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No 6548

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Vol cxlix No 30

pp. 586–614

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 390)

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics gives notice of the following variable subjects for examination in 2019–20:

Part II

French

Fr. 7.

Topics in medieval studies (also serves as Paper 18 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos and as Paper 34 of Part II of the English Tripos):

Defining the human in medieval French literature and culture

Fr. 14.

A special topic in French studies (A):

Theatre: theory and practice, 1600 to the present

Fr. 15.

A special topic in French studies (B):

The Occitan erotic and troubadour discourse

Fr. 16.

A special topic in French studies (C):

Colonisation, empire and globalisation: technologies of space in French culture since 1700

German

Ge. 12.

A special period or subject in German literature, thought or history (i):

History and identity in Germany, 1750 to the present

Ge. 13.

A special period or subject in German literature, thought or history (ii):

Aspects of German-speaking Europe since 1945

Linguistics

Li. 17.

A subject in linguistics to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time:

This paper will not be available in 2019–20

Translational Biomedical Research for the M.Phil. Degree

Further to the Notice published on 27 September 2017 (Reporter, 6477, 2017–18, p. 13), the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in the 2019–20 academic year, the word count for Paper 1 – Critical Appraisal, shall be increased from 500 words to 1,000 words. The scheme of examination shall therefore be as follows:

Paper 1 – Critical appraisal paper (5%)

Candidates will be required to review a published research paper before then providing a 1,000-word report.

Full details of the examination can be obtained in the course handbook, copies of which will be sent to candidates before the start of the Michaelmas Term.