Quality Management Division

EXTERNAL EXAMINER ACCREDITATION ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2014 - 2015

PLEASE NOTE that following the removal of external examiner summaries from the TQI website your report will be made public in its entirety to students in accordance with the HEFCE Publication 06/45. You are therefore asked not to name staff or students.

SECTION A:

Name of External Examiner

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Name of Faculty Accreditation

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Date of Board /

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1The standards set for the Course are appropriate for qualifications at this level, in this subject.

In your judgement is the above statement correct?YesNo

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If you have answered ‘Yes’ and wish to provide additional information, please do so below. Or if you have answered ‘No’, in what respects do the standards fall short?

2The standards of student performance are comparable with similar Courses in other UK institutions with which I am familiar.

In your judgement is the above statement correct? YesNo

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If you have answered ‘Yes’ and wish to provide additional information, please do so below. Or if you have answered ‘No’, in what respects do the standards fall short?

3 The processes for assessment, examination and the determination of performance in the Courseare sound and fairly conducted.

In your judgement is the above statement correct? YesNo

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If you have answered ‘Yes’ and wish to provide additional information, please do so below. Or if you have answered ‘No’, in what respects do the processes fall short?

Section B:

You are asked to respond to all questions, highlighting good practice and identifying specific concerns.

Any additional comments you might wish to make should be detailed on a separate word document and should accompany this report.

PROGRAMME AND ASSESSMENT DESIGN

1 Please comment on the design of the curriculum, including content relevance. Does the curriculum continue to reflect subject benchmark statements where appropriate?
2 Please comment on the appropriateness of the assessment strategy and the methods of assessment (e.g. do they enable module learning outcomes to be met?)

QUALITY AND STANDARDS OF STUDENT WORK

3Please comment on the extent to which student work demonstrates the achievement of published QAA subject benchmarks and/or professional requirements.

4To what extent were you satisfied that students who passed modules had achieved the learning outcomes at the designated level?

ASSESSMENT AND GRADING PROCESS

5How far would you agree that the internal assessors applied appropriate standards in the grading of student assessment?
6Did the internal assessors utilise the relevant assessment criteria?
Yes No
If ‘no’ please comment below:
7Please comment on the extent to which the internal moderation of assessment tasks and the grading of scripts ensured consistency of grading within and across assessments and between markers.
8 Did you visit any of the Partner organisation(s)? Yes No
9Did you have the opportunity to meet with students or view student feedback & comments on their course? Yes No
Comments:
10Please comment on whether you were given sufficient time for moderation.

OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS

11Please identify any examples of good practice in the provision that you have noted and that you think should be disseminated more widely.
12Please summarise other matters that need to be considered by the Partner or University to address weaknesses, or to enhance the provision.
13Final Summary Report.
If this is your final year, please provide an overview covering your term of office. This will be passed on to your successor to aid the transitional process and support their induction and development into the role.

Print Name: Date:

On completion, please submit electronically through youre:Vision home page.

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