under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

L.N. 314 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2014 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2009 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008

for the Degree of Master of Arts – M.A. –

under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

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 bye-laws made by the Board of the Faculty of Arts in

virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 81 (1) (c) of the said Act and which

have been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required by article

81 (2) of the said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2014 to amend the Bye-

Laws of 2009 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards,

2008 for the Degree of Master of Arts – M.A. – and shall be read and construed as

one with the Bye-Laws of 2009 in terms of the General Regulations for University

Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the Degree of Master of Arts – M.A. – under the

auspices of the Faculty of Arts, published as Legal Notice 65 of 2009, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall apply to courses commencing in October 2014 or

later.

Amendment to bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (3) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(3) Applicants for the course in English Language or for the course in

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) who are not in possession

of an undergraduate degree in English or in a closely related area, but who hold a

DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) or Dip.TESOL (Diploma

in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification, may be eligible to

follow this course. All applicants shall be required to demonstrate, through appropriate

certification and references, that they have undertaken at least 2000 hours of teaching

English as a Foreign Language. Admission to these areas of studies would be subject

to satisfactory performance at interview.”

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