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Ref: 49-107_General_Regulations
  1. [1] 1. The Medical Sciences Board shall have power to admit as Students for the Degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology candidates nominated by the Directorate of the Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology.
  2. [2] 2. The Directorate of the Oxford Doctoral Course shall make a return to the Registrar by the end of the first week of Michaelmas Full Term, showing the names of all persons nominated in that term as Students for the Degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology, and the Registrar shall keep a register of such students.
  3. [3] 3. The Medical Sciences Board shall have power, on the advice of the Directorate of the Oxford Doctoral Course, to remove temporarily or permanently the name of a student from the register. This power shall include cases where students have been found under the procedures of the course and the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust guilty of gross misconduct or in breach of the British Psychological Society's Code of Ethics and Conduct.
  4. [4] 4. Students shall be admitted to the doctoral programme for a probationary period. The external examiner shall conduct a formal mid-course review during the second half of the second year of the course (i.e. between eighteen and twenty-four months after the commencement of the course). Candidates shall be required to complete successfully all elements of the work required before they are permitted to progress onto the second part of the course.
  5. [5] 5. Subject to the provisions of clauses 3 and 4 above, students for the Degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology may hold that status for a maximum of five years.
  6. [6] 6. An appeal against a decision of the Board of Examiners for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology may be made only through the University's procedures and those laid down in the course handbook. No procedures arising from a candidate's status as employee or former employee of the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust may affect a decision of the examiners.
  7. [7] 7. The Proctors shall be responsible for overseeing the proper conduct of the examinations for the Degree in Clinical Psychology. The Proctors shall have power to investigate any complaint or appeal concerning the conduct of the examination and to impose upon any candidate for the examination any penalty equivalent to that which they would be empowered to impose upon a member of the University in similar circumstances.
  8. [8] 8. Should any Students for the Degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology have access to University services and facilities, they will be required to observe the appropriate statutes, decrees, regulations, and/or rules governing the use of such services and facilities. The Proctors shall have power to investigate any alleged breaches of those statutes, decrees, regulations, and/or rules and to deal with the matter and impose any penalty equivalent to that which they would have been empowered to impose upon a member of the University in similar circumstances.