No 6379
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Vol cxlv No 23
pp. 420–425
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, have approved changes to the special regulations for the examination so as to rescind the pathway in East Asian Studies.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, have approved changes to the special regulations for the examination in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Research) so as to rescind the pathway in East Asian Studies.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Business and Management, approved Management Studies as a subject for advanced study for the degree of Master of Research, with effect from 1 October 2016. Special regulations for the examination have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Management Studies for the degree of Master of Research shall consist of:
(a)a thesis of not more than 16,000 words in length, including diagrams and footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices on projects approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management;
and
(b)six modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.
2. In publishing the list of modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more essays 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 essay or other exercise.
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 other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Business and Management and the Institute for Continuing Education, have approved Social Innovation as a subject for advanced study for the degree of Master of Studies, with effect from 1 October 2016. Special regulations for the examination have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Social Innovation for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
(a)two essays, each of no more than 5,000 words in length, and each on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management;
(b)an essay (a case study or business plan) of no more than 5,000 words in length on a topic approved by the Degree Committee;
(c)a research proposal and critical bibliography of no more than 4,000 words, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee;
(d)a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.
2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls, and on other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1.
3. The Examiners may recommend to the Degree Committee that it recommends the award of the Postgraduate Diploma to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed the requirements specified in Regulation 1(a)–(b), and to a candidate who has not completed, or fails to reach the required standard in, the thesis.