Research Degrees
Examiner and Exam Panel Chair
CV form
What this form is for
Who should complete it
To provide details of a person’s academic history and experience, to
support the case for appointment as an examiner or exam panel chair
(EPC) to a named research student. It replaces the EXCV5, EPCCV5,
ARCCV5 and ARCCV5-EPC forms previously in use.
Any person being nominated to act as examiner or exam panel chair
(EPC) for an Open University research student examination.
Click on the grey boxes to complete the form
How it should be submitted
Important notes
This form should be passed to the Head of Department, Programme
Leader or ARC Research Degrees Co-ordinator, for submitting to the
Research Degrees Office with the Exam panel nomination form.
External examiners must provide a copy of proof of their right to work in
the UK as described below.
To be eligible for the role of exam panel chair, a nominee is normally
required to have examined at least one UK PhD. Nevertheless, as the
chair does not examine the thesis, the exam panel chair’s experience
does not count toward the examiners’ collective experience.
Right to work in the UK – directly registered programme only
The Open University is required by law to ensure that anyone appointed
to undertake work on its behalf has the right to work in the UK. You are
asked to provide a copy (scanned copy or photocopy) of your passport
or other form of documentation with this form. Before the examination
takes place, we ask that you also visit the Research Degrees office in
Milton Keynes to show us your original documents for checking.
Alternatively, you can present your documents at any of the Open
University’s regional or national centres before the date of the
examination (an appointment is normally required). For UK citizens and
EA nationals, the preferred form of documentation is a passport; further
guidance on acceptable forms of documentation, and who to contact, is
on the Virtual Research Environment at
http://www.open.ac.uk/students/research/content/forms/externalexaminers-and-external-supervisors-eligibility-work-united-kingdom
Thank you for your assistance – we value your anticipated work as an
examiner and we trust you understand the need to meet the
requirements of the legislation.
This procedure does not apply to anyone supervising a student
registered through the ARC programme – Affiliated Research Centres
are responsible for ensuring compliance with the legislation for any
person appointed directly by them.
Resources
Guidance on the appointment of examiners is provided in the
Examination guidelines, available on the Forms and guidance notes
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/forms-and-guidance-notes.php
page of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) at
www.open.ac.uk/students/research
For further advice on completing this form please contact the Research
Degrees Office on

+44 (0)1908 654882 or email research-degreesoffice@open.ac.uk (directly registered students)

+44 (0)1908 653117 or email research-degrees-arcse@open.ac.uk (ARC students)
Student name:
Personal Identifier (PI):
Affiliated Research Centre
(ARC) (if applicable):
Discipline:
Examiner / EPC:
Role in examination:
Title:
Name:
Internal examiner
External examiner
Exam panel chair
Address:
Telephone / mobile number:
Email address:
Date of birth:
/
/
DD/MM/YY
(not required for Open University staff if staff ID is provided below)
Staff ID (if OU staff member):
Subject discipline(s):
Examiner / EPC’s academic
and professional
qualifications (including
dates of awards):
Brief statement of current
research interests:
Full citations of principal
recent publications (not more
than five) relevant to the
student’s research:
(Please declare all co-publications
with the candidate, supervisors or
other nominated examiners)
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Any other relevant
information:
(e.g. experience of non-book
theses or peer review of artefacts
if the thesis to be examined
contains a non-book component)
Number of research degree students supervised and examined:
Currently supervising:
UK MPhil students
UK PhD students
Research EdD students
Previously supervised
to successful
completion:
UK MPhil students
UK PhD students
Research EdD students
Previously examined:
UK MPhil students
UK PhD students
Research EdD students
(EPC only) Previous
exam panel chair
experience
UK MPhil students
UK PhD students
Research EdD students
Details of any non-UK
research degree
examination
experience:
DECLARATION (please
tick where appropriate)
By submitting this form I declare that the information I have given is correct
I agree to abide by the terms & conditions and student regulations as
described in the Examination guidelines
(External examiners, directly registered programme only) I have the right to
work in the UK and I will provide evidence of this before I undertake this role
I have listed every co-publication with the student, supervisors and examiners
OR
I have no co-publications with the student, supervisors or examiners
I have read the guidance on the independence of examiners and I am not
aware of any issue in relation to my nomination
OR
I wish to draw the attention of the Research Degrees Committee to the
following potential issue in relation to my nomination:
Signature:
Print Name:
Date:
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