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The UK External Examiner System

The UK External Examiner System. Nigel Purcell, Senior Educational Advisor. Programme. 10.00: Introductions 10.20: The UK External Examiner System 10.40: Factors helping external examiners (groups) 11.30: Coffee (and networking) 11.50: Best practice in assessment (group work) 12.50: Lunch

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The UK External Examiner System

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  1. The UK External Examiner System Nigel Purcell, Senior Educational Advisor www.medev.ac.uk

  2. Programme • 10.00: Introductions • 10.20: The UK External Examiner System • 10.40: Factors helping external examiners (groups) • 11.30: Coffee (and networking) • 11.50: Best practice in assessment (group work) • 12.50: Lunch • 13.50: Difficult situations • 15.15: Tea (and more networking!) • 15.50: Plenary www.medev.ac.uk

  3. The QAA code of practice – section 4 Main purpose of external examiners are to ensure that: • academic standards for each award are appropriate • standards of student performance are properly judged against this standard • institutions assure and maintain academic standards • assessment processes are sound, fair and in-line with institutional policy and regulation • institutions are able to compare the standards of their own awards with other HEIs www.medev.ac.uk

  4. The external examining process An external examiner: • Examines a range of evidence • Enters into dialogue with the team and the students • Forms and expresses opinions • Reaches overall judgements www.medev.ac.uk

  5. Evidence used in external examining • Assessed work • Internal course review documentation • VLE content • Student handbooks • Assessment schemes • Assignments • Examinations • Records of internal standardisation meetings etc • Student feedback • Meetings with students www.medev.ac.uk

  6. The outcomes of the process The external examiner: • Writes a formal report on the programme(s) • Shares knowledge of practice • Provides advice and guidance • Provides general feedback to teaching teams www.medev.ac.uk

  7. Contents of the examiners report • Academic standards of students • Strengths and weaknesses of student cohort • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment methods • Appropriateness of standards • Design, structure and marking of assessments • Procedure for assessments and examinations • Quality of support for external examiner • Coherence of policies/procedures re. external examiners • Response to previous external examiner reports www.medev.ac.uk

  8. Some Higher Education Academy resources • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ • http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeOfPractice/default.asp QAA code of practice www.medev.ac.uk

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