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made satisfactory payment to the University of all due fees and accounts.
The University reserves the right not to grant the award to a student who fails to satisfy any of these
conditions.
Applying for awards
Refer to the Student handbook for further information
9.7
The Postgraduate Diploma in Laws and the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws will not be awarded
automatically except for students, whose registration has been terminated or has expired. Any registered
student who satisfies the necessary requirements and wishes to receive the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or
the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, must apply to be granted those awards.
9.8
A student may apply for an award:
Either
at the point they make an examination entry for examinations that, if successfully completed, would
qualify them for the award
Or
after they have satisfied the requirements for the award but before they make their final examination
entry for the Postgraduate Laws Programme.
Deleted: or
9.9
A student who does not request the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws at,
or prior to, their final examination entry for the Postgraduate Laws Programme will not be awarded these
awards at a later date, except in the circumstances of paragraphs 9.11 and 9.12.
Intermediate awards
See Glossary for definition of ‘intermediate award’.
9.10
An intermediate award or awards (i.e. a related certificate or diploma) may be granted to a student registered
for the LLM or Postgraduate Diploma in Laws in the following circumstances:
At the discretion of the Board of Examiners, a student who does not complete the programme of study
or who does not satisfy the Examiners (at the level required for the award) in all subjects may be
considered for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
(as appropriate). Such students will be required to have satisfied the Examiners (at the level required
for the award concerned) in the subjects that comprise the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or the
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws.
At the discretion of the University, a student may be considered for the award of the Postgraduate
Diploma in Laws or the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, provided that they have satisfied in full the
requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws.
The award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws or the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws will be with effect
from the year in which the student satisfied the requirements for that award.
A student whose registration has been terminated or has expired
9.11
A student whose registration has been terminated because they have exhausted the permitted number of
attempts and who has satisfied the requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and/or Postgraduate
Diploma in Laws must apply to receive those awards by:
1 November following the examinations for students who sat their examinations in May
1 May following the examinations for students who sat their examinations in October.
A student who fails to apply by these dates will be awarded the relevant intermediate awards automatically
and without specialisation.
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