No 6316
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Vol cxliii No 39
pp. 713–764
The General Board have approved a proposal from the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine to introduce a procedure for the conduct of appeals in the cases of trainee doctors in their first foundation year, who have been recommended for removal from their training programme.
The new appeal process includes: setting up a panel to hear an appeal as and when required; organizing and setting up a hearing; and conducting a hearing and recording the outcome. The procedure has been based closely on the style and wording of the revised Procedures to determine Fitness to Practise of Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students (p. 715), which provide a suitable template in this case. Where appropriate, details have been incorporated to mirror the requirements of existing deanery appeals mechanisms. However, overall, the Faculty of Clinical Medicine believes that there are advantages in terms of future flexibility, to the procedure being less, rather than more, prescriptive. The procedure states which body or individual is responsible for determining a process and for informing all relevant parties, but does not necessarily give full details of the process. This was felt to be appropriate given the desirable consonance of this procedure with national requirements, bodies, and guidance.
1. A holder of the degree of M.B.B.Chir. from the University who seeks full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and who satisfies the requirements of the Medical Act 1983 as to experience, may apply to the University for a Certificate of Experience under Section 10 of that Act following satisfactory completion of an approved Foundation Year Programme (F1 Programme) of placements in a formal employment setting. In these procedures, a doctor with a degree of M.B.B.Chir. from the University on an approved F1 Programme is referred to as a 'F1 doctor'.
2. The initial decision to provide a Certificate of Experience to a F1 doctor who holds a M.B.B.Chir. from the University, is taken, on behalf of the University, by Health Education East of England (HEEoE) which is the Local Education and Training Board (LETB) linked to the University. This decision is based on evidence, collated for the Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP), that the F1 doctor has completed the requirements of the Foundation Programme Curriculum for Foundation Year 1. This evidence is collated by the LETB (or equivalent body) linked to the F1 doctor's Foundation School.
3 . In these procedures, the LETB (or equivalent body) linked to the F1 doctor's Foundation School is referred to as 'the LETS'. The LETS makes a recommendation to HEEoE on whether the F1 doctor has completed the requirements of the Foundation Programme Curriculum for Foundation Year 1 (approved by the GMC). In any case in which the LETB recommends that the F1 doctor has not completed the requirements of the Foundation Programme Curriculum and that the F1 doctor be released from the Foundation Programme, HEEoE will decline to issue a Certificate of Experience and the F1 doctor may appeal to the University under these procedures.
4. Such appeals will normally only be heard after the initial period of F1 training has been extended by the LETS due to the F1 doctor concerned being unable to provide evidence of the acquisition of competences and performance in practice in accordance with the requirements of the Foundation Programme Curriculum.
5. Appeals with respect to a decision to extend the F1 year of training will normally be heard by the LETS.
6. A F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall be appointed to consider an appeal which is made by a F1 doctor in respect of a decision by the LETS to recommend the F1 doctor is released from the Foundation Programme (ARCP Outcome 4). A F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall be appointed by the Registrary, following consultation with the Director of Medical Education of the Clinical School of the University, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice of the appeal. The F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall comprise the Director of Medical Education of the Clinical School of the University as Chairman (or a nominated deputy) and a minimum of four other members, one of whom shall not be a GMC-registered medical practitioner.
7. The Secretary of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, or her or his nominated deputy, shall serve as Clerk to the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel.
8. No member of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall have had any material involvement or interest in respect of the individual case before the panel. All members of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall be required to make a declaration of interest in the case.
9. A F1 doctor may appeal on one or more of the following grounds:
(i)irregularity in the process followed by the LETS;
(ii)the coming to light of fresh evidence, which was not available and/or presented to the LETS for a good reason;
(iii)the recommendation of the LETS was manifestly unreasonable.
10. A notice of appeal shall be in writing and shall be received by the LETS within twenty-one days of the F1 doctor being notified of the decision.
11. The notice of appeal shall state the grounds on which the appeal is made. The F1 doctor shall not be entitled to rely, during the appeal, without the permission of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel, on any grounds other than those set out in the notice of appeal.
12. On receipt of the notice of appeal, the LETB shall inform the Registrary and the Director of Medical Education of the Clinical School of the University. The Registrary shall then appoint a F1 Doctor Appeal Panel to determine the appeal.
13. If the F1 doctor formally withdraws, in writing, from the F1 Programme at this stage, the LETB shall confirm the position in writing with the F1 doctor and shall inform the Registrary and the Director of Medical Education. The Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall write to the F1 doctor to confirm that no further action will be taken on the appeal.
14. The Chairman of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall determine the procedure to be adopted by the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel which shall normally include:
(a)informing the F1 doctor of the persons appointed to be members of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel;
(b)informing the F1 doctor and the LETB of the evidence required for consideration by the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel;
(c)informing the F1 doctor and the LETB of the names of any persons who may be asked to attend a F1 Doctor Appeal Panel hearing to give evidence and setting out the basis upon which the F1 doctor may call persons who may have information relevant to the case to give evidence either orally at the hearing or in writing;
(d)setting a timetable for the progress of the proceedings, including time limits for each step of the proceedings and making arrangements for any hearing.
15. The Clerk of the Appeal Panel shall inform the F1 doctor of the procedure to be followed and whether he or she is required to attend any appeal hearing.
16. If the F1 doctor has good cause to object to the membership of a F1 Doctor Appeal Panel, he or she shall provide grounds to the Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel in writing within seven days of being notified of the membership of the panel. The Registrary shall decide whether to replace that member of the panel and shall appoint an alternative member as considered appropriate. The Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall inform the F1 doctor accordingly. The decision of the Registrary shall be final.
17. The F1 doctor may choose to be accompanied by another person chosen by her or him. The F1 doctor shall, at least seven days in advance of any hearing, inform the Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel of the identity and contact details of any such person, her or his relationship to the F1 doctor (if any) and the capacity in which he or she is attending.
18. The hearing shall be held in private unless the Chairman of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel agrees to a request from the F1 doctor that the hearing be held in public.
19. The Chairman of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall determine the procedure for the conduct of any hearing. The Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall notify the F1 doctor and the members of the panel of the procedure to be followed.
20. The F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall consider its decision in private. The Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall be present throughout the hearing and throughout consideration by the panel of its decision.
21. The F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall normally make a decision on the day of the hearing. If this is not possible the panel shall reserve its decision for a later date to be notified to the parties. The decision of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall be by a simple majority and the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
22. The F1 Doctor Appeal Panel may confirm the original decision, or may substitute the previous decision with the recommendation of an alternative course of action in accordance with the options available under F1 Programme guidance.
23. As soon as possible, normally within seven days from the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel hearing, the Clerk of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel shall inform the F1 doctor in writing of the decision.
24. The decision of the F1 Doctor Appeal Panel is final and there is no further right of appeal within the University.
25. The Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine and the LETS shall make a record of the decision and any recommendations or actions to be taken.
26. The Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine shall send a copy of the record to the LETB, HEEoE, and the General Medical Council.
The General Board have approved a recommendation from the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography that the examination in the subject Environment, Society, and Development for the M.Phil. Degree be suspended for the academical years 2014–15 and 2015–16.
The General Board have approved a recommendation from the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography that the examination in the subject Environmental Science for the M.Phil. Degree be suspended for the academical years 2014–15 and 2015–16.
The General Board have approved a recommendation by the Board of Graduate Studies, with the concurrence of the Degree Committees concerned, that responsibility for the award of the Diploma in Economics (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 561), the Postgraduate Diplomas in Legal Studies and in International Law (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 563), and the Certificate of Postgraduate Study (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 567) be devolved to the Degree Committee concerned. This is analogous to the arrangements now in place for the M.Phil. Degree; and will apply to Graduate Students admitted from 1 October 2013. The revised regulations are set out below.
1. The Diploma in Economics shall be awarded to a member of the University, qualified under Regulation 2, who has diligently attended the course of instruction prescribed by the Faculty Board of Economics, and who has satisfied the Examiners in the examination for the Diploma as defined in the following regulations; provided that he or she has kept three terms. For the purpose of this regulation graduates of the University may count previous residence in statu pupillari.
2. A candidate for the Diploma must be admitted as a Graduate Student by the Board of Graduate Studies, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics. The Board shall assign to each candidate a date of commencement of candidature. Each candidate shall pursue in the University a course of study extending over one academical year under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Degree Committee, and shall comply with any special conditions that the Degree Committee and the Board may prescribe.
3. Every Supervisor shall send to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies reports on the work of each candidate under her or his charge, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 8 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation 11 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student, the Board of Graduate Studies, after consultation with the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics, shall have power to determine the payments to be made to Supervisors who are not University officers in respect of candidates for the Diploma.
5. No one shall be a candidate in the same year both for the Diploma in Economics and for another University examination, and no one shall be a candidate for the Diploma in Economics on more than one occasion.
6. The examination shall consist of three papers, as follows:
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Macroeconomics. |
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Econometrics. |
Not later than the end of the Easter Term each year the Degree Committee shall announce, for the examination to be held in the academical year next following, the form of examination for each of Papers 1 and 2, which shall be either (a) a written paper of three hours' duration, or (b) a written paper of three hours' duration together with the submission of an essay, of not more than 3,000 words1 in length, dealing with a single topic within the field of the paper. The examination for Paper 3 shall consist of a written paper of three hours' duration together with the submission of an account of an econometric project undertaken by the candidate.
7. The Degree Committee shall have power to issue supplementary regulations defining or limiting the scope of the papers, and to modify or alter such supplementary regulations as occasion may require.
8. The Degree Committee shall nominate such number of Examiners and Assessors as they shall deem sufficient and shall nominate one of the Examiners to be Chairman. The Chairman shall send a written report on each candidate's performance in the examination to the Secretary of the Degree Committee.
9. If the Degree Committee, after considering the report from the Chairman of Examiners, resolve that a candidate is entitled to a Diploma, their resolution to that effect shall be sent to the candidate and to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies. A candidate who in the opinion of the Degree Committee deserves special credit shall be entitled to a Diploma with distinction. The award of a Diploma shall be published by the Board of Graduate Studies.
10. If the Degree Committee are of the opinion that a candidate's performance in the examination is of insufficient merit to entitle her or him to the Diploma, their resolution to that effect shall be communicated to the candidate and to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies.
11. The Diploma shall be in the following form:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT .................................. having satisfied the preliminary conditions and having been admitted to the examination appointed by the University of Cambridge has been approved2
by the Examiners and has been awarded the Diploma in Economics.
12. While studying in the University for the Diploma a candidate shall pay the appropriate University Composition Fee for each term of such study.
1One A4 page consisting largely of statistics or symbols shall be regarded as the equivalent of 250 words.
2Insert with Distinction if the candidate deserves special credit.
This paper offers a basic grounding in microeconomic analysis with applications to economic problems. The aim of the paper is to develop the theoretical framework, and to provide an opportunity to apply principles to practical problems.
This paper deals with the analysis of economies treated as complete systems and is concerned with problems of fluctuations in economic activity, employment and unemployment, inflation, economic growth, international economics and the balance of payments, the aggregate distribution of income and wealth. The paper covers analytic methods and models which provide a framework for the analysis of macroeconomic problems.
This paper deals with the statistical analysis of microeconomic and macroeconomic data as a basis for empirical studies in economics. The paper assumes a background knowledge of statistical methods as a descriptive and summarizing device and an elementary knowledge of probability theory and statistical inference.
The examination for Paper 3 consists of a written examination of three hours' duration and the submission of an account of a project undertaken by the candidate. The written examination will contribute a weight of two- thirds, and the project a weight of one-third, towards the marks for this paper. In the written paper, candidates will be expected to answer questions on statistical and econometric methods and their applications. The project will be set by the Examiners and will enable candidates to apply their economic and statistical knowledge to an empirical problem.
1. A Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies, or a Postgraduate Diploma in International Law, may be awarded by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Law to a member of the University who has satisfied the requirements of the following regulations. For the purposes of this regulation graduates of the University may count previous residence in statu pupillari.
2. A candidate for the Diploma must be admitted as a Graduate Student, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee, by the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall assign to each candidate a date of commencement of candidature.
3. A candidate for a Diploma shall pursue in the University either (i) a course of full-time study for at least consecutive three terms or (ii) a course of part-time study for at least six consecutive terms. Every candidate, whether studying in Cambridge or elsewhere, shall be placed under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Degree Committee and shall be subject to any special conditions that the Committee may prescribe in her or his case.
4. Every Supervisor shall send to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies reports on the work of each candidate under her or his charge, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 8 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
5. The exercise for the Diploma shall be a thesis on a subject, approved by the Degree Committee, which falls within the field of Law or of International Law. The thesis, which shall not without the leave of the Degree Committee exceed 30,000 words in length, including footnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliography, must afford evidence of serious study by the candidate and of ability to discuss a difficult problem critically.
6. Each candidate shall submit two copies of her or his thesis in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board of Graduate Studies (i) not earlier than the end of the second term, nor later than the end of the fifth term (for a full-time student) or (ii) not earlier than the end of the fifth term, nor later than the eighth term (for a part-time student), after the term in which her or his candidature commenced, provided that the Degree Committee may allow a candidate to submit it at a later date. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the thesis is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
7. Each thesis shall be referred to two Examiners, appointed by the Degree Committee, who may, at their discretion, examine the candidate orally on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The Degree Committee in exceptional circumstances may permit the Examiners to conduct the oral examination by video-conference or other remote means. Each Examiner shall submit a separate report to the Degree Committee on the candidate's thesis, and the Examiners shall submit a joint report on the candidate's performance in the oral examination if such is held.
8. If the Degree Committee require a further opinion or opinions on the merits of a candidate's thesis, they may appoint additional Examiners, provided that not more than one additional Examiner may be appointed without the leave of the Board of Graduate Studies.
9. The Degree Committee, after considering the reports of the Examiners, shall resolve whether or not the candidate is entitled to be awarded a Diploma, and shall inform the candidate and the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies accordingly. The award of a Diploma shall be published by the Board of Graduate Studies. The Degree Committee may allow an unsuccessful candidate to resubmit her or his thesis within a time limit fixed by them, which will normally not extend beyond the end of the term next following that in which the candidate is notified of the Degree Committee's decision to allow resubmission. The Degree Committee shall inform the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies of any such allowance.
10. A Postgraduate Diploma shall be in the following form, the subject being specified as 'Legal Studies' or 'International Law'.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ...................................... having satisfied the preliminary conditions and having presented a thesis approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Law has been awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies (International Law).
11. While studying for the Diploma a candidate shall pay a University Composition Fee as prescribed in Regulation 11 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
12. Payment of a fee to a Supervisor who is not a University officer (other than an Associate Lecturer who receives no stipend from the University) shall be as prescribed in the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
1. Certificates of Postgraduate Study shall be awarded for advanced study and training in research. A subject of such study, and the special regulations for each subject, shall be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other body concerned after consultation with the appropriate Degree Committee, who shall satisfy themselves that candidates for the Certificate who may wish to become candidates for the degree of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt. will receive sufficient training in research to justify the granting of leave to count a whole or some part of the period of candidature for the Certificate towards a full-time or a part-time course of research for one of these degrees.
2. The full-time course of instruction for the Certificate shall normally extend over three consecutive terms and the part-time course of instruction shall normally extend over six consecutive terms. The Board of Graduate Studies, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee concerned, may agree that, for some specified courses, the full-time course of instruction may extend beyond three terms. The Board may also permit a candidate in exceptional circumstances to spend up to two years from the date of commencement of candidature in study for the Certificate.
3. A candidate for the Certificate must have been granted admission as a Graduate Student, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee concerned, by the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall assign a date of commencement of candidature. A candidate for the Certificate must also
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if a member of the University, have completed the examination and residence requirements for the B.A. Degree; |
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if not a member of the University, produce such evidence of fitness to study for the Certificate as may be approved by the Degree Committee concerned. |
Each application for admission to the status of Graduate Student must contain a statement of the course of study which the applicant desires to pursue and a statement of qualification, attainments, and previous study, and shall be sent to the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall forward it to the Degree Committee concerned.
4. A candidate shall study for the Certificate in Cambridge, or such other place as the Board and the Degree Committee concerned shall determine, under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Degree Committee concerned, and under any special conditions that the Committee may lay down in his or her case. All appointments of Supervisors shall be communicated by the Degree Committee to the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall be competent to make representations to the Committee about any particular appointment.
Every Supervisor shall send to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies reports on the work of each candidate under her or his charge, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 8 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
5. Each candidate shall be required to submit a dissertation, unless otherwise prescribed in the Special Regulations for the subject for which he or she is registered, and to undertake an oral examination and to undergo such other forms of examination as are prescribed in the Special Regulations for that subject.
6. The names of candidates who are to be examined in written papers shall be sent by the Degree Committee to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies on or before 1 December next preceding the examination, together with a statement of the approved field of study in which each candidate is to be examined.
7. Each candidate shall propose, on the advice of her or his Supervisor, a title for a dissertation, and shall submit the proposal, not later than the end of the second term of candidature for full-time students or the third term of candidature for a part-time student, to the Board of Graduate Studies, in accordance with detailed arrangements specified by the Board, for approval by the Board on the recommendation of the Degree Committee concerned.
8. Each candidate shall submit two copies of her or his dissertation, in accordance with detailed arrangements specified by the Board of Graduate Studies, so as to arrive by a date which shall be determined by the Degree Committee, and which shall be not later than the last day of the student's third term of full-time candidature (fifth term of part-time candidature) unless the Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee, have allowed an extension of time under Regulation 2. Each candidate shall state generally in a preface to the dissertation and specifically in notes the sources from which information has been derived.
9. Each candidate's dissertation shall be referred to two Examiners appointed by the Degree Committee concerned.
10. The Examiners shall jointly examine the candidate orally upon the subject of her or his dissertation and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The Degree Committee in exceptional circumstances may permit the Examiners to conduct the oral examination by video-conference or other means. If the candidate is required in addition to satisfy the Examiners in a written examination, the arrangements for such an examination shall be made by the Degree Committee concerned, and the Examiners shall be the Examiners appointed to examine the dissertation. The Examiners shall report to the Degree Committee and shall at the same time return to them the two copies of the dissertation.
11. If the Degree Committee, after consideration of the Examiners' reports, approve the candidate's performance as of the requisite standard for the award of the Certificate, the Degree Committee shall communicate their resolution to that effect to the candidate and to the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies.
12. The awards of Certificates shall be published by the Board of Graduate Studies, but no publication shall be made of an award to a Graduate Student who has been given leave by the Board of Graduate Studies to count the period or any part of it during which he or she has been a candidate for the Certificate towards a course of research for the degree of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt. No such Graduate Student shall be entitled to receive the Certificate so long as he or she remains on the Register of Graduate Studies, nor subsequently if he or she should submit a dissertation for the degree of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt. Nothing in this regulation shall prevent a person who has been awarded the Certificate, and whose name has been removed from the Register of Graduate Students, from being restored to that register as a candidate for the degree of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt., and, if the Board of Graduate Studies think fit, from being granted leave to count the whole or some part of the period of candidature for the Certificate towards a course of research for one of the aforementioned degrees. No candidate shall be entitled to receive the Certificate unless he or she has attended the prescribed course of instruction.
13. The Certificate shall be in the following form:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ................................... having diligently attended a course of postgraduate instruction in1 ................................... and having been admitted to the examination appointed by the University of Cambridge has been approved by the Examiners and has been awarded the Certificate of Postgraduate Study in1 ...................................
14. Payment of a fee to a Supervisor who is not a University officer (other than an Associate Lecturer who receives no stipend from the University) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 14 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
15. While studying for the Certificate, a candidate shall pay a University Composition Fee as prescribed in Regulation 11 of the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.
16. A candidate who is not awarded a Certificate may not be a candidate again either in the same or in any other field, save as provided under Regulation 12.
1Insert the subject offered by the candidate (e.g. English, Natural Sciences (Biological Sciences)).