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REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS: NOTICE BY THE GENERAL BOARD

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:

English Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 291)

With immediate effect

The regulations have been amended to clarify the arrangements for the submission of the portfolio of essays and original compositions. The Faculty Board have confirmed that no student will be disadvantaged by these changes.

Regulation 17(b).

By amending the third sentence of the regulation so as to read:

At least one essay must make substantial reference to one of the core texts specified for that paper, and candidates are not allowed to submit more than one essay on the same core text. The portfolio as a whole should show substantial knowledge of two of the sub-periods specified for that paper.

Regulation 21.

By adding the following sentence to the end of the regulation:

Candidates will be required to declare that the original composition is their own work and that it does not contain material used to any substantial extent for a comparable academic purpose.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 26 November 2003
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