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Enjoy your youth while you may - I have the experience, but one university retracted their offer of an External Examinership because I was "old"! C Bland Tomkinson BSc BA MEd PFHEA FAUA Visiting Lecturer, University of Manchester Special Consultant, South East University, Nanjing Associate Editor, HERD Co-Editor, IETI ----Original message---- From : [log in to unmask] Date : 29/06/2017 - 15:32 (GMTST) To : [log in to unmask] Subject : Re: Seeking External Examiner for HE Academy D1 Programme It reminds me of being young and looking for a job in the local burger joint/café/shop and seeing "previous experience required". But I was young, and had no experience. A catch-22... Best wishes, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pope, Udaramati > Sent: 29 June 2017 13:25 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Seeking External Examiner for HE Academy D1 Programme > > Thank you Janette, you beat me to posting this point! I am in exactly the same > position and very frustrated by not being able to apply for such opportunities. > Best wishes, > > Melanie > > Dh. Dr Melanie Udaramati Pope > PhD PGDHE SFHEA AFSEDA > Academic Practice Consultant > PGCAP Course Leader > > Centre for Professional Learning and Development Nottingham Trent University > 50 Shakespeare Street > NOTTINGHAM > NG1 4FQ > Tel: +44 (0)115 848 3768 > web: www.ntu.ac.uk/cpld > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janette Myers > Sent: 29 June 2017 13:21 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Seeking External Examiner for HE Academy D1 Programme > > This is a reply to all of you who have posted seeking external examiners, I'm > not singling Karen out, it's just that this finds me with a spare 5 minutes. > I've looked with interest at your posts because I have considered becoming an > EE, believing it would contribute to my professional development and that I > would have something to contribute in return. > The person spec almost always says that previous experience of external > examining is essential for the role. So my question to you as a would be > examiner with no previous experience is - what can I do? And what will you do > to develop the people you need to run your courses as the current policy > inevitably results in you seeking replacement EEs from an ever dwindling pool? > > Regards > Janette > > > > I work at SGUL Tues-Thurs > > Dr Janette Myers SFHEA > Senior Lecturer in Student Learning and Support, CIDE (Centre for Innovation > and Development of Education) Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, > 6th floor Hunter Wing, St George's, University of London Cranmer Terrace > London > SW17 0RE > > 020 8725 0616 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Clegg > Sent: 29 June 2017 09:38 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Seeking External Examiner for HE Academy D1 Programme > > Dear SEDA colleagues, > > We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative and rigorous External > Examiner for the HEA accredited York Learning and Teaching Award. Mapped > against Descriptor 1 of the UK Professional Standards Framework the > programme is aimed to equip GTAs with the skills, experience and support > required to excel in their academic practice and to develop an academic > career. The programme is cohort based and recruits 4-50 GTAs annually. The > position will be available from the start of the academic year 2017/18 for four > years. We are seeking to identify a colleague with experience of postgraduate > teaching together with experience of the delivery or management of > professional development provision. > > Applicants should have: > - extensive educational development experience, teaching on a similar > programme > - previous external examining experience > - good awareness of HE teaching and learning in the creative arts > - experience of making HEA fellowship recognition decisions > - Senior or Principal Fellowship of the HEA. > > Responsibilities: We would like the external to prepare a report and present it > verbally that at one external examiner meeting a year, usually in July and > review a selection of online portfolios. Other opportunities to engage with the > programme will be offered as optional. > > Information about the programme can be found using this link: > https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yo > rk.ac.uk%2Fstaff%2Fresearch%2Ftraining-forums%2Fresearch-excellence- > training-team%2Fpostgraduates-who-teach%2Fyork-learning-and-teaching- > award%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cudaramati.pope%40NTU.AC.UK%7C5ca89d1512 > e34567a62708d4bee9423a%7C8acbc2c5c8ed42c78169ba438a0dbe2f%7C1&sd > ata=JfVOSBNLW5YF5SCyOS0a3XVMj6PdN6kV%2BdXoeNmrsuo%3D&reserved=0 > > For further information on the Criteria for Appointment of External Examiners, > please refer to The QAA Quality Code, Chapter B7: External Examining, > Indicator 5. > > If you are interested in this opportunity, or would like to discuss the post > informally, please contact Dr Karen Clegg, Director for York Learning and > Teaching Award and submit a letter of application together with a C.V. to > [log in to unmask] by 31st July. We hope to be in a position to confirm the > appointment by early September. Please note, unfortunately we are unable to > consider applications from colleagues who have studied or worked at the > University of York within the past five years, or who have participated in any > review of the York Learning and Teaching Award within that time. > > With best wishes, > Karen > DISCLAIMER: This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain > private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, > please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. In this case, > please reply to this email to highlight the error. 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