(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 420)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Education, have agreed that until further notice the following Temporary Regulation be appended to the regulations for the Master of Education. The regulation takes into account the current strategic plans of the Faculty in developing a coherent set of postgraduate provision in the light of national developments.
15. Notwithstanding the provision of Regulation 4, the Faculty Board of Education shall have power to permit a candidate who has attained an appropriate standard of postgraduate study to follow a course of study leading to the award of the Master of Education extending over a period of one academical year.
The regulations have been amended (i) to change the deadline for the submission of applications to be a candidate for the M.Ed. Examination from 31 March to 30 June; (ii) to clarify the period of study for the examination; and (iii) to revise the word lengths of the dissertation and essays under Option B.
The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate's preparation will be adversely affected by this change.
Regulation 4.
By amending the first sentence so as to read:
A candidate for the M.Ed. Examination shall pursue in the University, under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Faculty Board of Education, a course of study which shall extend over a period of two academical years.
Regulation 9.
Option B
By amending the detail in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) so as to read:
| (i) | a thesis of between 15,000 and 20,000 words in length excluding footnotes, tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Faculty Board; |
| (ii) | two essays of at least 6,000 and not more than 6,500 words in length (or the equivalent thereof), on topics approved by the Faculty Board and falling within fields of study specified by the Board. |