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University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 280 of 2022
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
University Postgraduate Awards (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
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 Postgraduate Awards
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and shall be read and construed as one with the
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, published as Legal Notice
371 of 2021, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
Applicability
These regulations shall apply from 1st September, 2022 onwards.
Amendment to regulation 66 of the principal regulations
For paragraph (5) of regulation 66 of the principal regulations there
shall be substituted the following
“(5) A Board of Examiners shall not allow a period longer than three months
for major corrections, in cases of borderline Dissertations verging on a fail, and
not longer than six months for resubmission of failed Dissertations, irrespective of
whether the student is registered on a full-time or a part-time basis, unless there are
valid reasons which shall be recorded in the report of the Board of Examiners.”
Amendment to regulation 73 of the principal regulations
In the English version, in paragraph (2) of regulation 73 of the principal
regulations, the words “and unless the Bye-Laws for the course do not provide for the
granting of an award in a specified area” shall be replaced by “and unless the Bye-
Laws for the course provide for the granting of an award in a specified area”.
B
The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of
regulation 73 of the principal regulations
“(3) Students who partially completed degree programmes prior to October
2021 and who satisfy this regulation, shall have the right to request to be awarded the
Postgraduate Certificate in General Studies or the Postgraduate Diploma in General
Studies, as applicable, ex gratia, provided that these awards shall not be granted
retroactively.”
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