Regulation changes 2015/16

Changes to Examination Regulations published in the Gazette during academic year 2015/16

The files containing individual changes have been consolidated into a single file for each board/combined board. Within each file the regulation changes are in the following order:

  • chronological, then
  • academic precedence, then
  • alphabetical

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Combined file of Education Committee regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 11 12 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations
  • 2016 01 28 General Regulations for the Degree of BPhil or MPhil
  • 2016 05 26 General regulations governing research degrees
  • 2016 06 02 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations (i)
  • 2016 06 02 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations (ii)
  • 2016 06 02 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations (iii)
  • 2016 06 23 General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination (i)
  • 2016 06 23 General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination (ii)
  • 2016 06 23 Regulations concerning the status of Graduate Taught Students
  • 2016 06 23 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations
  • 2016 07 07 General Regulations for Degree of BPhil or MPhil
  • 2016 07 07 General Regulations for Degree of MSc by Coursework
  • 2016 07 07 General Regulations for Degree of MSt
  • 2016 07 07 General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination

Combined file of Continuing Education Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 10 01 Research Degrees in Continuing Education
  • 2015 10 15 MSt in Historical Studies
  • 2016 01 14 UG Adv Dip in Data and System Analysis
  • 2016 01 28 MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • 2016 01 28 PGDip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • 2016 01 28 PGCert in Cognitive Behavioural Studies
  • 2016 01 28 PGCert in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • 2016 01 28 PGCert in Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • 2016 02 11 PGCert of Higher Education
  • 2016 04 28 MSc in Applied Landscape Archaeology
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Creative Writing
  • 2016 04 28 PGCert in Historical Studies
  • 2016 04 28 Cert of Higher Education
  • 2016 05 26 MSt in International Human Rights Law
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Foundation Certificates
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Postgraduate Certificates
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Postgraduate Diplomas
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Undergraduate Advanced Diplomas
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Undergraduate Certificates
  • 2016 06 02 General Regulations for Undergraduate Diplomas
  • 2016 07 07 MSc in Microelectronics, Optoelectronics and Communications
  • 2016 07 07 Bachelor of Theology
  • 2016 07 07 PGDip in Microelectronics, Optoelectronics and Communications
  • 2016 07 07 UGDip in Theological Studies

Combined file of Humanities Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 10 01 FHS of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • 2015 10 01 FHS of Oriental Studies (Hebrew)
  • 2015 10 01 FHS of Oriental Studies (Jewish Studies)
  • 2015 10 01 MPhil in Oriental Studies (Islamic Art and Archaeology)
  • 2015 10 01 MPhil in Oriental Studies (Traditional East Asia)
  • 2015 10 01 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2015 10 01 MSt in Music
  • 2015 10 01 MFA
  • 2015 10 29 MSt in Theology
  • 2015 10 29 FHS in English and Modern Languages
  • 2015 10 29 FHS of History
  • 2015 10 29 Linguistics in all Honour Schools including Linguistics
  • 2015 10 29 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2015 10 29 Prelims in History
  • 2015 11 19 MPhil in Oriental Studies (Traditional East Asia)
  • 2015 11 19 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2015 12 10 FHS of European and Middle Eastern Languages
  • 2015 12 10 Prelims in Modern Languages
  • 2016 01 14 Prelims in Modern Languages
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Economic and Social History
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature (i)
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature (ii)
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature (iii)
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Greek and or Roman History
  • 2016 04 28 MPhil in Philosophical Theology
  • 2016 04 28 MSc in Economic and Social History
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Chinese Studies
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Greek and or Roman History
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Islamic Art and Archaeology
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Philosophical Theology
  • 2016 04 28 MSt in Slavonic Studies
  • 2016 04 28 MFA
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Classics and English (i)
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Classics and English (ii)
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Classics and Oriental Studies
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of English Language and Literature
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of European and Middle Eastern Languages
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of History of Art
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2016 04 28 Philosophy in all Honour Schools (i)
  • 2016 04 28 Philosophy in all Honour Schools (ii)
  • 2016 04 28 Prelims in History and Economics
  • 2016 05 05 FHS of Oriental Studies
  • 2016 06 16 MPhil in Greek and or Latin Languages and Literature
  • 2016 06 16 MPhil in Theology
  • 2016 06 16 MSt in English
  • 2016 06 16 MFA
  • 2016 06 16 FHS of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • 2016 06 16 FHS of English and Language and Literature
  • 2016 06 16 FHS of English and Modern Languages
  • 2016 06 16 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2016 06 16 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2016 06 16 PGDip in Theology
  • 2016 06 30 Research Degrees in Theology and Religion
  • 2016 06 30 MPhil in Eastern Christian Studies
  • 2016 06 30 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2016 06 30 MPhil in Theology
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Classics and Modern Languages
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Computer Science and Philosophy
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of History
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Mathematics and Philosophy
  • 2016 06 30 Philosophy in all Honour Schools including Philosophy
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • 2016 06 30 FHS of Physics and Philosophy
  • 2016 07 21 DPhil in Music
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Economic and Social History
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology
  • 2016 07 21 General regulations for the degree of Master of Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Ancient Philosophy (i)
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Ancient Philosophy (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in British and European History 1500-present
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Global and Imperial History
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Medieval History
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Medieval Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Modern Jewish Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Oriental Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Philosophy of Physics
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in US History
  • 2016 07 21 General Regulations for First and Second Public Examinations
  • 201 607 21 FHS of History
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Oriental Studies (Turkish with Islamic Art and Archaeology)
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Philosophy and Theology
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Theology and Oriental Studies
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Theology and Religion

Combined file of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 10 15 DPhil in Mathematics
  • 2016 03 10 FHS of Chemistry
  • 2016 03 10 FHS of Materials Science
  • 2016 03 10 FHS of Mathematics and Philosophy
  • 2016 03 10 Software Engineering Programme
  • 2016 03 10 Prelims in Biological Sciences
  • 2016 03 24 Research Degrees in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
  • 2016 04 21 MSc in Computer Science
  • 2016 04 21 MSc in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science
  • 2016 04 21 FHS of Engineering Science
  • 2016 06 30 MSc in Applied Statistics
  • 2016 06 30 PGDip in Applied Statistics
  • 2016 07 07 FHS of Engineering, Economics and Management
  • 2016 07 07 FHS of Engineering Science
  • 2016 07 07 FHS of Mathematics and Statistics (i)
  • 2016 07 07 FHS of Mathematics and Statistics (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Computer Science and Philosophy
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Computer Science
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Mathematics and Computer Science

Combined file of Medical Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 24 DPhil programmes in Medical Sciences Division & Doctoral Training Centre
  • 2015 09 24 DPhil in Experimental Psychology
  • 2015 09 24 MSc in Clinical Embryology
  • 2015 10 15 MSc in Clinical Embryology
  • 2015 10 15 MSc in Endovascular Neurosurgery (Interventional Neuroradiology)
  • 2015 10 15 MSc in Neuroscience
  • 2016 01 14 Prelims in Biomedical Sciences
  • 2016 04 21 First BM
  • 2016 04 21 Qualifying Examination in Principles of Clinical Anatomy
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Cell and Systems Biology (Part II)
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Medical Sciences
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Neuroscience (Part II)
  • 2016 05 05 Second BM in Clinical Medicine
  • 2016 06 02 FHS of Experimental Psychology Part I
  • 2016 06 02 FHS of Experimental Psychology Part II
  • 2016 06 02 FHS of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics Part I
  • 2016 06 02 FHS of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics Part II
  • 2016 06 09 FHS of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • 2016 06 16 MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
  • 2016 06 23 MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences
  • 2016 07 21 DPhils in Medical Sciences (i)
  • 2016 07 21 DPhils in Medical Sciences (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Clinical Embryology
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Global Health Science
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Medical Sciences
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Sleep Medicine
  • 2016 07 21 First Examination for Bachelor of Medicine
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Experimental Psychology
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Medical Sciences
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Biomedical Sciences
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Medicine
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Sleep Medicine

Combined file of Social Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2015 12 03 MSc in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2015 12 03 MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2016 01 14 Research Degrees in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
  • 2016 02 04 DPhil in Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MSc in Medical Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MSc in Social Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MSc in Visual. Material and Museum Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MPhil in Medical Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MPhil in Social Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
  • 2016 02 04 FHS of Economics and Management
  • 2016 02 04 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (i)
  • 2016 02 04 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (ii)
  • 2016 02 11 Doctoral Training Programme in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology
  • 2016 03 10 MSc in Migration Studies
  • 2016 04 21 Research Degrees in Anthropology
  • 2016 04 28 FHS of Economics and Management
  • 2016 05 05 MPhil in Economics
  • 2016 05 05 MPhil in Medical Anthropology
  • 2016 05 05 Master of Public Policy
  • 2016 06 09 MSc in Education
  • 2016 06 09 MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
  • 2016 06 09 MSc in Sociology
  • 2016 06 23 Research Degrees in Education
  • 2016 06 23 Research Degrees in Law
  • 2016 06 23 MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • 2016 06 23 MSc in Law and Finance
  • 2016 06 23 MSc in Taxation
  • 2016 06 23 MPhil in Development Studies
  • 2016 06 23 MPhil in Geography and the Environment
  • 2016 06 23 BCL MJur
  • 2016 06 23 FHS in Jurisprudence (Course 1)
  • 2016 06 23 FHS in Jurisprudence (Course 2)
  • 2016 06 23 FHS in PPE
  • 2016 06 23 PGDip in Intellectual Property Law and Practice
  • 2016 07 21 Regulations concerning the status of Graduate Taught Students
  • 2016 07 21 DPhil in Management Studies
  • 2016 07 21 DPhil in Politics and International Relations
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in African Studies
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Archaeological Science
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Financial Economics
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Major Programme Management (i)
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Major Programme Management (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Social Science of the Internet (full-time)
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Social Science of the Internet (pan-time)
  • 2016 07 21 MSc in Taxation
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in Archaeology
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in Classical Archaeology
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
  • 2016 07 21 MPhil in International Relations
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Archaeological Science
  • 2016 07 21 MSt in Archaeology
  • 2016 07 21 EMBA
  • 2016 07 21 MBA
  • 2016 07 21 MPP
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 2016 07 21 FHS of PPE
  • 2016 07 21 Prelims in Geography
  • 2016 07 21 PGCE
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Financial Strategy (i)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Financial Strategy (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Global Business (i)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Global Business (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Organisational Leadership (i)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Organisational Leadership (ii)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Strategy and Innovation (i)
  • 2016 07 21 PGDip in Strategy and Innovation(ii)
  • 2016 07 21 Professional GCE