University Undergraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 44 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Awards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and shall be read and construed as one with the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, published as Legal

Notice 127 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable as from 1 November 2013

onwards.

Amendment to regulation 78 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 78 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

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

higher classification than that indicated to students whose Final Weighted Average

Mark is up to five marks less than the minimum for the category/class, 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 lower classification than that indicated in the above guidelines, 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 of the Faculty

responsible for the particular Course that shall minute the decision and the justification

for it. The student/s concerned may appeal to Senate against the decision within two

weeks of the publication of the final classification.”

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