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full cost of invigilation will be passed on to the candidate. The size of the fine should be taken as an indication of the substantial amount of extra work involved in such cases, regardless of whether or not the University allows the late change of paper. 3.3.3 Examination Success: Scholarships and Prizes The College is always delighted when its students produce distinguished results in their exams and has a system of scholarships and prizes to reward academic achievement. The differences in the way in which the various Triposes are organized means that the rules governing these awards are a little cumbersome, but you should be able to find what is on offer in your subject, year by year, without too much difficulty. Scholarships and exhibitions take the form of credits on the student’s bill. In addition, scholars are admitted to their scholarships at a ceremony held in the Michaelmas Term, following which a special Scholars’ Dinner is held in Hall, at which the scholars are joined by the Master and Fellows. Most prizes are in the form of book prizes, but provided one book has been selected (and stamped with the College’s crest), the remainder of the prize may take the form of digital media, pictures or prints, or computer software of the prize-winner’s choice. Those who are placed in the First Class are awarded scholarships or exhibitions (tenable for one year), and prizes in accordance with the following rules: i) Tripos Awards and Prizes a) All Subjects (other than Part IA Modern Languages) For a First or Distinction in any Tripos or classed Preliminary exam; or for a result considered equivalent to a First in an unclassed Preliminary or College exam or the First Exam for the BTh; or for grades deemed equivalent to an overall First in courses followed at MIT: a Scholarship of £150, if remaining in residence to read for a Tripos, otherwise the Title of Scholar (if not already held) a Prize of £80. b) Part IA Modern Languages For a First in both languages in Part IA of the Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos: a Scholarship of £150; a Prize of £80. For a First in one language in Part IA of the Modern & Medieval Languages Tripos, and a 2.1 in the other: an Exhibition of £100; a Prize of £80. There are also named prizes for outstanding performances in certain specified subjects and certain other prizes for various non-academic activities, such as the reading of Grace in Hall. ii) College Prizes a) For a distinction in the Diploma (but not the Certificate) in Modern Languages: a Prize of £30. b) Prizes of £30 may also be awarded to undergraduates who narrowly miss a First, on the nomination of their Director of Studies or Tutor. The prizes in this category will not exceed twelve in any one year and will be awarded by a committee consisting of the Master, the Senior Tutor, and one other Tutor in rotation. S Selwyn College Undergraduate Student Guide 2013-14 21
3.3.4 Examination Failure It is emphasized that the number of students affected by the contents of this section is usually no more than one or two a year. In some years none are affected. It is, however, necessary to make clear the procedures in the event of academic failure. All undergraduates are required to sit an exam at the end of each year. These are usually Tripos or Prelim examinations. Where no such exam is set, or where a Director of Studies judges it more appropriate, a College exam will be set. In order to proceed with your studies at Selwyn the next year, you must achieve the minimum of a Third Class, i.e. to have performed to Honours standard. Failure is, therefore, defined as not being included in the class list for Honours in a classed exam, not being approved by the examiners in an unclassed Prelim, or obtaining a mark below Honours standard in any other sort of exam. Where the College enters a student for part of a Prelim but not for all papers, the marks on those papers sat will be the ones considered. In the technical language of the University, there is a category between outright failure and Honours. This is ‘Granted an Allowance towards the Ordinary Degree’. To be given such an allowance is regarded by Selwyn, as by other Colleges, as failure. The University’s regulations governing the award of degrees do not permit resits. Where failure is the demonstrable outcome of ill-health or other incapacitating circumstances, the University is ready to take this into account (see 3.3.6 Safety nets). In the very few cases where an undergraduate fails a University or College exam without a successful application to the University, he or she loses the right to continue with his or her course. In all such cases of failure, the undergraduate has a right to appeal against the decision to send him or her out of residence. Such appeals are heard at a special meeting of senior members of the College Council in early July. The Council has the right to permit any undergraduate to return into residence notwithstanding his or her failure, and to attach any conditions it feels fit to that decision (for example, by requiring a further College exam immediately before the Michaelmas Term next following, or by requiring that specific academic work be successfully undertaken during the Long Vacation). An undergraduate making an appeal to the College Council has the right to appear and to speak in person, as well as to be represented by his or her Tutor. The undergraduate’s Director of Studies and any Fellow of the College who has taught him or her may also be present. At the hearing, the Senior Tutor is required to produce a document which includes the student’s supervision reports, precise examination marks and other relevant information, before concluding with a recommendation. The document will have been shown to the undergraduate in advance. After members of Council have had the opportunity to direct questions both to the undergraduate and to those senior members who are in attendance, the undergraduate, his or her Tutor, the Director of Studies, any Fellow who has taught the undergraduate, and the Senior Tutor will be required to withdraw for the Council to deliberate and decide. The decision of the appeal body is final. The Council does not have the power to set aside the University’s Tripos regulations. If it decides that the student should be allowed to return into residence, but the latter is not, as far as the University is concerned, in standing to proceed to an honours degree in the subject in question, it becomes necessary either for the student’s Tutor to make a retrospective case to the Applications Committee of the University Council for the grant of an ‘Allowance’, or for the student to be allowed by the College Council to change to a subject for which he or she is in standing. 3.3.5 Proceeding to the final year of four-year courses In Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics, it is possible to take a degree over four years without a change of Tripos. The rules about who may progress to a fourth year are set by the relevant Faculty and vary from subject to subject. In some cases the College reserves the right to require a higher standard than that set by the relevant Faculty. In Natural Sciences, the standard needed at Part II for progression to Part III varies from subject to subject. Students should consult their DoS to find out the relevant details. 22 Selwyn College Undergraduate Student Guide 2013-14
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