Regulations For Examinations

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:

Examination in Environmental Design in Architecture for the degree of Master of Philosophy

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 513)

With effect from 1 October 2009

The regulations have been amended to allow for greater flexibility in the undertaking of the placement required of candidates who choose Option B. The duration of the placement is also now limited to nine months.

Regulation 1.

Option B (two-year course)

By deleting from line 1 the words ‘at least’ and by inserting in line 2 after the words ‘in an architectural practice’ the words ‘or a similar alternative arrangement’.

Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Music

The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music to introduce a Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Music with effect from 1 October 2010. Special regulations for the examination have been approved as follows:

Music

1. Certificates of Postgraduate Study shall be awarded for advanced study and training in research in Music.

2. The study and training shall include:

(a)attendance at courses of seminars and classes approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music;

(b)research on a topic approved by the Degree Committee pursued under the guidance of a Supervisor appointed under Regulation 4 of the General Regulations;

(c)completion of the registration procedure prescribed by the Degree Committee.

3. The dissertation shall take the form of either a substantive essay on the topic approved under Regulation 2(b) or a specimen of written work having an evident and central relation to the larger dissertation which the student intends to submit in candidature for the M.Litt. or the Ph.D. Degree. A dissertation shall be of not more than 10,000 words in length, and shall have been composed wholly or largely in the period since the student’s admission as a Graduate Student.

Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University: Notice

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 568)

With effect from 1 October 2009

The General Board have approved the addition of the following awards to the Schedule to Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:

Certificates

Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership

Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

The Board have also approved the following special regulations:

Postgraduate Certificate In Sustainable Business

1. The Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business shall be administered by the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.

2. The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business shall be as follows:

(a)two essays (a case review and a strategy paper), each of not more than 3,000 words in length, and each on a topic approved by the Degree Committee,

(b)an essay (a group project) of not more than 7,000 words in length on a topic approved by the Degree Committee.