Ordinamenti għall-Higher Diploma in Community Access for Disabled People

HIGHER DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR

DISABLED PEOPLE - H.Dip.. C.A.D.P. - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING

518SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.518

BYE-LAWS FOR THE HIGHER DIPLOMA IN

COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE -

H.Dip. C.A.D.P. - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE FACULTY FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING

21st August, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE 269 of 2015, as amended by Legal Notice 71 of 2016

132 of 2018 and 171 of 2021.

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

Higher Diploma in Community Access for Disabled People -

H.Dip. C.A.D.P. - under the auspices of the Faculty for Social

Wellbeing.

(2)

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

"the Board" means the Board of the Faculty for Social

Wellbeing;

"the Board of Studies" means the Board of Studies appointed by

Senate for the course, on the recommendation of the Board;

"the Certificate" means the Certificate in Community Access for

Disabled People - Cert. C.A.D.P.;

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

Diploma in Community Access for Disabled People - H.Dip.

C.A.D.P.;

"the Diploma" means the Diploma in Community Access for

Disabled People - Dip. C.A.D.P.; and

"the Higher Diploma" means the Higher Diploma in Community

Access for Disabled People.

These bye-laws shall be

applicable

for

courses

commencing in October 2021 or later.

(1) To be registered as regular students in the Course,

applicants shall satisfy the general requirements for admission as

specified in the Admission Regulations.

(2) Applicants applying for admission under paragraph (c) of

regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations shall be required to sit for an

English Proficiency Test (EPT). Successful applicants shall then be

called for an interview conducted by an interviewing board composed of

at least three persons appointed for the purpose. Applicants are required

to obtain a pass in both the English Proficiency Test (EPT) and the

interview.

(3) The University Admissions Board, on the advice of the Board,

may allow applicants in possession of additional qualifications and

relevant experience evaluated according to the University’s Recognition

of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy to be admitted to Year 2 of the Course

under those conditions as the Board may impose.

HIGHER DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY ACCESS FOR

DISABLED PEOPLE - H.Dip.. C.A.D.P. - UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING

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

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

on the availability of resources. The Board shall announce the

number of available places at the time of the call for applications.

(5) When the number of places is limited and the number of

eligible applicants exceeds the number of places available,

applicants will be selected, using the following criteria, with the

weighting of each being published at the time of the call for

applications

(a) academic and other qualifications;

(b) experience in the area of the proposed study; and

(c) performance during the interview.

(6) For the purpose of selection, applicants who fully satisfy

the entry requirements by 31st August preceding the

commencement of the course shall be considered first.

The course shall extend over a period of three years of

part-time study.

(1) The course shall consist of a number of taught study-

units to which 90 ECTS credits shall be assigned.

(2) Students who successfully complete a prescribed set of

study-units totalling 30 ECTS credits and opt not to proceed with

the course, or having proceeded do not successfully complete the

course, shall be entitled to the Certificate.

(3) Students who successfully complete a prescribed set of

study-units totalling 60 ECTS credits and opt not to proceed with

the course, or having proceeded do not successfully complete the

course, shall be entitled to the Diploma.

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 overall evaluation of each student’s performance

in the Course for the purpose of the classification of the Diploma

and the Higher Diploma shall be based on the results obtained, all

credits awarded being weighted equally.

(2) The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Diploma and the Higher Diploma shall be published in a list in

alphabetical order classified as follows

Pass with Distinction

Pass with Merit

Pass.