University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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L.N. 255 of 2015

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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 Assessment

(Amendment) Regulations, 2015 and shall be read and construed as one with the

University Assessment Regulations, 2009, published as Legal Notice 274 of 2009,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 27th March, 2015 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 40 of the principal regulations

For regulation 40 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

“40. When students are alleged to have committed a breach of any of the

provisions in regulation 39, a report shall be made in writing by the lecturer, an

administrator or an invigilator or other authorized person, to the Secretary of the

University Assessment Disciplinary Board, who shall refer such reports to this board.”

Amendment to regulation 41 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (1) of regulation 41 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted

“41. (1) When students are alleged to have committed a breach of any of the

provisions of regulation 39 (b) in work submitted for Study-Units to which less than

8 credits are assigned, the report shall be investigated by the Faculty Assessment

Disciplinary Board of the Faculty offering the study-unit, composed of the Dean of the

Faculty or his delegate, the Head of Department or his delegate and a student chosen

from among the students’ representatives on the Faculty Board. The academic who

reports the case shall not form part of the Faculty Assessment Disciplinary Board.”

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Amendment to regulation 44 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (3) of regulation 44 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted

“(3) The Assessment Disciplinary Board may apply a penalty as it deems

appropriate. Penalties may include any one or more the following

(a) oral or written reprimand;

(b) imposition of a fine not exceeding €150;

(c) reduction of the mark for the specific Assessment component down to,

and including, the mark of zero with or without the possibility of a reassessment. If

reassessment is allowed, students shall be eligible to not more than a mark of 45% in

that component;

(d) reduction of the overall mark for the Study-Unit down to and including

the mark of zero with or without the possibility of a reassessment. If reassessment is

allowed, students shall be eligible to not more than a mark of 45%;

(e) cancellation of all, or of a number of successfully completed Study-Units

taken during the same semester, with the cancelled Study-Units to be assessed as a

first sit at the next available opportunity when any mark not higher than the original

can be obtained;

(f) failure in the year as a whole with the possibility to repeat the year only if

eligible in terms of the regulations or bye-laws governing the Course;

(g) reduction in the classification of the degree;

(h) suspension of studies of up to one academic year; during the period of

suspension the student’s right to enter or remain on any property or premises of the

University may be limited or totally withheld;

(i) expulsion from the University; a student who has been expelled may only

be allowed readmission with the permission of Senate that can only be granted after

the lapse of three years from the date of the expulsion; and

(j) any one or more of the penalties listed above suspended for the duration of

the student’s studies at the University and conditional to the student not being found

guilty of a breach of these regulations a subsequent time.”

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