The Council at its meeting held on 26 November 2010 reported revisions to Regulation 34 governing the Determination of Fitness to Practise for the MB ChB, approved by the Chair of the Council on behalf of the Council, on the recommendation of the Steering Committee on behalf of the Senate.

The revisions were concerned with the constitution of the Fitness to Practise Committee and Panel which can be drawn upon primarily for appeals cases concerning the MBChB in the Warwick Medical School.

The Council at its meeting held on 14 October 2010 approved revisions to Regulation 9.5 governing the constitution of Boards of Examiners for the MB ChB, on the recommendation of the Senate.

Further to revisions approved by the Senate and the Council in March and May 2010 respectively, the Chairs of the Senate and the Council, on behalf of the Senate and the Council, have approved amendments to Regulation 8 to clarify the position of credit achieved via resit examinations under the new University assessment conventions.

In addition, the removal of some obsolete courses from Regulation 8 was approved - namely,

BA with Qualified Teacher Status (post 1996 entry)
BA with Qualified Teacher Status (pre- 1996 entry)
BEd
BPhil(Ed) (Part-Time)

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Regulation 12 governing the procedures relating to Absence for Medical Reasons from a University Examination for First Degrees.

 

The Council at its meeting on 14 July 2010 approved, on recommendation of the Senate, revisions to regulation 8.11(5) to amend the resit examination period for Foundation Degree students and to clarify when final awards may be made.

This revision is effective from September 2010.