Senate

Subject: General Regulations/Assessment Regulations for Introductory Studies

Origin: Ordinances and Regulations Committee

 

A. At its meeting on 28 May 1999 Ordinances and Regulations Committee recommended to Senate the following Appendix to the General Regulations for Introductory Studies, in regard to admission requirements for FEFC - funded provision in LUSAD, with immediate effect.

Appendix 1

General Entrance Requirements

 

  1. In order to be eligible for admission to a Further Education programme conducted under the above Regulations, applicants must possess the following qualifications:-

Foundation Diploma
  1. 5 GCSE passes at Grade C minimum including English Language.
  2. A portfolio of work showing potential and commitment to art and design.

Two Year Programme
  1. 4 GCSE passes at Grade C minimum including English Language.
  2. A portfolio of work showing potential and commitment to art and design.

[NOTE: Applicants from overseas may offer the British Council's International English Language Testing Service - IELTS or the Oxford examinations in English or the Certificate of Attainment in English (ULEAC) or the University Test in English (NEAB) or Proficiency in English (Cambridge) or other qualifications acceptable to the University in lieu of GCSE English Language.]

  1. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 above, a Faculty Board, meeting on behalf of Senate, may accept examinations other than those listed above as satisfying General Entrance Requirements provided that it is satisfied that the level of educational achievement indicated by such examinations is that normally required by the University.

  1. An applicant for the Foundation Diploma must be at least 17 years of age by 31 December of the year of entry.

    2. An applicant for a Two Year Programme must be at least 16 years of age on 1 September of the year of entry.

  2. A Faculty Board acting on behalf of Senate may exempt from the Requirements given in para 1 above any applicant who shall have attained the age of 21 years at the commencement of the programme to which he/she seeks admission provided that the Board is satisfied, with or without the use of written or oral examinations, that the applicant has prepared himself/herself to undertake a programme of introductory studies and appears capable of sustaining such a programme successfully.

 

B. The following amendments to the General Regulations/Assessment Regulations for Introductory Studies were also recommended to Senate.

General Regulations for Introductory Studies

Add to the end of para 2 (i):

'(For the purposes of Ordinance I, the examinations approved by Senate for entrance to Introductory Studies programmes are the examinations shown in Appendix I to these Regulations. The age requirements for entrance shown in Appendix 1 shall also be observed.)'

Assessment Regulations for Introductory Studies

Delete from Para. 6:

'registered on a full-time programme.'