Regulation changes 2017/18

Changes to Examination Regulations published in the Gazette during academic year 2017/18

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

The easiest way to navigate the individual files is to use the bookmarks or document outline; alternatively, text search will work within the file.

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Combined file of Planning and Resource Allocation Committee/Education Committee regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 Regulations on Financial Matters
  • 2018 07 19 Regulations on Financial Matters

Combined file of Education Committee regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations
  • 2017 09 28 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations
  • 2017 09 28 General Regulations for Foundation Certificates
  • 2017 09 28 General Regulations for Undergraduate Advanced Diplomas
  • 2017 09 28 General Regulations for Undergraduate Diplomas
  • 2017 09 28 General Regulations for Undergraduate Certificates
  • 2018 05 03 General Regulations for Higher Doctorates
  • 2018 05 03 Doctor of Divinity
  • 2018 05 03 Doctor of Letters and Doctor of Science
  • 2018 05 03 Higher Degrees in Music
  • 2018 05 03 Civil Law, Magister Juris and MPhil in Law
  • 2018 06 28 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations – Part 6
  • 2018 06 28 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations – Part 12
  • 2018 06 28 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations – Part 13
  • 2018 06 28 Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations – Part 17
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the Degree of MSc by Coursework
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the Degree of MSt
  • 2018 06 28 MTh (in Applied Theology) and PGDip in Applied Theology
  • 2018 06 28 MPP
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the Degree of MFA
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the Degree of BPhil or MPhil (i)
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the Degree of BPhil or MPhil (ii)
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for the First and Second Public Examination
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for Examinations for Diplomas and Certificates
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for PGDip (Continuing Education)
  • 2018 06 28 General Regulations for PGCert (Continuing Education)

Combined file of Education Committee/Medical Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Global Health Science
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology

Combined file of Education Committee/Social Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2018 07 19 General Regulations for Graduate Taught Students
  • 2018 07 19 General Regulations for MSt
  • 2018 07 19 General Regulations for BPhil or MPhil

Combined file of Continuing Education Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 10 05 MSt in Psychodynamic Practice
  • 2017 10 05 Foundation Certificate in History
  • 2018 05 17 MSc in Sustainable Urban Development
  • 2018 05 17 MSt in Creative Writing (i)
  • 2018 05 17 MSt in Creative Writing (ii)
  • 2018 05 17 PGDip in Sustainable Urban Development
  • 2018 05 17 PGCert in Architectural History
  • 2018 06 28 PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Diplomatic Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Practical Ethics
  • 2018 07 19 BTh
  • 2018 07 19 PGDip in Practical Ethics
  • 2018 07 19 PGCert in Practical Ethics
  • 2018 07 19 UGDip in Theological Studies
  • 2018 07 19 UGCert in Theological Studies

Combined file of Continuing Education Board/Medical Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2018 05 31 PGCert in Patient Safety
  • 2018 06 14 PGDip in Health Research
  • 2018 06 14 PGCert in Health Research
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Surgical Science and Practice
  • 2018 07 19 PGDip in Surgical Science and Practice
  • 2018 07 19 PGCert in Surgical Science and Practice

Combined file of Humanities Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2017 09 21 MSt in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2017 09 21 FHS in Classics and Modern Languages
  • 2017 09 21 Prelims in Ancient and Modern History
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in English Studies (Medieval Period)
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Theology
  • 2017 09 28 MFA
  • 2017 09 28 FHS of English Language and Literature
  • 2017 09 28 FHS of Oriental Studies
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Computer Science and Philosophy
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Mathematics and Philosophy
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Philosophy and Theology
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • 2017 10 19 FHS of Physics and Philosophy
  • 2017 10 19 Philosophy in all Honour Schools including Philosophy
  • 2017 12 07 MSt in Global and Imperial History
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Classics and English
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Classics and Modern Languages
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Classics and Oriental Studies
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of History and English
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Modern Languages and Linguistics
  • 2017 12 07 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2017 12 07 Prelims in Modern Languages
  • 2017 12 07 Cert and Dipl in Theological and Pastoral Studies
  • 2017 12 07 Cert in Theology and Cert for Theology Graduates
  • 2018 04 19 BPhil
  • 2018 04 19 MA of Studies in Music
  • 2018 04 19 FHS of Ancient and Modern History
  • 2018 04 19 FHS of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • 2018 04 19 FHS of Classics and Oriental Studies
  • 2018 04 19 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2018 05 24 MPhil in Music
  • 2018 05 24 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2018 05 24 MPhil in Philosophical Theology
  • 2018 05 24 MPhil in Theology
  • 2018 05 24 MSt in Global and Imperial History
  • 2018 05 24 MSt in Music (i)
  • 2018 05 24 MSt in Music (ii)
  • 2018 05 24 MSt in Music (iii)
  • 2018 05 24 MSt in Study of Religions
  • 2018 05 24 FHS of English and Modern Languages
  • 2018 06 21 Research Degrees in Music
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Jewish Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MSt in Women's Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MTh and PGDip in Applied Theology
  • 2018 06 21 MFA
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Classics and Oriental Studies
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of History of Art
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Literae Humaniores
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Religion and Oriental Studies
  • 2018 06 21 Honour Mods in Classics
  • 2018 06 21 Prelims in History of Art
  • 2018 06 21 Prelims in Religion and Oriental Studies
  • 2018 06 28 Research Degrees in History
  • 2018 06 28 MSt in Film Aesthetics
  • 2018 06 28 FHS of History and Economics
  • 2018 06 28 FHS of Modern Languages and Linguistics
  • 2018 06 28 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2018 06 28 FHS of Theology and Oriental Studies
  • 2018 06 28 Honour Mods in Classics
  • 2018 06 28 Prelims in Ancient and Modern History
  • 2018 07 05 Research Degrees in Music
  • 2018 07 05 MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation
  • 2018 07 05 MSt in Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 MSt in Slavonic Studies
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of History and English
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of History
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Philosophy and Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in English and Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in European and Middle Eastern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in History and Modern Languages (i)
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in History and Modern Languages (ii)
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in History
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in Philosophy and Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 19 Research Degrees for the Ruskin School of Art
  • 2018 07 19 Research Degrees in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
  • 2018 07 19 Research Degrees in the Humanities Division
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Economic and Social History
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Modern Middle Eastern Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in British and European History, from 1500 to the present
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Economic and Social History
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in History
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Modern British and European History
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Oriental Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Philosophical Theology
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Theology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Ancient Philosophy
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in British and European History, from 1500 to the present (full time)
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in British and European History, from 1500 to the present (part time)
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Global and Imperial History
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in History (full time)
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in History (part time)
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Medieval History
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Philosophical Theology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in study of Religions
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Theology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in US History
  • 2018 07 19 MTh and PGDip in Applied Theology
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Modern Languages
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Oriental Studies – Arabic
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Oriental Studies – Turkish
  • 2018 07 19 Philosophy in all Honour Schools including Philosophy

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

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 Software Engineering Programme
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science
  • 2017 09 21 FHS of Chemistry
  • 2017 11 30 Regulations for MPLS doctoral students
  • 2018 01 11 Research Degrees in Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division
  • 2018 03 08 FHS of Biological Sciences
  • 2018 03 08 FHS of Engineering Science
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Mathematics and Statistics
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Computer Science
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Mathematical and Computational Finance
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Computer Science and Philosophy, Part C
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Computer Science, Part C
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Engineering Science
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Mathematics and Computer Science, Part C
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Mathematics and Statistics
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Mathematics
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Physics

Combined file of Medical Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 Research Degrees in Medical Sciences
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Psychological Research
  • 2017 09 21 FHS of Experimental Psychology
  • 2017 09 21 FHS of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics (i)
  • 2017 09 21 FHS of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics (ii)
  • 2017 09 28 MSc in Radiation Biology
  • 2018 04 19 Prelims in Medicine (Part l)
  • 2018 04 19 Prelims in Medicine (Part 11)
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Clinical Embryology
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Cell and Systems Biology
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Medical Sciences
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Neuroscience
  • 2018 07 05 General Regulations for Degrees in Medicine and Surgery
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Cell and Systems Biology
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Medical Sciences
  • 2018 07 05 FHS of Neuroscience
  • 2018 07 05 Second Examination for BM (i)
  • 2018 07 05 Second Examination for BM (ii)
  • 2018 07 05 First Examination for BM
  • 2018 07 05 Prelims in Medicine
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Psychological Research
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Materials Science
  • 2018 07 19 Prelims in Materials Science

Combined file of Social Sciences Board regulation changes

Contents of file:

  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Environmental Change and Management
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Learning and Teaching
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Social Anthropology
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
  • 2017 09 21 MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Development Studies
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Environmental Change and Management
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
  • 2017 09 21 MPhil in Water Science, Policy and Management
  • 2017 09 21 FHS of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 2017 09 21 Prelims in Geography
  • 2017 09 21 PGDip in Financial Strategy
  • 2017 09 21 PGDip in Global Business
  • 2017 09 21 PGDip in Organisational Leadership
  • 2017 09 21 PGDip in Strategy and Innovation
  • 2017 09 28 MSc in Archaeological Science
  • 2017 09 28 MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MSc in Japanese Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MSc in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Archaeology
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Classical Archaeology
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Japanese Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2017 09 28 MSt in Archaeological Science
  • 2017 09 28 MSt in Archaeology
  • 2017 09 28 MSt in Classical Archaeology
  • 2017 10 05 Research Degrees in Anthropology
  • 2017 10 05 Research Degrees in Economics, Social Policy and Intervention, Sociology, and International Development
  • 2017 10 05 Research Degrees in the Oxford Internet Institute
  • 2017 10 19 MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2017 11 16 MPhil in Sociology and Demography
  • 2017 11 30 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • 2017 12 07 Research Degrees in Economics, Social Policy and Intervention, Sociology and International Development (i)
  • 2017 12 07 Research Degrees in Economics, Social Policy and Intervention, Sociology and International Development (ii)
  • 2017 12 07 Research Degrees in Economics
  • 2017 12 07 Research Degrees in Law
  • 2017 12 07 Regulations for Graduate Taught Students
  • 2017 12 07 General Regulations for MSc by Coursework
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Educational Assessment
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Latin American Studies
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Sociology part-time
  • 2017 12 07 MSc in Sociology
  • 2017 12 07 MPhil in Latin American Studies
  • 2017 12 07 MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2017 12 07 EMBA
  • 2017 12 07 PGDip in Financial Strategy
  • 2017 12 07 PGDip in Global Business
  • 2017 12 07 PGDip in Organisational Leadership
  • 2017 12 07 PGDip in Strategy and Innovation
  • 2018 01 11 MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy
  • 2018 02 15 MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in African Studies
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in Latin American Studies
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in Migration Studies
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2018 02 22 MSc in Social Science of the Internet
  • 2018 02 22 FHS of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 2018 03 15 MPhil in Development Studies
  • 2018 03 15 FHS of Human Sciences
  • 2018 03 22 PGDip in Organisational Leadership
  • 2018 05 03 Research Degrees in the Oxford Internet Institute
  • 2018 05 10 Research Degrees in Saїd Business School
  • 2018 04 19 MPhil in Economics
  • 2018 04 19 FHS of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 2018 05 17 DPhil in Archaeology
  • 2018 05 17 MSc in Education
  • 2018 05 24 MSc in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2018 05 24 MPhil in Comparative Social Policy
  • 2018 06 21 Research Degrees in Geography
  • 2018 06 21 Research Degrees in the Oxford Internet Institute
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Economics for Development
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Medical Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Migration Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Social Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Social Data Science
  • 2018 06 21 MSc in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Economics
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Medical Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Social Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 MPhil in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Human Sciences
  • 2018 06 21 FHS of Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • 2018 06 21 Prelims in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • 2018 06 21 Mods in Law
  • 2018 06 28 MPhil in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
  • 2018 06 28 MPhil in Environmental Change and Management
  • 2018 06 28 MPhil in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
  • 2018 06 28 MPhil in Water Science, Policy and Management
  • 2018 07 05 General Regulations for MSc by Coursework
  • 2018 07 05 General Regulations for PGDip in Education
  • 2018 07 05 MSc in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
  • 201807 05 MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies
  • 2018 07 05 PGDip in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
  • 2018 07 19 Research Degrees in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
  • 2018 07 19 DPhil in Management Studies
  • 2018 07 19 General Regulations for the Degree of MSc
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Environmental Change and Management
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Japanese Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Law and Finance
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Learning and Teaching
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Taxation
  • 2018 07 19 MSc in Teacher Education
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Archaeology
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Classical Archaeology
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Japanese Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Law and MPhil in Socio-Legal Research (i)
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Law and MPhil in Socio-Legal Research (ii)
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Law
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Archaeology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Classical Archaeology
  • 2018 07 19 MSt in Legal Research and Socio-Legal Research
  • 2018 07 19 MBA
  • 2018 07 19 BCL and MJur
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Geography
  • 2018 07 19 FHS of Jurisprudence
  • 2018 07 19 PGDip in Teacher Education