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University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 128 of 2014
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014
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 Postgraduate Awards
(Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and shall be read and construed as one with the
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice
120 of 2008, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
Applicability
These regulations shall be applicable from 24 January, 2014 onwards.
Amendment to regulation 29 of the principal regulations
For regulation 29 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted
the following
“Re-assessment of Study-Units
(1) A failed taught study-unit may be re-assessed once only, under those
conditions as provided for in the bye-laws for the Postgraduate Course. If successful,
the maximum mark/grade that can be awarded shall be 45% / Grade E.
(2) In the case of taught elective study-units failed after re-assessment
only, the Board, after consultation with the head of department and/or the Board of
Studies, may allow students to register for alternative elective study-units from the
list of elective units in the students’ Programme of Study, to which a total of up to 10
ECTS credits are assigned. If successful in such units, the maximum mark/grade that
may be awarded is 45%/grade E.
(3) If a student fails in a dissertation, the maximum grade/mark that
can be awarded after reassessment shall be 50%/Grade D.
(4) Students shall not be allowed to be re-assessed for a study-unit if
they have already been awarded credit for it.
(5) Students who, after reassessment, fail to obtain credit for any study-
unit shall be required to withdraw from the Postgraduate Course.”
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