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Part 2 Residence

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  1. 2.1. A member reading for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Fine Art must unless regulation 2.2 below applies keep nine terms of statutory residence.
  2. 2.2. A member who has taken Honour Moderations in Classics or Classics and English (Course II) as the First Public Examination or who intends to apply for Honours in the Second Public Examination in Mathematics and Philosophy (Part II) or Physics and Philosophy (Part C) must keep twelve terms of statutory residence.
  3. 2.3. A member reading for any of the Master's degrees referred to in regulation 1.1 above must keep twelve terms of statutory residence.
  4. 2.4. The Proctors may, for any reason judged by them to be sufficient and on such conditions as they think fit, excuse a member reading for a degree to which these regulations apply from up to three terms of statutory residence.
  5. 2.5.
    1. (1) If any member is dissatisfied with a decision by the Proctors under regulation 2.4 above, he or she, or his or her college, may within fourteen days of the date of the decision appeal in writing to the Chairman of the Education Committee of Council.
    2. (2) The appeal shall be adjudged expeditiously by the Chairman or another member of that committee, other than one of the Proctors, nominated by the Chairman.
  6. 2.6. Applications for dispensation under regulation 2.4 above must be made through the applicant's college.
  7. 2.7. A member who is granted dispensation from statutory residence under regulation 2.4 above must nevertheless, unless expressly exempted, pay in respect of any term for which he or she is excused residence any university fee which would have been payable if he or she had actually resided.
  8. 2.8. Council may permit time spent outside Oxford, as part of an academic programme approved by it, to be counted towards residence for the purposes of these regulations.