No 6276
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Vol cxlii No 41
pp. 862–894
The General Board give notice that, subject to the approval of Graces 3 and 4 (see pp. 886–7) and on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Education and with the concurrence of the Board of Graduate Studies, they have approved the addition of the Master of Education to those qualifications included in the General Regulations for Admission as a Graduate Student and in the Schedule of Examinations to which the Regulations for the Review of the Results of Examinations for Postgraduate Qualifications apply.
Amended regulations for the examination, applicable to students admitted from 1 October 2013 onwards, have been approved as follows:
1. The M.Ed. Degree (part-time course) shall be awarded for advanced study. A candidate for the M.Ed. Examination must be approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Education and the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall assign to each candidate a date of commencement of candidature.
2. Applications for admission as an M.Ed. Student shall be sent to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies.
3. The Board of Graduate Studies may approve as a candidate for the M.Ed. Examination any student who has satisfied the Board that by reason of previous study he or she is qualified to engage in graduate work in Education.
4. Applications for approval under Regulation 2 shall be sent to the Board of Graduate Studies so as to arrive not later than 30 June next preceding the date on which the applicant wishes her or his candidature to begin, provided that the Board shall have power to consider applications submitted after that date.
5. A candidate for the M.Ed. Degree (part-time course) shall be a registered Graduate Student who shall pursue in the University or similar institution approved by the Degree Committee concerned and by the Board of Graduate Studies a course of advanced study under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Degree Committee concerned and shall comply with any special conditions that the Degree Committee or the Board may lay down in a particular case. The course shall extend over two academical years; students are required to attend in all six terms of the year, beginning from the date announced by the Degree Committee for the start of lectures, classes, or other formal instruction.
6. The Board of Graduate Studies, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee, may allow a candidate to intermit her or his course for not more than six terms, except in exceptional circumstances, which terms shall not count for any purpose of these regulations. No student’s name shall appear on the list of successful candidates for the M.Ed. Examination unless the Degree Committee is satisfied that the student has diligently attended the course.
7. Every Supervisor shall send to the Degree Committee at least three times during the course a written report on the work of each student who is studying for the M.Ed. Examination under her or his direction.
8. The Faculty Board of Education shall announce not later than the end of the Easter Term each year the subjects to be covered in the course during the academical year next but one following; provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and if they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected.
9. The Faculty Board of Education shall have power to issue supplementary regulations determining the scope and manner of assessment of the examination, and shall be empowered to amend such supplementary regulations from time to time as they may think fit, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change.
10. The Degree Committee shall nominate for each academical year such number of Examiners and Assessors as they may deem sufficient, including a resident member of the Senate as Chairman of Examiners.
11. The M.Ed. Examination shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of either Option A or Option B, as follows:
The examination shall consist of a thesis, of not more than 30,000 words in length, excluding footnotes, tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.
The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.
The examination shall consist of:
(i)a thesis of not more than 20,000 words in length excluding footnotes, tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee;
(ii)two essays each of at least 6,000 and not more than 6,500 words in length (or the equivalent thereof), on topics approved by the Degree Committee.
The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and the essays, and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall, save that the Examiners may, at their discretion, waive the requirement for an oral examination.
12. While studying in the University for the M.Ed. Examination, a candidate shall pay the appropriate University Composition Fee for each term of such study.
13. A student who has satisfactorily completed the course and has satisfied the Degree Committee in the M.Ed. Examination shall be entitled to proceed to the degree of Master of Education.
14. A student who has taken the M.Ed. Examination, and who is subsequently admitted as a Graduate Student registered for the degree of Ph.D., Ed.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt., may be permitted to seek exemption from terms of research for that degree under the provisions of Regulation 1(a) of the regulations for those degrees.
15. Notwithstanding the provision of Regulation 4, the Degree Committee of Education and the Board of Graduate Studies 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.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, the General Board have approved Astronomy as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree as a full-time one-year course. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Astronomy for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, footnotes, bibliography, and appendices, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The thesis shall provide evidence to satisfy the Examiners that the candidate can design and carry out investigations, assess and interpret the results obtained, and place the work in the wider perspective of the subject.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, the General Board have approved Materials Science as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree as a full-time one-year course. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Materials Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, footnotes, bibliography, and appendices, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.
2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The thesis shall provide evidence to satisfy the Examiners that the candidate can design and carry out investigations, assess and interpret the results obtained, and place the work in the wider perspective of the subject.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering, the General Board have approved Ultra Precision as a subject for training in research for the M.Res. Degree as a one-year course. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Ultra Precision for the degree of Master of Research shall consist of:
(a)at least five modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering not later than the end of the Easter Term of the academical year preceding that in which the examination is to be held;
(b)two reports, each of not more than 10,000 words in length, including diagrams and footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices, on projects approved by the Degree Committee.
2. In publishing the list of modules and additional modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more pieces of course-work or other exercises, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any piece of course-work or other exercise. The Degree Committee shall have the power to give notice of additional optional modules not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term of the academical year of the examination.
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls, and on the other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1.
On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, the General Board, with the concurrence of the Faculty Board of English, the Degree Committee, and the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved Creative Writing as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.St. Degree. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Creative Writing for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
(a)four essays or compositions, up to 3,000 words each, on a topic to be approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of English;
(b)a thesis in the form of a portfolio of creative and critical writing on a subject and form approved by the Degree Committee, comprising a 3,000-word critical essay (including footnotes and appendices), and 12,000 to 15,000 words of creative prose. If the portfolio is comprised of poetry, an equivalent quantity of poems will be submitted, subject to consultation with the dissertation supervisor, plus a critical essay of 3,000 words, including footnotes and appendices.
2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination; such an oral examination may include questions relating to one or more of the other pieces of work submitted by the candidate under (a) and (b) above.