University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 43 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 1 November 2013 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 37 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 37 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

“(3) The Award Classification Board, at its own discretion, may award the

Postgraduate Award with a higher classification than that indicated in paragraph (1)

of this regulation to students whose Final Weighted Average Mark is up to three

marks less than the minimum for the classification, provided that all students who

obtain the same or a higher Final Weighted Average Mark within that category/class

shall be awarded the higher classification. In such cases, the Award Classification

Board is required to minute the decision and the justification for it.

(4) The Award Classification Board, at its own discretion, may also award

a Postgraduate Award with a lower classification than that indicated in paragraph

(1) of this regulation, provided that all students who obtain the same or a lower

Final Weighted Average Mark within that category/class shall be awarded the lower

classification. In such cases, the Award Classification Board is required to obtain the

authorisation of the Board that shall minute the decision and the justification for it.

The students concerned may appeal to Senate against the decision within 15 days of

the publication of the classification.”

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