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No 6490

Wednesday 10 January 2018

Vol cxlviii No 14

pp. 268–305

Regulations for examinations

Economics Tripos, Part IIa

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 304)

With effect from 1 October 2018

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, has approved the following amendments to Part IIa of the regulations for this degree:

Regulation 16.

By inserting an additional paper:

Paper 9.           Historical perspectives on economic growth

Regulation 17.

By amending the wording of 17(b) to state:

(b)one or two papers chosen from among Papers 4–9.

Supplementary Regulations

Paper 9. Historical perspectives on economic growth

The paper aims to give students a basic knowledge and understanding of core debates concerning the history of economic growth and the empirical light shed on them by the historical growth experiences of specific economies. These will include, but are not restricted to, some of the following: (i) how agricultural productivity grows; (ii) different paths to industrialization; (iii) the contribution of the financial sector; (iv) the relationship between demographic and economic growth; (v) the role of education; (vi) the contribution of health and nutrition; (vii) links between growth and inequality; (viii) the role of politics.

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos: Correction

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 356)

The Notice regarding the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos published on 23 August 2017 (Reporter, 6476, 2016–17, p. 819) contained an error in the section on Regulation 18(c)(iii) for Candidates in Politics and International Relations. The original Notice omitted a paper option, and the sub-paragraph should have read as follows (additional text highlighted in bold; all original footnote numbering retained, but footnotes themselves not reprinted below):

Regulation 18(c).

(c) Candidates in Politics and International Relations

(iii)either one paper chosen from the following: [ARC8–3313, BAN2–9,]2 A14–18 from Part II of the Archaeology Tripos, SAN7–1315, SOC6–1516, Paper 5 or Paper 6 for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos, Paper 6 from Part II of the Historical Tripos, or a further paper chosen from POL621 and POL10–2020; or Paper 8 borrowed from Part II of the Economics Tripos.

Law Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 373)

With effect from 1 September 2018

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Law, gives notice that the regulations for the Law Tripos have been amended so as to increase clarity and transparency of what constitutes an ‘attempt’ at an examination. This amendment formalizes the existing policy and practice of the Faculty Board of Law.

By inserting a new Regulation 23 (and renumbering all subsequent regulations) so as to read:

23. The Faculty Board of Law shall establish a procedure for the review of the Board’s decision in respect of students who have applied exceptionally for an additional attempt at an examination designated as an Examination for Professional Exemption under Regulation 14. No person who applies for review under the procedure so established shall be entitled to apply also for review under the procedure for determining complaints by members of the University in statu pupillari established under the Regulation for complaints by students.

For the purposes of Regulation 23, a student has ‘attempted’ an examination designated as an Examination for Professional Exemption under Regulation 14 if, and only if, that student has either:

(a)Taken his or her place in the examination room and had sight of the examination paper (for the avoidance of doubt, such a candidate cannot subsequently withdraw his or her entry for the relevant Examination for Professional Exemption, even if he or she leaves the examination room); or

(b)Failed to withdraw, via email or oral communication to the Academic Secretary, his or her entry for the relevant Examination for Professional Exemption by the time that reading time begins.

Diplomas and Certificates open to non‑members of the University

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 590)

With effect from 1 September 2018

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, has approved the following amendments to the Schedule of Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:

Diplomas

Additional diplomas will be added as follows:

Institute of Continuing Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education

Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice

Advanced Diploma in Research in the Arts

Advanced Diploma in Research in the Sciences

Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in the Arts

Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in the Sciences

The Advanced Diplomas listed below will be closed to new applicants from 1 October 2017 and will be removed from the Schedule once all current students have completed the course.

Advanced Diploma in Archaeology

Advanced Diploma in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation

Advanced Diploma in English Literature

Advanced Diploma in Historic Environment

Advanced Diploma in History of Art

Advanced Diploma in International Development

Advanced Diploma in Local History

Advanced Diploma in Philosophy

Advanced Diploma in the Study of Religion

Certificates

The name of the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine will be changed to:

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research, Education, and Leadership