EXTERNAL EXAMINERS' REPORTS 2007-08

SURVEY OF RESPONSES: PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE FACULTY OF TAUGHT PROGRAMMES: UNDERGRADUATE

This survey records for each School those questions on the External Examiners' report form that attracted some expression of concern and the number of Examiners who responded in this way. The number of reports available for the survey is shown in the second column.

The key to the questions is overleaf.

SCHOOL / Nos / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
School of Arts, Languages and Literatures:
Department of Drama / 1
Department of English / 6
Department of Modern Languages / 14 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1
Biosciences / 5 / 1
The BusinessSchool / 6 / 1
Education and Lifelong Learning ITT and NON ITT / 28 / 1
Engineering, Computing and Mathematics / 10 / 1 / 1 / 1
Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources / 8 / 1 / 1
Humanities & Social Sciences / 15 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Law / 9 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1
Physics / 4
Psychology / 2
Sports and Health Science / 2
CMIT / 1 / 1
INTO / 6
Flexible Combined Honours / 1
TOTAL: / 118 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 1

EXTERNAL EXAMINERS' REPORTS 2007-08

SURVEY OF RESPONSES: PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE FACULTY OF TAUGHT PROGRAMMES: POSTGRADUATE

This survey records for each School those questions on the External Examiners' report form that attracted some expression of concern and the number of Examiners who responded in this way. The number of reports available for the survey is shown in the second column.

The key to the questions is overleaf.

SCHOOL / Nos / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
School of Arts, Languages and Literatures:
Department of Drama / 5 / 1 / 1
Department of English / 4
Department of Modern Languages / 11 / 1 / 1
Biosciences / 5 / 1
The BusinessSchool / 13 / 1 / 1 / 1
Education & Lifelong Learning ITT and NON ITT / 10
Engineering, Computing and Mathematics / 8
Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources / 10
Humanities & Social Sciences / 17 / 1
Law / 3 / 1 / 1
Physics / 1
Psychology / 14
Sports and Health Science / 3
CMIT / 0
CPD / 0
INTO / 0
Modular Degree / 0
TOTAL: / 104 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 3

EXTERNAL EXAMINERS' REPORTS 2007-08

SURVEY OF RESPONSES: COLLABORATIVE PROVISION

This survey records for each Academic Partner those questions on the External Examiners' report form that attracted some expression of concern and the number of Examiners who responded in this way. The number of reports available for the survey is shown in the second column.

The key to the questions is overleaf.

Academic Partner / Nos / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
University College Plymouth St Mark & St John / 44 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
ExeterCollege / 1 / 1 / 1
The Learning Institute / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
TOTAL / 47 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 5 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 3

EXTERNAL EXAMINERS' REPORTS 2006-07

SURVEY OF RESPONSES: PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE FACULTY OF UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

This survey records for each School those questions on the External Examiners' report form that attracted some expression of concern and the number of Examiners who responded in this way. Those numbers in brackets relate to Examiners for postgraduate taught programmes, those without for undergraduate programmes. The number of reports available for the survey is shown in the second column.

The key to the questions is overleaf.

SCHOOL / Nos / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
School of Arts, Languages and Literatures:
Drama (Performance Arts) / 4 (2)*
English / 6 (1)*
Modern Languages / 13 (2)* / 1 / 2 / (1) / (1)
Biosciences / 5 (3)* / 1 / 1
Business & Economics / 6 (8)* / (1) / (1) / 1 (1) / (2)
Education & Lifelong Learning / 25 (8)* / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / (1)
Engineering, Computing and Mathematics / 8 (5)*
Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources / 8 (4)*
Humanities & Social Sciences / 15 (3)* / (1) / (1) / 3 (1) / 3 / 2 / 1 (1) / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1
Law / 8 (1)* / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2
Physics / 4 (2)
Psychology / 2 (1)*
Sports and Health Science / 2 (0)*
CMIT / 1 (0)
CPD / 0 (0)*
English Language Centre / 0 (0)
INTO / 4 (0) / 1
Modular Degree / 2 (0) / 1
TOTAL: / 113 (38)* / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 (1) / 0 / 0 (1) / 1 / 0 / 2 / 2 (2) / 1 / 4 (2) / 6 (2) / 2 / 0 (1) / 1 (1) / 2 / 5 / 0 / 3 / 3 (2)

* Each of these Schools has postgraduate External Examiners’ report forms outstanding as at 07.01.08

EXTERNAL EXAMINERS' REPORTS 2006-07

SURVEY OF RESPONSES: COLLABORATIVE PROVISION

This survey records for each Academic Partner those questions on the External Examiners' report form that attracted some expression of concern and the number of Examiners who responded in this way. The number of reports available for the survey is shown in the second column.

The key to the questions is overleaf.

SCHOOL / Nos / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
College of St MarkSt John / 44 / 2 / 2 / 1
ExeterCollege / 1 / 1
The Learning Institute / 1
PGCE (PCE) - ExeterCollege, CornwallCollege, SouthDevonCollege, YeovilCollege / 1
TOTAL / 47 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

KEY:

Are the stated aims of the programme(s) consistent with:

1 The structure of the programme(s)

2 The content of the programme(s)

3 National subject benchmarks (where appropriate)

4 Are the learning outcomes stated in the programme specification(s) met?

5 Is the internal assessment of what the students have achieved consistent with the expected standard of the award(s) in the subject?

6 Did the marks awarded by the internal examiners match the stated award criteria

From your knowledge of the programme(s) and its assessment:

7 Was the delivery of the programme, as revealed through the assessment process, appropriate to the standard of the award(s)?

8 Were the assessment methods appropriate to the learning outcomes set for the programme?

9 Was it clear to the students what they were expected to achieve in order to gain an award?

10 Was there evidence in sampled student work of student attainment of intended learning outcomes (such as knowledge and understanding, key skills, subject-specific skills)?

11 Was the marking appropriate and consistent?

12 Was the use of marking schemes/model answers appropriate to the subject?

13 Were you given sufficient access to coursework assignments?

14 Were you satisfied with the level of comment on scripts and other forms of assessment provided by the internal examiners?

15 Was effective and appropriate use made of the double marking and moderation of assessed work?

16 Were the conventions used to determine the final results appropriate?

Was the administration of the exam process, to the extent of your involvement and/or knowledge, satisfactory in the following respects:

17 The management of draft coursework assignments and examination papers (including the time allowed for your input)

18 The management of completed scripts

19 Coursework and other elements that contributed to the final result

20 The time available for marking and moderation

21 The impartiality with which the examiners were conducted

22 The procedures followed by the Board(s) of Examiners

23 The opportunities and support you were given to exercise the function of an external examiner