Examination Regulations

Changes to Examination Regulations this week

Planning and Resource Allocation Committee

Regulations on Financial Matters

(a) removal of provision for reduced DPhil fee liability for students who have completed an Oxford MPhil
(b) reorganisation of presentation of these regulations
(c) removal of reference to PGCert in Supervision of Applied Clinical Practice

Education Committee

Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations: Part 2 – Responsibilities of Supervisory Bodies
Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations: Part 3 – Examiners: Nominations and Appointments
Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations: Part 9 – Times for Holding Examinations and Entry of Names of Candidates

ancillary changes following closure of PGCert Supervision of Applied Psychological Practice and change in status of DClinPsych

General Regulations Governing Research Degrees (i)

revision so that in order for a PGR degree thesis to be considered as having been submitted during a particular term, it must be submitted at the latest on the Saturday (UK time) of the last week before the following Full Term (instead of Friday)

General Regulations Governing Research Degrees (ii)

clarification that suspension of status is not possible after research degree thesis submission

General Regulations Governing Research Degrees (iii)

to remove possibility of students transferring from a PGT course to a PGR programme without following admissions process and being considered against a gathered field

General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination (i)

ancillary changes following name change of BA in Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies to BA in Assyriology

General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination (ii)

(a) ancillary changes following name change of Faculty of Oriental Studies to Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
(b) introduction of specific named degrees in this faculty

General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination (iii)

(a) inclusion of new 4-year integrated Masters’ courses
(b) removal of binary gender references
(c) updates for clarity and for consistency with other regulations

Humanities Board

MSc in Digital Scholarship
MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation
MSt in Medieval Studies
MSt in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

change of days for coursework submissions

MPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics

addition to B(x) Special Subjects to include possibility of 2nd-years taking Methods Paper from MSc in Digital Scholarship

MSt in Classical Hebrew Studies

to allow students to take options assessed by coursework as well as those assessed by written examination

Research Degrees in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

to permit Integrated Theses

MPhil degrees in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Honour Schools in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

changes to assessments

FHS of English and Modern Languages

removal of potential ambiguity in regulations clarifying options open to joint school students

Prelims in Music

rearranging teaching of various components of a core part of the course

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board

Research Degrees and Doctoral Training Programmes in MPLS

(a) minor wording/format changes to make it clear which departments permit integrated thesis
(b) to include new successful doctoral training programmes following UKRI CDT bid process in 2023, and remove those no longer running with no registered students

MSc in Advanced Computer Science

(a) tidying up regulations
(b) amendment of clause relating to viva voce examination
(c) inclusion of dissertation submission date

FHS of Computer Science

(a) clarification that papers can only be offered for one of Part A, Part B or Part C
(b) confirmation of number of courses which can be taken from Schedule B2

FHS of Computer Science and Philosophy
FHS of Mathematics and Computer Science

clarification that papers can only be offered for one of Part A, Part B or Part C

FHS of Earth Sciences (i)

(a) removal of Interdisciplinary paper
(b) submission deadline for mapping/practical project moved from Thursday of week 0 to Tuesday of week 1 in Hilary term

FHS of Earth Sciences (ii)

clarification of project report requirements for Part B

FHS of Mathematics
FHS of Mathematics and Statistics

introduction of formalised decision point in 2nd year, when all students will actively decide to pursue either Mathematics or Mathematics & Statistics degree