As a reminder, the deadline for responses for the external examiner vacancy below is this Friday 1^st September 2017.

 

 

Laura Goodhand

Quality & Standards Officer

St Mary's University, Twickenham

 

 

Deadline for responses: Friday 1^st September 2017

 

St Mary’s University, Twickenham has a vacancy for one external examiner for a new suite of undergraduate Business Management programmes in the School of Management and Social Sciences, as follows:

 

·         BA Business Management

·         BA Business Management and Finance

·         BA Business Management and Entrepreneurship

·         BA International Business Management

·         BA Business Management with Business Ethics

 

Please note that the majority of modules across the five programmes are the same and will be shared across all programmes. There are differences in their core/option status in each programme to reflect the different subject specialisms.

 

The BA Business Management programme is an established programme at St Mary’s University and was successfully revalidated during 2016-17 for commencement in September 2017.

 

BA Business Management and Finance, BA Business Management and Entrepreneurship, BA International Business Management and BA Business Management with Business Ethics are all newly validated programmes that will commence in September 2017.

 

Details regarding the content of the programmes are available at the hyperlinks above.

 

The standard term of appointment for external examiners is four years. The term will commence in 2017-18 and will run until the end of the 2020-21 academic year.

 

In order to be eligible for the role candidates must:

 

·         be an academic currently employed in a UK higher education institution with relevant subject area expertise, particularly in relation to finance and accountancy given that accreditation for the programmes is being sought from CIMA and CIPFA (NB the programme accreditation is still subject to approval);

·         have appropriate experience of undergraduate programme teaching, learning and assessment;

Please note that if any of the following criteria apply, then the candidate is not eligible for the external examiner role:

1.     he/she teaches on the programme of study to which he/she is being considered for appointment;

2.     he/she holds a teaching or other appointment of St Mary's University or its collaborative partners, or has held such an appointment within four years prior to the date of commencement of the proposed appointment as External Examiner;

3.     he/she is a close relative of a member of the nominating School or programme team or of a candidate, or has an association with the nominating School which could compromise his/her role and independence as External Examiner;

4.     he/she has previously served as External Examiner at St Mary's University at any time within the previous four years or has an association with the University and/ or the nominating School or the University's collaborative partners;

5.     he/she already holds two concurrent appointments as External Examiner at first degree and/or higher degree level(s);

6.     he/she is a current student of St Mary's University or its collaborative partners;

7.     he/she holds a teaching or other appointment from non-UK institutions;

8.     he/she has retired from full-time work in higher education;

9.     he/she is employed at an institution where more than one current St Mary's External Examiner is already in post, and/or is employed at the same department at the same institution as any current St Mary's External Examiner already in post.

If you are interested in this external examiner role, please submit a current C.V. and a summary of your experience to Dr Anthony Davies, Programme Director for Business Management ([log in to unmask]) and Laura Goodhand, Quality and Standards Officer ([log in to unmask]).

 

 

Best wishes,

 

Laura

 

Laura Goodhand

Quality & Standards Officer

Registry

St Mary's University

Waldegrave Road, Twickenham

London TW1 4SX

Tel: 0208 240 8269

 

http://www.stmarys.ac.uk

 

    

 

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