(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 496)
The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Board of Graduate Studies and the Management Board of the Institute of Continuing Education, they have approved amendment of the general regulations for the degree of Master of Studies as set out below. The purpose of the amendment is to permit the same allowances to a candidate as under Regulation 12 of the general regulations for Graduate Students (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 405). The regulations have been amended, with effect from 1 October 2005, by adding the following new Regulation 17 and renumbering the current Regulations 17 and 18 as 18 and 19 respectively:
17. If the Tutor of a candidate for the degree supplies the Board of Graduate Studies with satisfactory evidence that the candidate has been hindered by illness or other grave cause in preparing for or taking the examination or any part of the examination for the degree, the Board shall have power, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the relevant regulations,
| either | (a) | to approve the candidate for the degree or other qualification without further examination, provided that no candidate shall be so approved unless the Degree Committee concerned judge him or her to have performed with credit in a substantial part of the examination, |
| or | (b) | to allow the candidate to be examined or re-examined under such conditions and at such time as may be determined by the Board after consultation with the Degree Committee concerned. |
The Secretary of the Board shall communicate any decision by the Board under this regulation to the Management Board of the Institute of Continuing Education