University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

L.N. 419 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

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 October 2013 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 12 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(2) The Board of Examiners shall be appointed by Senate on the

recommendation of the Board and shall be composed of the Head of the Department

academically responsible for the Study-Unit concerned as chairman, the external

examiner when one is appointed, and not less than two other examiners including the

lecturer or the Study-Unit Co-ordinator,

provided that for Boards of Examiners for dissertations and in cases where the Head

of Department is also responsible for the teaching of the Study-Unit, the Head of

Department may delegate the chairmanship, and

provided that in cases where supervisors are members of Board of Examiners, they

shall not be appointed chairmen.”

Amendment to regulation 19 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (1) of regulation 19 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“19. (1) In the case of Study-Units involving the writing of a dissertation

or similar, Senate shall appoint a Board of Examiners for each student. The Head of

the Department concerned or his delegate shall be appointed chairman of the Board

of Examiners, provided that if the Head of Department is also the supervisor he shall

not be appointed as chairman. The chairman shall ensure that appropriate assessment

criteria and procedures are used in the assessment of dissertations.”

Addition of regulation 56 to the principal regulations

The following regulation 56 shall be added after regulation 55 of the

principal regulations

“Material for Assessment

56. Any material, whether it is a dissertation, thesis, assignment, presentation,

examination script, project, report etc., which is written, prepared or produced by a

student for the purpose of assessment leading to the award of a certificate, diploma,

degree or any other certification issued by the University, shall be physically

maintained by the University,

provided that the University shall have discretionary powers to determine when one

or more such materials may be physically returned to the student.”

Regulations 56 to 65 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as

regulations 57 to 66.

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