External Examiners Sample Clauses

The External Examiners clause establishes the role and responsibilities of individuals from outside an organization or institution who are appointed to independently review and assess certain processes, such as academic examinations or quality assurance procedures. Typically, this clause outlines the criteria for selecting external examiners, their scope of authority, and the procedures they must follow when conducting evaluations or providing feedback. Its core practical function is to ensure impartiality and uphold standards by involving unbiased third parties in critical assessments, thereby enhancing credibility and transparency.
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External Examiners. External examiners can be invited to co-assess project presentations, internship reports and Master theses. In case of assessment by several individuals, depending on the type of work and on the number of people involved, the final grade is reached either by average calculus or by consensus. In cases where the regulations of the Partner Institution at which the student is undertaking the work limit this, the regulations of the Partner Institution shall apply.
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External Examiners. (a) THE UNIVERSITY’s External Examiners Group (a sub-committee of AQC) will appoint all external examiners in accordance with it’s criteria for appointment. Nominations for the appointment of external examiners will be made by the relevant Head of [School/Department] at THE UNIVERSITY and will be subject to THE UNIVERSITY’s external examiners’ appointments process as detailed in the Quality Assurance Handbook. THE UNIVERSITY’s Head of Quality, Assurance and Enhancement will confirm appointments with examiners and [legal name of partner institution]. (b) Consultations between THE UNIVERSITY and [legal name of partner institution] over the appointment of an external examiner will take into account whether the nominated examiner works for another provider that may be deemed a competitor of the [legal name of partner institution]. 11.2 External examiners for collaborative courses will adopt the role and remit of external examiners laid down by THE UNIVERSITY and will apply the principles, procedures and guidelines set out in its Quality Assurance Handbook. External Examiner reports will be received by the Chair of THE UNIVERSITY’s Academic Board and forwarded to the [name of role identified at partner institution to oversee quality assurance] at [legal name of partner institution], who will distribute them as appropriate within [legal name of partner institution]. 11.3 THE UNIVERSITY will be responsible for the detailed contracting of the appointed External Examiners, their induction and briefing and for their remuneration.
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External Examiners. The University appoints high calibre external moderators with no direct involvement with the work of the partnership to offer an external perspective on the attainment of trainees being assessed for the award of QTS, to verify the accuracy of the provider assessments. External moderators are selected with appropriate subject, curriculum or age-phase expertise to enable them to provide specialist feedback. The responsibilities of external moderators include: detailed scrutiny of a sample of trainees, including a representative cross-section of trainees together with all trainees that internal moderators regard as being on the pass/fail borderline, or possible failures observation of the teaching of all trainees in a designated sample, such as those assessed as being borderline satisfactory to good, or borderline good to outstanding discussion with internal assessors and/or moderators of all the evidence available on whether individual trainees have achieved the Teachers’ Standards and at what level scrutiny of internal moderation arrangements, drawing on some of the evidence gained from activities above producing a report that includes an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the provision observed, clearly linked to the Teachers’ Standards and ITT criteria, and including an evaluation of the accuracy of the assessments of trainees’ attainment against the Teachers’ Standards
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External Examiners. St Mary’s is responsible for the appointment of an external examiner for the Salaried route to oversee and moderate the assessment of student teachers.
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External Examiners. All the university's courses are subject to systematic scrutiny by external examiners with the brief to report on such areas as:
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External Examiners. Internal Assessor Conflict It is not in the interests of the College, the External Examiner, or the internal assessor that conflicts arise and are not resolved11. With the best of intentions on the part of all parties, disagreements can occur, and conflicts identified by the Programme Manager that may exist between External Examiners and internal assessors will be resolved as per the below guidelines: • The protection of the integrity of the College’s assessment grading and awards standards in the interests of students is paramount and a resolution of the conflict will be dealt with in this context without compromising the rights of the people involved. • Any conflict will be dealt with via Exam Board where the Academic Director, as Chair, will consider all views and decide that all parties are expected to comply with. 11 QQI Effective Practice Guidelines for External Examining Revised February 2015, section 2.2
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External Examiners. Nominations of External Examiners received from schools and departments by the date specified within the annual dates document will be included in papers prepared by the Examinations Office and submitted to the University Board for Teaching and Student Experience (UBTLSE) for approval. The Examinations Office is responsible for entering External Examiners’ information onto the SITS:Vision database and, acting on advice received from schools and departments, will assign External Examiners to the appropriate fee band. The Examinations Office will issue contracts to External Examiners who have been approved by UBTLSE within following publication of the minutes of the Board of Studies. The Examinations Office will invite External Examiners to attend a training session organised by the Centre for Quality Support and Development. The Examinations Office will solicit and receive External Examiners reports, and on receipt of these will forward these to the Centre for Quality Support and Development. The Examinations Office will process and submit claims forms for the payment of External Examiners who have completed their report to the Payroll team within Human Resources. Where the Examinations Office receives requests for External Examiners to be appointed for an exceptional fifth year with supporting rationale for the exceptional request, the Examinations Office will prepare papers to be submitted to UBTLSE for the appointment to be approved. Main point of contact: Exams Manager (Operations) Dependencies and mutual responsibilities:  Schools and departments are responsible for identifying potential External Examiners suitable for their programmes and contacting those identified to ask whether they are willing to act as External Examiners. These nominations should be approved at the Board of Studies and Student Experience and then submitted to the University Board for Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (UBTLSE) for confirmation.  Support Centres are expected to notify the Examinations Office of the scheduled date of Boards of Studies of Student Experience once these are set.  Schools and departments are expected to send details of nominated External Examiners to the Examinations Office by the date specified within the annual dates document.  School and departments are expected to provide requested information to help identify the correct fee band for their Externa Examiners.  The Secretary of UBTLSE will confirm to the Examinations Office which Externa...
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External Examiners. External Examiners play a vital role in the quality assurance processes of the ITE Programmes. They are approved by the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services and the University Quality and Standards Committee and trained through the University’s Academic Quality Support Service (AQSS). They attend both institutional and annual Faculty training. External Examiners are independently employed by the University for their experience and expertise within Initial Teacher Education and Education and are required to make a judgement of the standards of the Associate Teachers at the University of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in comparison to other ITE providers. All External Examiners undertake visits to settings where their role includes moderation of standards and scrutiny of Quality Assurance (QA) procedures.
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