University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

L.N. 297 of 2020

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

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, 2020 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 1 July, 2020 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 38 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (a)(i) of paragraph (1) of regulation 38 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(i) introduce or cause to be introduced into the examination venue, any

mobile phones, tablets, smart watches (including health and fitness watches/trackers),

programmable calculators, laptops or similar equipment, books, dictionaries, notes

or any other printed or written matter or any other form of recorded matter, any

blank paper or any blank, recording material, any pencil case or similar receptacle,

any electronic device for mathematical calculations or any electronic data processor

other than those which the examiners have expressly permitted to be taken into that

particular Examination and so indicated in the question paper rubric, and any means

of communication,

provided that students may be allowed by the invigilator to leave their personal

belongings, including coats and bags, in a place designated for this purpose at the

examination venue, and

provided that visiting students who are not registered on a Course leading to an award

of this University may request and be granted permission to use a bi-lingual, English

/ native language dictionary during an Examination; English only dictionaries shall

not be allowed;”

Amendment to regulation 44 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (4) of regulation 44 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(4) A record of any offence and the penalties imposed by the University

Assessment Disciplinary Board which involve one or more of the following

(a)

expulsion from the University;

(b)

forced withdrawal from a course;

(c)

withdrawal of a University award; or

(d)

suspension from the University for three years or more,

shall be kept by the University and shall be included in the student’s transcript of

academic record. Such information may be divulged to third parties upon a request

by such third parties, after the student’s consent has been obtained.”

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