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APPENDIX 4: COLLEGE ORDINANCE ON EXAMINATION FAILURES UNDER<br />
STATUTE XLVIII.3<br />
1. Except as is provided in section 2 <strong>of</strong> this Ordinance, students are required to attain the<br />
honours standard in the Tripos examinations for which they are entered, and to be included<br />
in the List <strong>of</strong> Successful Candidates in the Preliminary or Qualifying examinations for<br />
which they are entered.<br />
2. If, because <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> his/her course, a student is entered for a combination <strong>of</strong> papers<br />
in an examination which does not make him/her eligible to be classed or included in the<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Successful Candidates, he/she shall be required to attain such standard (not being a<br />
higher standard than that required under section 1 <strong>of</strong> this Ordinance) as may be determined<br />
by his/her Tutor and Director <strong>of</strong> Studies to be appropriate for his circumstances. Failure to<br />
satisfy this requirement shall be deemed to be failure for the purposes <strong>of</strong> this Ordinance.<br />
3. For the purpose <strong>of</strong> Statute XLVII.3, this Ordinance and <strong>College</strong> Regulations 'examinations'<br />
shall include <strong>College</strong> examinations as well as <strong>University</strong> examinations (whether Tripos,<br />
Preliminary or Qualifying examinations).<br />
4. If a student fails to be classed in or included in the List <strong>of</strong> Successful Candidates for the<br />
examination for which he/she is entered, he/she shall be interviewed as soon as is<br />
convenient after the result is known by his/her Tutor, his/her Director <strong>of</strong> Studies and the<br />
Senior Tutor, who shall make a report to the Master and Tutors and shall, if possible, make<br />
a recommendation about the action to be taken.<br />
5. The Master and Tutors shall consider the report and the recommendation (if any) and in<br />
reaching their decision shall have regard to any mitigating circumstances (including<br />
medical reports). The Director <strong>of</strong> Studies concerned shall have the right to attend but not<br />
to vote. The Master and Tutors may require the student to appear before them. Decisions<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Master and Tutors shall be taken by a simple majority <strong>of</strong> those present. The Tutor<br />
<strong>of</strong> the student concerned shall not vote. In case <strong>of</strong> an equality <strong>of</strong> votes, the Chairman shall<br />
have an additional casting vote.<br />
6. A student shall have the right to be heard in his/her own defence by the Master and Tutors<br />
before they decide upon his/her case. For this purpose the student's Tutor shall inform<br />
him/her <strong>of</strong> the time and place <strong>of</strong> the meeting <strong>of</strong> the Master and Tutors, <strong>of</strong> the<br />
recommendation being made (if any) and <strong>of</strong> his/her rights under this section. If the student<br />
wishes, he/she may withdraw from the <strong>College</strong> without having his/her case heard by the<br />
Master and Tutors.<br />
7. The Master and Tutors may decide:<br />
(a) to allow the student to remain in residence and continue his/her course <strong>of</strong> study;<br />
(b) to allow the student to remain in residence subject to certain conditions, which may<br />
include satisfactory performance in a <strong>College</strong> examination and/or compliance with<br />
medical requirements;<br />
(c) to give the student permission to apply for leave to degrade;<br />
(d) to recommend to the Governing Body that the student be removed finally from the<br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
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