QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

EXTERNAL EXAMINER SUBJECT REPORT

Guidance:

  • Please return this form to the Head of Academic Affairs by 30 June (for UG modules) or 30 November (for PGT modules).
  • The report will be circulated to the Head of School and the Faculty Dean of Education. PGT forms will also be circulated to the Faculty Dean of Postgraduates.
  • The report will be monitored centrally by Academic Affairs to enable the enhancement of institutional policies and procedures.
  • The report will be made available to registered students, as will any response from the University. It is important that staff and students are not named in this report, or otherwise identified. Reports which identify individual staff or students will be redacted.

This report relates to the following module(s):

Module Title
School/Faculty
Year of delivery / UG / Y/N / PGT / Y/N

Details of external examiner:

Name
Institution
Position

Please note that Queen’s students should not attempt to contact the external examiner for their programme.

Office Use Only

Date Received
Date Acknowledged
Central Issues / Yes/No / Initialled
CI Details

Section I

Please complete the following checklist, for the module(s) moderated. If you give a ‘No’ answer, please provide a commentary at Section II of the form.

Yes / No / N/A
1 / Were you satisfied with the module information provided to you in advance of moderating student work (e.g. module outlines, details of assessment, module content)?
2 / Were you satisfied with the arrangements for approving draft examination papers?
3 / Were you satisfied with the arrangements for you to view and moderate student examination scripts?
4 / Were you satisfied with the arrangements for you to view and moderate non-exam written assessments (e.g. coursework, essays, projects, dissertations)?
5 / Were you satisfied with the arrangements for you to view and moderate ‘practical’ examinations (e.g. laboratory practicals, language orals, clinical examinations, viva voces, teaching practice)?
6 / Were you satisfied with arrangements for you to access assessed work produced during, or a result of, work placement or professional experience?
7 / Did you attend the Board of Examiners meeting(s)?
  • If ‘yes’, were you satisfied with all aspects of the meeting (e.g. the quality of the administrative support, the consideration of individual cases, the consistency of the decision making)?

  • If ‘no’, did you feel you were properly consulted?

8 / Were you satisfied that the threshold (‘pass’) standard was in line with the requirements of the UK Quality Code, including the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications?
9 / Were you satisfied that the assessment system:
Was fair?
Was equitably operated?
Was operated according to the stated regulations?
10 / Were you satisfied that the marking standards applied by the internal examiners:
Were appropriate?
Were consistently applied?
Were impartially applied?

Section II

If you answered ‘no’ to any of the questions in Section I, please provide further details below. Please identify the question to which your comments relate.

Question / Comments

Section III

Please comment on the extent to which:
  • the learning outcomes for the module(s) were appropriate
  • the syllabus enabled students to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes
  • the assessment(s) enabled students to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes.

Please comment on the standard of student work, in relation to other modules in the subject in other higher education institutions with which you are familiar.
Please comment on the extent to which:
  • the marks awarded by internal examiners matched the stated criteria;
  • marks awarded were consistent with previous years;
  • moderation processes were fair and effective.

Section IV

Please outline any specific recommendations below:

Please comment on the manner in which the School has reacted to any recommendations made in any of your previous reports:

Section V

Please comment on any exemplary practice which should be shared with the wider University:

Section VI

If you wish to comment on any matter not covered above, please do so here:

Section VII

Please sign and date the form, and return to the address below.

Date
Signature

Return to:

Head of Academic Affairs, Administration Building (Level 6), Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN (email: ).