Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER VII
DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

The Ordinances contained in this Chapter are Ordinances of the General Board

In this section

Master of Education

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2007–08, p. 439)

Candidature.

1. A candidate for the M.Ed. Examination must be approved by the Faculty Board of Education, who shall assign to each candidate a date of commencement of candidature.

2. The Faculty Board 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 postgraduate work in Education.

3. Applications for approval under Regulation 2 shall be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than 31 March next preceding the date on which the applicant wishes his or her candidature to begin, provided that the Board shall have power to consider applications submitted after that date.

Conditions for pursuing course.

4. 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. The Faculty Board may allow a candidate to intermit his or her course for not more than six terms, 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 Head of the Department of Education is satisfied that the student has diligently attended the course.

Supervisor's reports.

5. Every Supervisor shall send to the Secretary of the Faculty Board at least once in each term a written report on the work of each student who is studying for the M.Ed. Examination under his or her direction.

Notice of subjects.

6. 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.

Supplementary regulations.

7. 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.

Examiners and Assessors.

8. The Faculty Board 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.

M.Ed. Examination.

9. The M.Ed. Examination shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of either Option A or Option B, as follows:

Option A

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 Faculty Board.

The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls, save that the Examiners may, at their discretion, waive the requirement for an oral examination.

Option B

The examination shall consist of:

  1. (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;
  2. (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 Faculty Board and falling within fields of study specified by the Board.

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.

10. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the Examiners may apply to the Faculty Board for permission to submit either a revised thesis or not more than one revised essay, provided that

  1. (a)such permission shall not be granted unless the Examiners have expressly so recommended;
  2. (b)if such permission is granted the revised work shall be submitted not later than the first day of the Full Michaelmas Term next but one following the original submission;
  3. (c)a candidate shall not be permitted to submit revised work under this regulation on more than one occasion.
Class-list.

11. The names of the candidates who have satisfied the Examiners shall be arranged in alphabetical order in a single class.

Fee.

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 Examiners in the M.Ed. Examination shall be entitled to proceed to the degree of M.Ed.

Relation to courses of research.

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., 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 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.