under the auspices of the Institute for Physical Education and Sport

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L.N. 276 of 2024

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2024 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the

Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in

Sport and Physical Activity - B.Sc. (Hons) SPA -

under the auspices of the Institute for Physical Education and Sport

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 Institute for Physical Education and

Sport in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article 5(b)(v) of the Statute for the

Institute, which have been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2024 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2016 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2019 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Sport and Physical

Activity - B.Sc. (Hons) SPA - and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws

of 2016 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards,

2019 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Sport and Physical Activity

- B.Sc. (Hons) SPA - under the auspices of the Institute for Physical Education and

Sport, published as Legal Notice 191 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

bye-laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2024 or later.

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

For bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“Course Duration

The Course shall extend over a period of three years of full-time study

or the equivalent in part-time study.”

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Amendment to bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws

4. For the title of bye-law 11 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“Provisions for Courses offered on Part-Time Basis”

Addition of bye-law 12 to the principal bye-laws

5. The following bye-law 12 shall be added after bye-law 11 of the principal

bye-laws

“12. The Course may be offered on a flexible part-time basis with the following

special provisions in terms of the provisions outlined in the General Regulations

for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 applicable with the necessary changes

needed (mutatis mutandis) owing to the part-time nature of the Course

(a) During each academic year, students shall be allowed to register for a

number of study-units as agreed with the Course Coordinator, to which not less than

12 ECTS credits are assigned, provided that registration for the study-units included

in the programme of study for each Course year (60 ECTS credits) is spread over not

more than three academic years;

(b) In order to progress regularly from one Course year to the next, the 60

ECTS credits of each Course year must be completed in not more than three academic

years;

(c) Students who are absent for the assessment of a study-unit, or fail in the

assessment of a study-unit, shall, if eligible, be required to take the assessment of any

number of such incomplete study-units at the September assessment session or at the

next available opportunity;

(d) If necessary, students may be allowed to refer the assessment of study-

units to the next academic year, provided that not more than 12 ECTS credits may be

referred from one Course year to the next;

(e) The assessment of study-units that may be referred to the next academic

year shall be considered as additional to the minimum number of credits (12 ECTS

credits) that students are obliged to register for during any academic year;

(f) Students who, after having registered for all the study-units comprising

the programme of a Course year, and after the September session lack more than 12

ECTS credits to complete the programme for the Course year, may be allowed, if

eligible and after academic advice, to refer them to the next academic year during

which they shall not be allowed to register for any other study-units. If such an

academic year is needed in addition to the maximum period of three years referred to

in (b) of this bye-law, it shall be considered as an additional year;

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(g) Students who, after having registered for all the study-units comprising

the programme of the final Course year, may, if necessary and if eligible, refer any

incomplete study-units to an additional academic year;

(h) An additional year, whether required in terms of paragraphs (f) or (g)

of this bye-law may be granted once only throughout the Course, unless in special

circumstances and with the approval of Senate;

(i) Students registered on the flexible part-time programme must obtain the

approval of the Course Coordinator before they are registered on the study-units they

wish to follow in any academic year;

(j) Subject to approval by the Board, students registered on the Course

may be allowed to change the mode of attendance from full-time to flexible part-

time or vice versa at the beginning of the second year of the regular programme of

study. Changes in mode of attendance in any subsequent year of the Course may be

considered by the Board, if the Course programme permits; and

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions in the General Regulations for University

Undergraduate Awards, 2019 owing to the nature of the Course when offered on

a flexible part-time basis that allows for a longer duration than normal, students

registered on such a flexible part-time Course programme shall not be entitled to ever

repeat a Course year in its entirety, nor to an extension year after each Course year.”

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