under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

L.N. 23 of 2016

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2016 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2009 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2008 for the

Degree of Master of Arts – M.A. -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts

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 Arts 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 2016 to amend the

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

Awards, 2008 for the Degree of Master of Arts – M.A. - 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 Arts – M.A.

- under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts, published as Legal Notice 65 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 4 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (3) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(3) Applicants for the English Language stream of the MA in English who are

not in possession of an undergraduate degree in English or in a closely related area,

but who hold a DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) or Dip.

TESOL (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification,

may be eligible to follow this course. All applicants shall be required to demonstrate,

through appropriate certification and references, that they have undertaken at least

2000 hours of teaching English as a Foreign Language. Admission to this course

would be subject to satisfactory performance at interview.”

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