External Examiner Position:
BA (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status – Welsh Medium
Institution: Cardiff Metropolitan University
The School of Education and Social Policy, Cardiff Metropolitan University, is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for the BA (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (Welsh Medium) programme to begin in September 2020. Normal tenure is for four years.
The principal duties of the position are:
• To review proposed assessment material that counts towards an award;
• To view a sample of work ahead of Examining Boards in order to confirm student awards;
• To attend Examining Board meetings;
• To complete a report for the programme each Academic Year.
Appointment is subject to meeting the University’s criteria for the selection and approval of External Examiners, which include:
• Relevant subject expertise and experience at, as a minimum, the level of delivery;
• Knowledge and understanding of UK sector agreed reference points for the maintenance of academic standards, and assurance and enhancement of quality.
Please note the University does not appoint as external examiners, anyone in the following categories or circumstances:
• A member of a governing body or committee of the University or one of its collaborative partners, or a current employee of the University or one of its collaborative partners;
• Anyone with a close professional, contractual or personal relationship with a member of staff or student involved with the programme of study;
• Anyone required to assess colleagues who are recruited as students to the programme of study;
• Anyone who is, or knows they will be, in a position to influence significantly the future of students on the programme of study;
• Anyone 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 or modules in question;
• Former members of staff or former students of the University unless a period of five years has elapsed and all students taught by or with the external examiner have completed their programmes;
• A reciprocal arrangement involving cognate programmes at another institution;
• The succession of an external examiner by a colleague from the same institution unless the number of potential examiners is restricted because of the specialist nature of the programme/subject area;
• The appointment of more than one external examiner from the same department of the same institution.
Information of the external examiner role at Cardiff Metropolitan University is available here: https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/registry/academichandbook/Documents/AH2_12_01.pdf.
Should you require any further information regarding the post, please do not hesitate to contact Amy Burton at [log in to unmask]
If you would like to apply for the position, please forward your CV (maximum of 2 pages) along with an expression of interest to Amy Burton at [log in to unmask] by (05/03/2020).
Your data will be held and not processed for any purpose other than that for which it has been obtained, in accordance with current Data Protection Legislation until this recruitment process has concluded. Should you be unsuccessful in your application your data will be destroyed securely. For more information, our Privacy Notice is available at https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/Pages/privacy-statement.aspx
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