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External Examiners’ Workshop Tuesday 1 st March 2011

External Examiners’ Workshop Tuesday 1 st March 2011. Welcome and introductions Professor Julian Crampton Vice-Chancellor. a community of over 23,000 students and 2,600 members of staff 5 campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings 6 Faculties (and 1 University Centre) Arts

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External Examiners’ Workshop Tuesday 1 st March 2011

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  1. External Examiners’ Workshop Tuesday 1st March 2011 Welcome and introductions Professor Julian Crampton Vice-Chancellor

  2. a community of over 23,000 students and 2,600 members of staff 5 campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings 6 Faculties (and 1 University Centre) Arts Education and Sport Health and Social Science Brighton Business School Science and Engineering Brighton and Sussex Medical School 15 Schools About the university

  3. Educational partnerships: partner colleges, specialist colleges overseas partners majority of courses accredited by PSRBs 5,500 awards made annually 375 external examiners About the university

  4. The Corporate Plan 2007-12 reinforces commitments to professional formation and to civic engagement seeks to meet new challenges, especially of lifelong learning, of social inclusion, and of knowledge exchange in an information-rich age About the university

  5. External Examiners’ Workshop The role of the external examiner and its requirements at the University of Brighton Professor Stuart Laing Deputy Vice-Chancellor

  6. maintenance and appropriateness of academic standards internal logic external comparability regulations and procedures audit Requirements of an external examiner

  7. signing off annual report – judgements referenced to academic infrastructure own experience of academic standards Requirements of an external examiner

  8. working for the Academic Board critical friend peer review UKHE, QAA, PSRBs QA and QE roles Living the role

  9. assessment process commenting on assessment tasks reviewing students’ assessed work not role to adjudicate between internal examiners meeting students informally attending examination board(s) understanding our regulations (within reason) Implementing the role

  10. appointment induction contact with key staff – managing communications and expectations work load negotiation - visits, review of assessment material Relationship management

  11. gathering information as evidence for decision making feedback loops influence over time Relationship management

  12. Outcomes of reviews of national Quality Assurance Framework - academic infrastructure, public information, institutional audit and: external examining arrangements (UUK and Guild HE), final report Feb 2011 The future?

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