Regulations for examinations

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ia

(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 373–77)

With immediate effect

The Faculty Board of Biology give notice that from 1 October 2012 the regulations for Part Ia of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos will be amended so to read:

18. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part Ia shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

Philosophy Tripos, Parts Ib and II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 412)

With immediate effect

Under Regulations 12 and 13 of the Regulations for the Philosophy Tripos, candidates may transfer into Parts Ib and II of the Tripos, having either previously obtained, or not previously obtained, honours in an Honours examination other than the Philosophy Tripos. Such candidates will in future be required to be examined in the same papers, and in the same number of papers, as candidates who have previously obtained honours in Parts Ia and Ib respectively of the Philosophy Tripos.

Regulation 5 (b).

By removing the current regulation and replacing it with the following so as to read:

(b) Subject to the provision of sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of this regulation, a candidate for Part Ib shall offer papers as follows:

either	Papers 1, 2, and 9 and two papers from Papers 3–7;
or	Papers 1, 2, and 8, and one paper from Papers 3–7.

The weighting of Paper 8, for those who offer it, shall be double that of other papers.

Regulation 7.

By removing the current regulation and replacing it with the following so as to read:

Except as provided in Regulation 8 below, a candidate for Part II shall offer papers as follows:

either	(i) four papers from among Papers 1–11 and the papers specified in the Schedule to these regulations, and (ii) a dissertation offered in accordance with Regulation 9
or	(i) four papers from among Papers 1–11 and the papers specified in the Schedule to these regulations, and (ii) Paper 12;

provided that a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part II of the Classical Tripos or Part IIb of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos shall not offer any paper that he or she offered in that examination.

The Faculty Board of Philosophy are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected by this change.