The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Mathematics, has given permission for an amendment to Special Regulation 2(c) for the M.Phil. Degree in Computational Biology to lower the word limit of the laboratory project report from 18,000 to 15,000 words.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, has given permission for an amendment to Special Regulation (b) for the M.Phil. Degree by Advanced Study in Conservation Leadership so that the percentage of marks to be assessed by compulsory oral examination ('5%'), which was due to have been inserted in 1 October 2018, is no longer specified. The text to be inserted with effect from 1 October 2018 will now read as follows:
A proportion of the marks for this element of the assessment are by compulsory oral examination;
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, has agreed to add the following award to the Schedule of Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:
Certificate in Film Studies