(Part-time)
These Special Regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Regulations for First Degrees
1Students may be admitted to the degree programme in September.
2The examination for the Degree shall be in four parts, namely the Preliminary Examination, Part 1 Examination, the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) and the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2).
For the award of a degree a candidate must have passed modules with a total value of 300 Units. No candidate will be permitted to proceed if after any opportunity to re-sit he is carrying failures with a total value of 75 Units or more.
Preliminary Examination
3During his first year of study every student shall attend modules as indicated in the curriculum for the degree programme.
4At the end of his first year of study every student shall take the Preliminary Examination.
5In order to proceed to the modules for the Part 1 Examination a candidate shall:
EITHER:
i)have passed at the same sitting the examinations in all of the modules in the Preliminary Examination;
OR:
ii)have passed examinations at the same sitting of the Preliminary Examination with a total value of at least 60 Units and been permitted by the Board of Examiners to carry the failed elements with a total value of no more than 30 Units which the candidate shall have the opportunity to redeem by re-sitting at the next available opportunity. Exceptionally the examiners may permit a student to re-sit more than 30 Units.
6The Board of Examiners may permit a student who has failed to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 1 Examination under Regulation 5 to represent himself once only for examination in all the Part 1 Examination subjects on the next occasion when that examination is held, or with the permission of the Chairman of the Board of Examiners, on a subsequent occasion. The Board of Examiners may require a student to re-attend the modules in the curriculum as a condition of being permitted to re-sit.
A student who fails to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 1 Examination under Regulation 6 shall not be permitted to proceed to those modules and will be required to withdraw from the Degree Programme.
Part 1 Examination
7During his second year of study every student shall attend modules as indicated in the curriculum for the degree programme.
8At the end of his second year of study every student shall take the Part 1 Examination.
9In order to proceed to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) a candidate shall:
EITHER:
i)have passed at the same sitting the examinations in all of the modules in the Part I Examination (Stage 2);
OR:
ii)have passed examinations at the same sitting of the Part 1 Examination (Stage 2) with a total value of at least 60 Units and been permitted by the Board of Examiners to carry the failed elements with a total value of no more than 30 Units which the candidate shall have the opportunity to redeem by re-sitting at the next available opportunity.
10The Board of Examiners may permit a student who has failed to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) under Regulation 10 to represent himself once only for examination in all the Part 1 Examination subjects on the next occasion when that examination is held, or with the permission of the Chairman of the Board of Examiners, on a subsequent occasion. The Board of Examiners may require a student to re-attend the modules in the curriculum as a condition of being permitted to re-sit.
11 A student who fails to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) under Regulation 10 shall not be permitted to proceed to those modules and will be required to withdraw from the Degree Programme.
Part 2 Examination (Stage 1)
12During his third year of study every student shall attend modules as indicated in the curriculum for the degree programme.
13At the end of his third year of study every student shall take the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1).
14In order to proceed to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2) a candidate shall:-
EITHER:
i)have passed at the same sitting the examinations in all of the modules in the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1);
OR:
ii)have passed examinations at the same sitting of the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) with a total value of at least 60 Units and been permitted by the Board of Examiners to carry the failed elements with a total value of no more than 30 Units which the candidate shall have the opportunity to redeem by re-sitting at the next available opportunity.
15The Board of Examiners may permit a student who has failed to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2) under Regulation 15 to represent himself once only for examination in all the Part 2 Examination (Stage 1) subjects on the next occasion when that examination is held, or with the permission of the Board of Studies, on a subsequent occasion. The Board of Examiners may require a student to re-attend the modules in the curriculum as a condition of being permitted to re-sit.
A student who fails to qualify for admission to the modules for the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2) under Regulation 15 shall not be permitted to proceed to those modules and will be required to withdraw from the Degree Programme.
Part 2 Examination (Stage 2)
16During his fourth year of study every student shall attend modules as indicated in the curriculum for the degree programme.
17At the end of his fourth year of study every student shall take the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2).
18A candidate in the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2) who fails to satisfy the requirements for the award of the degree shall be given the opportunity to re-sit. Where a candidate has failed modules with a value of not more than 30 Units in the Part 2 Examination (Stage 2), he may re-sit the Examination in the modules, which he has failed. A candidate who has failed modules with a value of more than 30 Units will be required to re-sit the examination as a whole.
19If a candidate has taken more than four years of study to complete the module for the Degree, that fact shall be considered by the Board of Examiners when deciding the candidate's final degree classification, but no candidate shall be debarred from a Degree with Honours by reason only of that fact.
Elective Subjects
20Every student shall inform the Programme Director before 21 March in each year of study of the subjects which that student elects to take in the following year of study.
Examination Regulation
21. If a candidate’s aggregate mark is 40% or above when exam and coursework elements are combined, the candidate will only be credited with that aggregate mark if their mark in the examination is 35% or above and the coursework is 25% or above.
Coursework regulations
22 The coursework mark on the part-time LLB is the average of the two best coursework marks achieved out of three questions set.
22.1 Failure to submit at least two pieces of coursework will result in a mark of 0% for the candidate in the coursework element.
23. Candidates are required to submit at least two pieces of coursework out of the three set in order to pass the coursework element.
23.1 If a candidate submits one piece of coursework, the candidate may submit a new piece of coursework answering a different question before the first day of the August exam diet but his mark in the coursework element will be capped at 40%.
23.2 If a candidate submits no coursework, the candidate may submit two pieces of coursework answering different questions before the first day of the August exam diet but their mark in the coursework element will be capped at 40%.
24 When an Academic Misconduct Sanction is imposed for coursework, that sanction must be reflected in the coursework element average mark under Special Regulation 22. This means one of the two contributing marks to that average mark must be the coursework that received a sanction, even if that sanction is 0%.
Re-sit Regulations
25 If a candidate’s mark in the examination is less than 35% the candidate must re-sit the examination. If the candidate’s aggregate mark following re-sit is above 40%, the candidate will only be accredited with a mark of 40% overall.
26 If a candidate’s mark in the coursework is less than 25% the candidate must re-submit the coursework. The resubmitted coursework will be capped at 40% but may be combined with the exam for an aggregate that exceeds 40%. If the candidate fails to resubmit, the candidate will receive a mark of 0%.
27When a sanction is imposed for an academic misconduct which results in a mark of 0% in coursework, with no right to resubmit that coursework for a capped mark, the requirement for a minimum of 25% in the coursework element will be waived.