under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences

B

L.N. 220 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2018 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2011 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the

Diploma in Journalism - Dip. Journalism -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences

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 Media and Knowledge

Sciences 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 2018 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2011 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Diploma in Journalism - Dip. Journalism - and shall be read

and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2011 in terms of the General Regulations

for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Diploma in Journalism - Dip.

Journalism - under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences,

published as Legal Notice 392 of 2011, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall apply as from 1 May 2018 onwards.

Amendment to bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (1) of bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

subsituted by the following

“5. (1) The Course shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned,

including a long essay.”

Amendment to bye-law 6 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 6 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted by the

following

“6. Students shall be required to submit a Long Essay of not more than

seven thousand words, by not later than the final day of lectures of the last semester

of the Course.”

Deletion of bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws

Bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws shall be deleted.

Re-numbering of bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

Bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws shall be renumbered as bye-law 7.

Amendment to bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (2) of bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

subsituted by the following

The final result shall be based on the following weighting

Taught study-units - 80%

Long Essay - 20%.”

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