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BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDIEVAL AND
MODERN LANGUAGES
Election of one Official Member
No other nominations having been received, the Vice-Chancellor
and Proctors, under the provisions of Ch. 2, Sect. vi, § 5
(Statutes, 1997, p. 249), have nominated the
following to fill the vacancy for an official member, to hold
office until the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1999:
T.F. EARLE, MA, King John II Professor of Portuguese Studies
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BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MODERN HISTORY
Election of an Ordinary Member
An election will be held on Thursday, 4 December to fill a
vacancy for an ordinary member (vice Professor
R.J.W. Evans, becoming an official member), to hold office from
the date of the election until the beginning of Michaelmas Term
1999.
Nominations in writing by two electors will be received by the
Secretary of Faculties at the University Offices up to 4 p.m. on
Monday, 10 November, and nominations by six electors up to 4 p.m.
on Tuesday, 25 November.
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CHAIRMAN OF EXAMINERS
The Vice-Chancellor desires to call the attention of all
examiners to the provisions of Ch. VI, Sect. ii.c, § 1, cll.
1--3, which require examiners in all university examinations to
appoint one of their number to act as Chairman, to notify the
appointment to the Vice-Chancellor, and to publish it in the
University Gazette.
He desires that these appointments shall be notified to the Clerk
of the Schools who will inform the Vice-Chancellor and see that
notice of them is duly published in the University
Gazette.
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CHAIRMEN OF EXAMINERS
TRINITY TERM 1998
Honour Moderations
Archaeology and Anthropology: W.R. JAMES, B.LITT.,
MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of St Cross (address: Institute of Social and
Cultural Anthropology)
Biological Sciences: R.L. HALL, MA, Fellow of
Wolfson (address: Department of Plant Sciences)
Classics and English: M.R. COMBER, MA, Fellow of St
John's
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Honour Schools
Natural Science
Geology: J.D. BELL, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of
University (address: Department of Earth Sciences)
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Part I: L.N.
JOHNSON, MA, Fellow of Corpus Christi
Philosophy and Modern Languages: M. KLEIN, B.PHIL.,
MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of Pembroke
Philosophy and Theology: M.E. ROSEN, MA, D.PHIL.,
Fellow of Lincoln
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Master of Philosophy
English Studies Courses I and II: C.L. MAPSTONE, MA,
D.PHIL., Fellow of St Hilda's
English Studies Courses VI, VII, and VIII: J.H.
STALLWORTHY, B.LITT., MA, Fellow of Wolfson
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Master of Science
Computation: R.S. BIRD, MA, Fellow of Lincoln
(address: Computing Laboratory)
Neuroscience: J.N.P. RAWLINS, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow
of University
Software Engineering: J.W.M. DAVIES, MA, Fellow of
Kellogg (address: Computing Laboratory)
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Certificate
Foundation Certificate in Modern History: F.J.T.
WALSH, MA, Fellow of Harris Manchester
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EXAMINATION SCHOOLS
Accommodation for Lectures
Hilary Term 1998
The Chairman of the Curators of the Schools would be grateful if
Professors, Readers, and University Lecturers who wish to lecture
at the Schools in Hilary Term 1998 could inform the Clerk of the
Schools at the end of the present term. It is necessary to know
whether a room suitable for an audience of more than one hundred
persons is required; only the three large writing-schools will
accommodate more than that number.
Leave for the use of rooms for lectures will expire at the
end of the seventh week of Hilary Term.
Afternoon lectures should normally finish by 6 p.m.
Attention is drawn to the fact that overhead projection
equipment and 35-mm projectors are available. When these
facilities are required the Clerk of the Schools should be
notified in advance.
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CHANGES IN REGULATIONS
With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in
regulations made by boards of faculties will come into effect on 14
November.
1 Board of the Faculty of Law
(a) Bachelor of Civil Law
(i) With immediate effect
In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 858, l. 38, delete `24'
and substitute `27'.
(ii) With effect from 1 October 1998 (for first examination in
1999)
1 In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 854,
delete ll. 17–20, and renumber cll. 6–27 as 5–26.
2 Ibid., p. 858, l. 38, as amended by (i) above,
delete `27' and substitute `26'.
(b) M.Jur. in European and Comparative Law
(i) With immediate effect
In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 860, l. 9, delete
`sixth' and substitute `fifth'.
(ii) With effect from 1 October 1997 (for first examination in
1998)
1 In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 859,
ll. 27–8, delete `the Roman Law of Condictiones'.
2 Ibid., p. 860, l. 45, delete `any' and substitute `the'.
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2 Board of the Faculty of Literae
Humaniores
(a) Bachelor of Philosophy
With immediate effect
In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 537, l. 22, after `is
taken.'
insert: `The thesis shall be accompanied by a statement of the number
of words it contains (exclusive of bibliographical references).'
(b) M.St. in Philosophy
With immediate effect
In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 685, ll. 29–30,
delete `Supervisors or others are not permitted to give any help,
even bibliographical, with the preparation of essays.' and
substitute: `Candidates are not permitted to seek or accept any help,
even bibliographical, from supervisors or anybody else, with the
preparation of essays.'
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3 Board of the Faculty of Modern History
(a) M.Phil. in Economics and Social History
(i) With effect from 1 October 1998 (for first
examination in 1999) (except as indicated)
1 In Examination Decrees, 1997, p. 577,
ll. 12–13, delete `Each successful candidate . . . Bodleian
Library.' and substitute:
`Dissertations submitted must not exceed the permitted length. If
they do the examiners will reduce the marks awarded. The presentation
and footnotes should comply with the requirements specified in the
Regulations of the General Board for the degrees of M.Litt. and
D.Phil.
Each dissertation must include a short abstract which concisely
summarises its scope and principal arguments, in about 300 words.
Candidates must submit by the specified date two copies of their
dissertations. These must be securely and firmly bound in either hard
or soft covers. One copy of an M.Phil. dissertation which is approved
by the examiners must be deposited in the Bodleian Library. This
finalised copy should incorporate any corrections or amendments which
the examiners may have requested. It must be in a permanently fixed
binding, drilled and sewn, in a stiff board case in library buckram,
in a dark colour, and
lettered on the spine with the candidate's name and
initials, the degree, and the year of submission.
*2. Candidates may, if they so wish, be examined in up to two of
their four papers (or submit essays in lieu of these papers as
provided for above) at the end of their first year.'
2 Ibid., ll. 14–25, renumber existing cll. 2–6 as 3–7
respectively.
* This paragraph has immediate effect.
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(b) M.Sc. in Economic and Social History
With immediate effect
In Examination Decrees, 1997, p. 750, l. 26, after
`Oxford'
insert:
`Dissertations submitted must not exceed the permitted length. If
they do the examiners will reduce the marks awarded. The presentation
and footnotes should comply with the requirements specified in the
Regulations of the General Board for the degrees of M.Litt. and
D.Phil.
Each dissertation must include a short abstract which concisely
summarises its scope and principal arguments, in about 300 words.
Candidates must submit by the specified date two copies of their
dissertations. These must be securely and firmly bound in either hard
or soft covers.'
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4 Board of the Faculty of Social Studies
M.Phil. in Economics
With effect from 1 October 1998 (for first examination in 1999)
In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 566, delete ll.
23–9 and substitute:
`(b) Money, Banking, and Finance. Nature of money. The
demand for money and other assets. Portfolio theory and asset
pricing. The role and behaviour of banks and other financial
intermediaries. The supplies of money and credit. Transmission
mechanisms. Fiscal policy and the finance of public deficits.
Stabilisation policy. Money and inflation. Money, banking, and
growth. Term structure of interest rates. Futures, options, and
derivatives. Regulation of financial intermediaries and markets.
Exchange rates and international monetary policy.
Candidates will be expected, where relevant, to show knowledge of
institutions, policy, and empirical evidence.'
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EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY
The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards give notice
of oral examination of their candidates as
follows:
Anthropology and Geography
C.M. HEPPELL, Keble: `The fate of pesticide in an underdrained clay
soil'.
School of Geography, Tuesday, 11 November, 10 a.m.
Examiners: S.T. Trudgill, F. Worrall.
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Biological Sciences
A.R. PICKFORD, St Edmund Hall: `NMR structural studies on the
fibronectin type 2 module'.
St Catherine's, Wednesday, 26 November, 2 p.m.
Examiners: P.C. Driscoll, H.J. Mardon.
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Clinical Medicine
J. MURRAY, St John's: `The role of dissociation in the development
and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder'.
Warneford Hospital, Thursday, 11 December, 10 a.m.
Examiners: C. Brewin, F. McManus.
XIN WANG, Keble: `Metabolic studies on cardiac lipid substrate
utilisation and regulation'.
Green College, Tuesday, 18 November, 2 p.m.
Examiners: M.R. Munday, G.F. Gibbons.
J.P.M. WOOD, St Catherine's: `Induction of cell death within the
retina and retinal pigmented epithelium: the role of protein kinase
C'.
Radcliffe Infirmary, Wednesday, 12 November, 4 p.m.
Examiners: R.A. Leslie, M. Djamgoz.
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English Language and Literature
D. GODIWALA, St Cross: `Breaking the bounds: British women
playwrights since c.1980'.
Examination Schools, Thursday, 20 November, 3 p.m.
Examiners: O. Taxidou, R.M. Ballaster.
S.M.G. MATTAR, Magdalen: `Primitivism and the writers of the Irish
dramatic movement to 1910'.
Wadham, Friday, 21 November, 2 p.m.
Examiners: J.B. O'Donoghue, G. Watson.
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Literae Humaniores
M. HILD, Balliol: `Induction and the dynamics of belief'.
Examination Schools, Wednesday, 19 November, 11 a.m.
Examiners: D.M.D. Edgington, T. Williamson.
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Oriental Studies
L.N. TAL, St Antony's: `Politics, the military, and national security
in Jordan, 1955–67'.
St Antony's, Tuesday, 18 November, 11 a.m.
Examiners: C.R.H. Tripp, D. Hopwood.
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Physical Sciences
M.L. COSTEN, Queen's: `Laser studies of reaction dynamics'.
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Wednesday, 19
November, 2.15 p.m.
Examiners: A.J. Orr-Ewing, M. Brouard.
D.J. TWITCHEN, Merton: `A study of defects and impurities in
diamond'.
St John's, Thursday, 13 November, 11 a.m.
Examiners: R. Jones, W. Hayes.
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Physiological Sciences
J. TANSLEY, Corpus Christi: `Some factors influencing respiration in
humans'.
University Laboratory of Physiology, Tuesday, 18 November, 2.20 p.m.
Examiners: J.H. Coote, K.L. Dorrington.
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Social Studies
M.D. STEARS, Nuffield: `Socialism and pluralism: a study in inter-war
British ideology'.
Soc St Faculty Centre, Monday, 3 November,
2.15 p.m.
Examiners: J.W. Burrow, J. Meadowcroft.
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Theology
S. HAWLEY, Mansfield: `Does God speak Misutu? Religious identity and
religious nationalism among the Misikutu
Indians of Nicaragua'.
St Antony's, Friday, 31 October, 2 p.m.
Examiners: P. Clarke, T. Ranger.
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EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
SCIENCE
The examiners appointed by the following committee give notice of
oral examination of their candidate as
follows:
Committee for Educational Studies
SHEIKH ADNAN BIN SHEIKH MOHAMAD, St Cross: `Educational policy
development in Brunei Darussalam with particular reference to the
bilingual education policy'.
Examination Schools, Wednesday, 5 November, 10 a.m.
Examiners: C. Brock, D.G. Browning.