University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 317 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, 2008, published as Legal

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

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 May, 2014 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 7 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (b) of regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted by the following

“(b) a Professional Master’s degree obtained on successful completion of a

Programme of Study that builds upon a first cycle degree in the same area of study and

intended to develop further profession-related skills and knowledge, normally in an area

of specialisation, and usually designated as Master of (subject); and”

Amendment to regulation 24 of the principal regulations

Regulation 24 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as

regulation 24 (1).

The following paragraph (2) shall be added after paragraph (1) of

regulation 24 of the principal regulations

“(2) The University will not excuse students from missing lectures or other

teaching activities, and neither will it tolerate late submission of assignments or any

defaults in coursework due to work or unauthorised commitments. No rescheduling

of lecturing-related activities, examinations or vivas will be approved to accommodate

such commitments.”

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