than 5, External Examiners shall be appointed normally on a non-visiting

basis to review the taught component of the programme and to assess individual

dissertations.”

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 Dean of the Faculty offering the course on which the student is

registered, or his/her delegate, provided that these academics have not

been involved in the assessment of the student in the study-unit, and

a student or his alternate appointed from among the students’ representatives

on Senate, provided that any one case is considered by the same student

representative.”

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