BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT - M.A. - UNDER THE AUSPICES

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.416

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF

ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT - M.A. - UNDER THE AUSPICES

OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

9th December, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 473 of 2011, as amended by Legal Notice 323 of 2015

79 of 2018 and 144 of 2022.

(1) The title of these bye-laws is the Bye-Laws for the

Degree of Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and

Man agem en t - M.A . - un de r th e a usp ices of t he Facu lt y of

Education.

(2)

In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty of Education;

"the course" means the programme of study leading to the degree

of Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Management -

M.A.;

"the Degree" means the Degree of Master of Arts in Educational

Leadership and Management - M.A.;

"the Postgraduate Diploma" means the Postgraduate Diploma in

Educational Leadership and Management - P.G. Dip.; and

"the Principal Regulations" means the General Regulations for

University Postgraduate Awards.

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in

February 2018 or later.

(1) Applicants may be registered as students on the course

if they are in possession of

(a) a degree in Education with at least Third Class

Honours from the University of Malta or a degree from

another university recognized as equivalent for the

purpose, together with a minimum of five years’

teaching experience; or

(b) any other degree with at least Third Class Honours or

Category III from the University of Malta or a degree

from another university recognized as equivalent for

the purpose together with a recognized teaching or

education qualification and a minimum of five years’

teaching experience; or

(c) a Master’s degree that qualified applicants for a

Teacher’s Warrant, together with a minimum of five

year’s teaching experience; or

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(d) any other recognised teaching qualification together

with at least five years’ teaching experience.

(2) Applicants in possession of the Postgraduate Diploma in

Educational Leadership may be allowed to join Part Two of the

course, if they have completed successfully this Postgraduate

Diploma with a minimum average mark of 65%.

(3) The Board shall recommend to Senate the number of

applicants that may be allowed to register on the course, depending

on the availability of resources. The number of available places

shall be announced at the time of the call for applications.

(4) If the number of applicants exceeds the number of

available places, applicants shall be invited for an interview. The

criteria for the selection process are

(a) qualifications as identified in paragraph (1) of this

bye-law: 20%;

(b) professional aptitude and disposition: 20%;

(c) performance during the interview: 20%; and

(d) professional development profile: 40%.

(5) The interviewing board appointed by the Board shall be

composed of at least three members.

The course shall extend over three semesters of full-time

studies or the equivalent in part-time studies.

(1)

The programme of study shall consist of two parts,

namely

(a) Part One which shall comprise a number of taught

study-units to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned;

and

(b) Part Two consisting of research work and the writing

of a dissertation to which 30 ECTS credits are

assigned,

provided that subject to approval by the Board,

students may be allowed to replace the dissertation by

a project related to professional practice.

(2) Students who obtain the 60 ECTS credits assigned to the

taught study-units with an average mark of at least 50% and do not

proceed with the Course or having proceeded, do not successfully

complete Part Two of the Course, shall be eligible for the award of

the Postgraduate Diploma.

(3) In cases where students lack essential knowledge in the

area of research methodology, the Board may require students

admitted to the course to follow and pass supplementary study-unit/

s in the said area to which a maximum of 12 ECTS credits are

assigned in addition to the programme specified in paragraph (1) of

this bye-law.

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The programme of study shall be published after approval

by Senate, normally not less than eight months prior to the

commencement of the course.

(1) The assessment of each taught study-unit shall be

completed by the end of the semester in which the teaching of the

study-unit is held.

(2)

Students who in any academic year fail in the assessment o

f not more than 20 credits, if following the full-time course, or

not more than 10 credits if following the part-time course, shall be

given the opportunity to re-sit the failed assessments during the

September supplementary examination session.

(3) Students who fail in more than the number of credits

permitted under paragraph (2) of this bye-law, or students who after

re-assessment fail to obtain credit for any study-unit, shall be

deemed to have failed the course.

(4)

Repealed by Legal Notice 144 of 2022.

(1)Students shall be required to submit an individual

dissertation of approximately 25,000 words, or a project related to

professional practice, in accordance with the guidelines issued by

the Board.

(2) Work on the dissertation or project shall commence during

the third semester of the Course. Each student shall be assigned a

supervisor who shall provide guidance and advice on a regular

basis during the period of study.

(3) A provisional title for the dissertation or the theme of the

project and a research proposal shall be submitted to the Board for

approval by the end of the second semester.”

(1) Students shall be required to have regular contact with

their supervisor.

(2) Supervisors shall submit to the Board progress reports for

each student under their supervision at the end of each semester.

Such reports may include a recommendation to either (a) extend the

period of study in order to enable the student to complete the

dissertation or project; or (b) terminate studies prematurely if the

supervisor deems this to be proper in the circumstances, provided

that

(i)

the extension of the study period referred to in (a) shall

be in accordance with the provisions of the Principal

Regulations; and

(ii) the Board may not terminate studies prematurely

according to (b) until it has first given the student a

chance to defend his case.

The Final Weighted Average Mark for the purpose of the

classification of the Postgraduate Diploma and of the Degree shall

be based on the results obtained in all the components of the

programme of study, all credits being weighted equally.

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The provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall apply

mutatis mutandis to courses followed on a part-time basis, and

subject to such changes as may reasonably be deemed by the Board

as necessary due to the part-time nature of the course.