No 6753
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Vol clv No 2
pp. 25–34
The Chair of the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 in Lecture Theatre 1 of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road. This year, there are no vacancies for members of the Faculty Board in class (c) under Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 605) and there will therefore be no election of members.
The Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned give notice that in the following examinations / online assessments in 2024–25, candidates will be permitted to use a designated calculator during their examination / online assessment.
Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Tripos, Part Ia, and Ib (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Natural Sciences Tripos Part Ia)
Chemical Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa, and IIb
Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, II and III
Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb
Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb
Human, Social and Political Sciences, Parts IIa and IIb
Land Economy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II
Management Studies Tripos
Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb
Medical Sciences Tripos Part Ia and Ib; and the Second MB Examination
Final M.B. Examination
Natural Sciences Tripos Part Ia (Calculators are not permitted in the Subject Mathematics. Nor are they permitted in the Introduction to Experimental Psychology: From Brain to Cognition paper borrowed from the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos Part Ia)
Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ib, II, and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos. Nor are they permitted in the subject Mathematics for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
Philosophy Tripos, Part Ia (Paper 5 only)
Veterinary Sciences Tripos Part Ia and Ib; and the Second Veterinary MB Examination
Final Veterinary M.B. Examination
Advanced Diploma in Economics
M.A.St. in Astrophysics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos Part III)
M.A.St. in Physics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos Part III)
Master of Finance
M.B.A. Examination
Executive M.B.A. Examination
M.Phil. Examination in Advanced Computer Science
M.Phil. Examinations in Economics and Data Science
M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy
M.Phil. Examination in Management
M.Phil. Examination in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise
M.Phil. Examination in Scientific Computing (Paper 2 only)
M.Res. Examination in Physical Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
M.Phil. Examination in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
M.Phil. Examination in Advanced Chemical Engineering
M.Phil. Examination in Biotechnology
For the above examinations the following calculators marked in the approved manner are permitted:
CASIO fx 991 (any version)
CASIO fx 115 (any version)
CASIO fx 570 (any version)
The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy Tripos will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); the Hewlett Packard HP 10bII or HP 10bII+. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.
The use of electronic calculators will NOT be permitted in any papers set for the Mathematical Tripos. Candidates for Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos who offer Physics from the Natural Sciences Tripos Part Ia will be permitted to use the calculator(s) permitted for that examination (see above).
The permitted calculators for use in the Medical Sciences Tripos and Veterinary Sciences Tripos and Second M.B. / Second Vet.M.B. Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version), or the CASIO fx 83 (any version) or CASIO fx 85 (any version).
The permitted calculators for use in the Master of Finance Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.
The permitted calculators for use in the M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII. Candidates may only use one model of calculator.
Papers from the examinations named above may be taken by those who are candidates for other examinations. The restriction on the use of calculators will apply when any paper or subject is offered from an examination which is the subject of this Notice.
Each such calculator permitted in an examination must be marked by the Department in the approved fashion so that they are clearly identified as being permitted during the examination. Departments can request calculator stickers from Exam Operations, it is the responsibility of each department to ensure calculators are correctly marked.
Approved calculators (marked in the approved fashion) may be purchased from the following locations:
Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building (Computer Science Tripos)
Department of Chemistry (Natural Sciences Tripos)
Department of Engineering (Engineering Examinations)
Department of Land Economy (Land Economy Tripos and M.Phil.)
Department of Physics, Bragg Building, Cavendish Laboratory (Natural Sciences Tripos)
Approved calculators bought elsewhere will need to have the approved marking applied by the relevant Department.