under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

L.N. 317 of 2015

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP.327)

Bye-Laws of 2015 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2009 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the

Degree of Master of Education

under the auspices of the Faculty of Education

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 Education 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 2015 to amend the Bye-

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

Awards, 2008 for the Degree of Master of Education -M.Ed.- , 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 Education

under the auspices of the Faculty of Education, published as Legal Notice 75 of 2009,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2015 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 1 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (2) of bye-law 1 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Education;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the degree of Master

of Education – M.Ed;

“the Degree” means the degree of Master of Education – M.Ed.;

“the Postgraduate Diploma” means the Postgraduate Diploma in Education –

P.G.Dip. Ed.;

“the Principal Regulations” means the General Regulations for University

Postgraduate Awards, 2008.”

Amendment to bye-law 17 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 17 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“Classification of the Awards

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of the classification

of the Postgraduate Diploma and the Degree shall be based on the results obtained

in all the components of the programme of study, all credits being weighted equally,

provided that the dissertation for mainly by research programmes shall be weighted

by a factor of 1.5.”

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