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APPLICATION FOR NEW EXTERNAL EXAMINER APPOINTMENTS (TAUGHT
PROGRAMMES)
Please complete this form electronically and send to your School contact.
To be appointed as an external examiner you will need to ensure that the answers given in this application form
demonstrate that you meet the following criteria taken from chapter B7 of the QAA’s Quality Code:
i)
knowledge and understanding of UK sector agreed reference points for the maintenance of academic
standards and assurance and enhancement of quality
ii)
competence and experience in the fields covered by the programme of study, or parts thereof
iii) relevant academic and/or professional qualifications to at least the level of the qualification being externally
examined, and/or extensive practitioner experience where appropriate
iv) competence and experience relating to designing and operating a variety of assessment tasks appropriate to
the subject and operating assessment procedures
v) sufficient standing, credibility and breadth of experience within the discipline to be able to command the
respect of academic peers and, where appropriate, professional peers
vi) familiarity with the standard to be expected of students to achieve the award that is to be assessed
vii) fluency in English, and where programmes are delivered and assessed in languages other than English,
fluency in the relevant language(s) (unless other secure arrangements are in place to ensure that external
examiners are provided with the information to make their judgements)
viii) meeting applicable criteria set by professional, statutory or regulatory bodies
ix) awareness of current developments in the design and delivery of relevant curricula
x) competence and experience relating to the enhancement of the student learning experience.
In the case of collaborative provision, and in addition to the above, the University of Salford requires the following to
be demonstrated:
xi) appropriate knowledge and capability to examine collaborative provision;
xii) if the provision operates outside the United Kingdom, experience of assessment conventions in both the
United Kingdom and the host country.
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FOR COMPLETION BY APPLICANT
College
School
School Contact
Programmes to be
examined
Modules to be examined
Personal Details
Title
Forename(s)
Surname
Place of work
Work Address
Address for Correspondence (if
different)
Position Held
Contact Telephone Number
Email Address
Nationality
National Insurance Number
Date of Birth
Do you have the Right to
Work in the UK:
Yes
No
Are you Fluent in
English?
Yes
No
Are you fluent in any
other language?
Yes
No
If yes please provide
details
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Higher Education/Professional Qualifications
Please list most recent first
Colleges / Universities /
Qualifications/Memberships
Organisations
Dates
Employment History
Please show current/most recent appointment first and detail up to 10 years
Employer
Posts
Dates (From – To)
General Examiner Experience
Please include any current external examiner posts
Please note that the QAA UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Terms of Office, states that “External examiners
normally hold no more than two external examiner appointments for taught programmes/modules at any point in time.”
Institution
Programme/Module/Subject Area
Dates (From – To)
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Teaching and Assessment Experience
Please give examples from the last five years
Institution
Examples including subject area
Dates (From-To)
Research and related Scholarly/Professional activity/consultancy
Give a brief account of main activities (including eg external validation, QAA assessor experience etc) with particular
reference to the last five years, and list major publications (books, articles in refereed academic or professional
journals), exhibitions, projects etc
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Conflicts of Interest
If you answer yes to any of these questions, please provide detail below
Are you a member of a governing body or committee of the
appointing institution or one of its collaborative partners, or a
Yes
No
current employee of the appointing institution or one of its
collaborative partners?
Do you have a close professional, contractual or personal
relationship with a member of staff or student involved with the
programme of study?
Yes
No
Are you required to assess colleagues who are recruited as
students to the programme of study?
Yes
No
Are you in, or know you will be, in a position to influence
significantly the future of students on the programme of study?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Are you significantly involved in recent or current substantive
collaborative research activities with a member of staff closely
involved in the delivery, management or assessment of the
programme(s) or modules in question?
Have you been employed by, or a student of the institution in the
last 5 years?
Declaration
I confirm that the information given in this application form is correct.
Signature __________________________
Date ______________________________
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For Office Use Only
When School sign off has been achieved this form should be sent to your College Office who will forward this
on to SID Logistics.
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