The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin

1. Anglia Ruskin’s Organisational Structure • 5 faculties • 29 departments • 50+ programmes • numerous pathways and modules The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin

2. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Faculty Department 1 Department 2 Programme A Programme B Programme C Programme D Pathways Pathways Pathways Pathways Anglia Ruskin’s Organisational Structure

3. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Anglia Ruskin’s Organisational Structure Business School Department 1 Department 2 Programme A Programme B Programme C

4. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Key Postholders in the Faculties: • Deans • Associate Deans • Heads of Department • Programme Leaders • Pathway Leaders • Module Leaders Anglia Ruskin’s Organisational Structure

5. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Key Postholders centrally: • Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality & Enhancement) • Director of Academic and Quality Systems Office • Head of Quality Assurance • Institutional Quality Assurance Officer (External Examiners & TQI) • Faculty Quality Assurance Officers Anglia Ruskin’s Organisational Structure

6. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Tier One – Departmental Assessment Panels • Modules • Academic Standards (including mean marks, standard deviation and comparison with performance from previous years/assessment periods) • Considering the performance of students registered on modules • Approving the marks achieved by students on modules • Awarding credit for the achievement of students on modules • Determining the necessary action to retrieve failed modules Two-Tier Assessment Structure

7. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin Tier Two – Faculty Awards Boards • receiving and confirming recommendations on claims of mitigating circumstances • confirming eligibility for awards on the basis of accumulated credit in accordance with the Pathway Specification Form • considering the overall performance of students enrolled on pathways • conferring awards • [awarding credit to students on modules passed by compensation] Two-Tier Assessment Structure

8. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin • regular attendance at, and participation in assessment board meetings and discussions • approve proposed assessment tasks prior to use • moderate assessed student work • academic standards • comparability: other UK HEIs and external reference points • fairness and due process • annual report ALL ON BEHALF OF THE ANGLIA RUSKIN SENATE Expectations of External Examiners

9. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin • advice and guidance to Module Leader/Module Team/Assessment Panel/Awards Board • recommend changes where necessary • support should not be unduly withheld • the external examiner is a member of an Assessment Panel/Awards Board; has no extra powers • all decision are Assessment Panel/Awards Boards decisions Powers & Limitations

10. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin An external examiner should not be: • personally associated with the sponsorship of students • required to assess colleagues who are students • involved with Anglia Ruskin placements or training Impartiality

11. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin • Head of Department • Faculty Quality Assurance Officer • Associate Dean (with responsibility for quality assurance) • Chris Collins, Institutional Quality Assurance Officer (External Examiners & TQI), Quality Assurance Division • Corriene Thompson, Administrative Assistant, Quality Assurance Division • Paul Baxter, Head of Quality Assurance • Lesley Dobree, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality & Enhancement) Support we provide

12. Approving Assessment Tasks • Items that require external examiner approval: • examination papers • other major items of assessment • External examiners need: • the relevant Module Definition Form (MDF) • the relevant Module Guide • the published assessment criteria • marking scheme/indicative answers • sufficient time The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin

13. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin The external examiner is therefore looking for: • evidence of appropriate academic standards • clarity • fairness • coverage Approving Assessment Tasks Purpose: to comment on suitability of tasks with regard to academic standards and comparability with similar provision elsewhere

14. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin all assessment methods • sampling: minimum of 6 or 5%, whichever the greater; to cover range of performance • presented with agreed marks – not a second or third marker • posting of work/attendance prior to meetings • access to all work Moderating Assessed Work

15. The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin • moderate all marks up, down or request complete re-marking • cannot change individual marks • Assessment Panel decision Moderating Assessed Work

16. The External Examiner's Annual Report • standard template for both Tier One (DAP) and Tier Two (Awards Boards) • submitted from July onwards • deadline of end of September • TQI requirements The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin

17. The External Examiner's Annual Report (cont.) • individual students should not be identified • read by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality & Enhancement) and Head of Quality Assurance • included as part of the annual monitoring process • part of contract; no report = no fee! The External Examiner at Anglia Ruskin