(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 427)
The Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine have revised the list of approved equivalents for GCE A level and GCSE to take account of recent changes in examinations. As a result, paragraphs 1-4, and 6 of Schedule A to the regulations for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery have been amended as set out below. The Faculty Board also give notice that students on the Cambridge Graduate Course are no longer able to complete Part B of the premedical requirements (paragraph 6(b)) by obtaining the qualifications listed in Statutes and Ordinances, 2001, p. 439.
Paragraphs 1-4.
By replacing the text so as to read:
1. In this Schedule the Advanced level and AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level passes referred to are passes at those levels in a General Certificate of Education (GCE) issued by an awarding body approved by the relevant regulatory authority in England (QCA), Wales (ACCAC), and Northern Ireland (CCEA). The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) passes referred to are passes in that Certificate, at Grade A, B, or C, issued by an awarding body approved by the relevant regulatory authority in England (QCA), Wales (ACCAC), and Northern Ireland (CCEA).
2. For the purposes of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass at (Advanced) level:
| (a) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority National Course Advanced Higher examination at Grade A, B, C, or D; |
| (b) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority National Course Higher examination at Grade A, B, or C; |
| (c) | a pass at Grade 5 or above in a subject taken at the Higher level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme; |
| (d) | a pass in a General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced level within the Advanced Diploma of the Welsh Baccalaureate. |
3. For the purpose of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass at AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level:
| (a) | a pass at Level 5 or above in a subject taken at the Standard level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. |
4. For the purposes of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass in the GCSE:
| (a) | a pass at Ordinary level (Grade A, B, or C) in a General Certificate of Education issued by an examining body approved by the Department for Education and Skills; |
| (b) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority Standard Grade examination at Grade 1, 2, or 3; |
| (c) | a pass in the International GCSE at Grade A, B, or C; |
| (d) | a pass at Grade 5 or above in a subject taken at Standard level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. |
Paragraph 6.
By removing the reference to Advanced Supplementary level in 6(a), proviso 2, and by replacing references to Advanced Subsidiary level in 6(a), proviso 2 and in 6(b) by AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level.