Notices by the General Board

Dissertations and Theses

With immediate effect

The General Board has approved the following changes to General Board Regulations for certain degrees and other qualifications, to apply the words 'dissertation' and 'thesis' more consistently, with the word 'thesis' reserved for degrees by research.

(a)By replacing references to dissertations with references to theses in the following regulations:

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Business (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 451)

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 465)

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Engineering (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 467)

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 484)

Regulations for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science, Master of Letters, and Master of Philosophy by dissertation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 499)

Special Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 503)

General Regulation for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 509)

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Old Regulations) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 571)

Regulations for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Revised Regulations) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 574)

Regulation 12 of the General Regulations for Certificates of Postgraduate Study (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 583)

(b)By replacing references to theses with references to dissertations in the following regulations:

Regulations for the degree of Master of Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 462)

General Regulations for the degree of Master of Philosophy by Advanced Study (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 509)

General Regulations for the degree of Master of Research (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 546)

General Regulations for the degree of Master of Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 553)

Kettle's Yard Music Sub-committee

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 662)

With immediate effect

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Kettle's Yard Committee, has approved an amendment to the membership of the Kettle's Yard Music Sub-committee, to replace a person appointed by the Eastern Arts Association (which no longer exists). Regulation 5(b) of the General Board Regulations for Kettle's Yard has been amended to read as follows:

(b)a member of the Faculty of Music appointed by the Faculty Board of Music;

Borrowing from the University Library

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 669)

With immediate effect

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Head of Reader Services at the University Library, has approved updates to the list of institutions whose members may borrow books from the University Library, to update the name of one institution and remove obsolete references.

Borrowing from the University Library: Notice

By removing the following from the list of institutions:

Institute of Plant Science Research

Statistics Group

Quadrant Research Foundation

By replacing the reference to the 'Institute of Terrestrial Ecology' with a reference to the 'Centre for Ecology and Hydrology'.