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Colleagues, This message was sent over the summer vacation. The response was distinctly underwhelming; I am therefore re-sending it in the hope of a few more answers. Apologies for any inconvenience. Cheers Jon ____________________________________________________________ > This message relates to the appointment of external examiners. I should > be > grateful if colleagues could forward this to the member of staff in their > institution who is responsible for the central administration and/or > monitoring of the external examiner system. Thank you in advance. > > Colleagues, > > At a recent meeting of the Sub-committee for External Examiner Nominations > at the University of Brighton, it was noted that it was increasingly > difficult to identify suitable external examiners. A number of reasons > might be identified for this, including the heavy workload already > experienced by senior staff in their own institutions, and the ncertainty > surrounding future arrangements for external quality assurance. > > It was agreed that younger staff often made excellent external examiners, > as > they were enthusiastic about the role. However, these staff were often > not > approached, as other institutions were not aware that they might be > suitable > candidates. > > The sub-committee therefore wondered whether it might be appropriate to > collate a list of those academic staff within the University who were > available to serve as external examiners, whether or not they already > held, > or had previously held, external examinerships. This list might be made > available through the University website so that it could be accessed by > staff at other institutions when necessary. Senior staff in other > institutions could be contacted and notified of the existence of such a > list, and encouraged to collate the same information at their own > institutions, which would be a valuable resource throughout the sector. > > As Secretary to the sub-committee, I was therefore asked to seek any > comments or observations from other institutions within the sector > regarding > this tentative proposal. In particular, I would welcome any information > regarding institutions which are already carrying out similar work. > > Please respond direct to me at: [log in to unmask] > > and I shall collate any responses and circulate them to interested parties > (including updating on our plans if appropriate). > > Thanks in anticipation > > Jon > > ______________________________ > Jon Renyard > Regulations Officer > University of Brighton > email: [log in to unmask] > tel: (+44) (0)1273 643907 > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%