Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2005-06, by comparison with those examinations in 2005, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of English give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2006, the form of the examination for the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos and for the Preliminary Examination for Part I will be changed as follows:
Candidates will be required to answer questions 1, 2, and two others.
Question 1 (the three seen passages) will now be worth 30% of the paper (each passage 10%), question 2 (the unseen) will be worth 20%, and the remaining two (essay) questions 25% each.
Candidates will be required to answer Question 1 and three others.
There will be no change in the balance of marks between the four questions answered by candidates. Each short answer in Question 1 will therefore be worth 8.3% of the paper.
Candidates will be required to answer four questions.
Candidates will be required to answer question 1, and two others.
Question 1 will now be worth 50% of the paper (each passage 25%), and the remaining two questions 25% each.