Regulations for examinations

Economics Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 313)

With effect from 1 October 2014

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, have approved an amendment to the title of Paper 6 in Part IIafrom Mathematics for economists and statisticians to Mathematics and statistics for economists.

Law Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 368)

With effect from 1 October 2014

Regulation 15.

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Law, have approved an amendment to the last sentence in Regulation 15 so as to read:

Each paper shall be of three hours’ duration, except Papers 5 and 48. Paper 5 shall be assessed by extended essay. In Paper 48, the examination of each prescribed subject shall consist of a half-paper of two hours’ duration.

Examination in Criminological Research for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 522)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Law, have approved amendments to the scheme of the examination so as to include an additional form of assessment in the form of a presentation on the topic of the candidate’s thesis.

Regulation 1.

By renumbering 1(d) as 1(e) and inserting new 1(d) as follows:

and

(d)a presentation on the topic of the candidate’s thesis to be presented in the Lent Term preceding submission of the thesis;

Regulation 2.

By renumbering 1(c) as 1(d) and inserting new 1(c) as follows:

and

(c)a presentation on the topic of the candidate’s thesis to be presented in the Lent Term preceding submission of the thesis;

Examination in Criminology for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 523)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Law, have approved amendments to the scheme of the examination so as to include an additional form of assessment in the form of a presentation on the topic of the candidate’s thesis.

By renumbering paragraph (c) as (d) and inserting new (c) as follows:

and

(c)a presentation on the topic of the candidate’s thesis to be presented in the Lent Term preceding submission of the thesis;

Examination in Economic and Social History for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 525)

With effect from 1 October 2014

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of History, have approved an amendment to Regulation 1(a) so as to replace the text ‘an essay of not more than 3,000 words’ with ‘an essay of between 3,000 and 4,000 words’.