(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 356)
The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, they have agreed to suspend Modern Greek and Dutch, with effect from 1 October 2010 and 1 October 2011, respectively, as languages which applicants may choose on application to the University.
As a result, students may not apply in 2009 for admission in 2010 or 2011 to Part IA of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos with Modern Greek as one of their two main languages. Nor, for the foreseeable future, will they be able to apply for Modern Greek in subsequent years. The 2009 admissions round will be the last in which students may apply at Part IA with Dutch as one of their two main languages, though only for matriculation in October 2010, and not by deferred entry. Nor, for the foreseeable future, will they be able to apply for Dutch in subsequent years. Consequently, papers in Modern Greek and Dutch will gradually cease to be available to other current students of the University, in accordance with the above timetable (for example, Part IA Modern Greek papers will be available in 2009-10, but not thereafter, and Part IA Dutch papers available in 2010-11, but not thereafter). This should be noted in particular by candidates for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos who are considering a request to change one or both of their main Tripos languages, and by candidates for other Triposes looking to change to the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, or to offer only a one-year single Part of the Tripos, such as students who have completed Parts IA and IB of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos and who wish to take Part IA of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos in their third year.
As resources permit, however, both languages will still be offered as additional language options within the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos (as is the case with Catalan or Ukrainian for example).
The Faculty Board are satisfied that no current student's preparation for examinations will be adversely affected.