BYE-LAWS FOR THE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION FOR CULTURAL MEDIATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION FOR CULTURAL MEDIATION

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF

EDUCATION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.645

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION

FOR CULTURAL MEDIATION UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

17th January, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 14 of 2020, as amended by Legal Notices 246 of 2021

and 307 of 2022.

(1)

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws for

the Diploma in Education for Cultural Mediation under the auspices

of the Faculty of Education.

(2)

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

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Education;

“the Certificate” means the Certificate in Education for Cultural

Mediation;

“the Course” means the programme of study leading to the

Diploma in Education for Cultural Mediation;

“the Diploma” means the Diploma in Education for Cultural

Mediation; and

“the Principal Regulations” means the General Regulations for

University Undergraduate Awards, 2019.

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 Admissions Regulations of the University.

(2)

Applicants admitted as “Adult Learners” under paragraph

(c) of regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations must be in

possession of passes in English and Maltese proficiency tests as

approved by the Faculty. Applicants will be exempted from sitting for

the proficiency tests in English and Maltese if they are in possession of

a Secondary Education Certificate pass at Grade 5 or higher, or at

Intermediate Matriculation Level pass at Grade C or higher in the

respective subject. In the case of English, passes at the same standard

in comparable qualifications will also be accepted. Applicants who do

not fulfil the Maltese Language Proficiency requirement by the

beginning of the Course, may be allowed to enrol in the Course,

provided that they obtain a pass in Maltese Language Proficiency

before the end of the first semester of the Course, and prior to sitting

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for any assessment.

(3)

All applicants must have native or advanced speaker

competence in a third language other than Maltese or English.

(4)

All applicants shall be required to satisfy the Board,

through an interview, that they have reached the necessary aptitude

and disposition to follow the Course with profit. The interviewing

board appointed by the Board shall be composed of at least three

members.

(5)

All applicants shall be required to submit with their

application a letter written in English giving their motivation for

applying for the Course, together with a copy of their Curriculum

Vitae.

(6)

All applicants must prove that they have resided in Malta

for a minimum of three (3) years prior to the commencement of the

Course.

The Course shall extend over a period of four semesters of

part-time study.

The programme of study shall consist of a number of

study-units to which 60 ECTS credits shall be assigned.

The Board shall publish the programme of study drawn up

in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Principal

Regulations and approved by Senate. Subject to changes that the

Board may, with the approval of Senate, be constrained to make,

students are bound to follow the study-units and obtain the credits as

indicated in the programme of study.

Students who successfully complete a prescribed set of

study-units to which not less than 30 ECTS credits are assigned and

who either opt not to proceed with the Course, or having proceeded

do not successfully complete the Course shall be entitled for the

award of the Certificate.

Students shall be eligible for the award of the Diploma if

they obtain the 60 ECTS credits as outlined in the programme of

study for the Course.

(1)

The overall evaluation of each student’s

performance in the Course for the purpose of the classification of the

Diploma shall be based on the results obtained in the Course, all

credits being weighted equally.

(2)

The names of students who qualify for the award of the

Diploma shall be published in a list in alphabetical order classified as

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follows

Passed with Distinction

Passed with Merit

Passed.

(3)

The Certificate shall be awarded unclassified.