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Hi Heather Please see responses from UCA below in blue. Best regards Kathryn Kathryn Taylor Quality Manager (Mon-Thu) ---------- [[log in to unmask]] - University for the Creative Arts Falkner Road Farnham Surrey GU9 7DS - Telephone: 01252 892911 www.uca.ac.uk<http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/> Twitter: @UniCreativeArts<https://twitter.com/UniCreativeArts/> | Instagram: @unicreativearts<https://www.instagram.com/unicreativearts/> | Facebook.com/ucreativearts<https://www.facebook.com/ucreativearts/> | Snapchat: @unicreativearts<https://www.snapchat.com/add/unicreativearts> | Youtube.com/unicreativearts<https://www.youtube.com/user/UniCreativeArts> - UCA is The Times / Sunday Times 'Modern University of the Year 2019' and the No.1 Specialist Creative University, ranking in the Top 35 of all UK Universities in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. As the UK's No.1 specialist creative university for employment of graduates*<https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/05-07-2018/employment-of-leavers-tables> and the second largest provider of creative education in Europe, the University has been producing exceptional graduates for the global creative sector for over 150 years. 96.9% of UCA's graduates were either in employment or further study within 6 months of graduation in the most recent DLHE* survey released in 2018. We have more than 7,500 students studying on 120 creative arts, business and technology courses at campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Rochester, Hampton Court and Maidstone as well as by distance learning. Our exceptional team of world-class teaching and research academics are equipping the next generation of creators, innovators and leaders with the skills they need to thrive in the creative industries. * Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) July 2018 WeChat: [cid:image008.jpg@01D445E6.1A2BA6D0] From: ARC Assessment Practitioners Group <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Heather Martin Sent: 26 April 2019 11:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Assessment Board models Dear All We are currently looking at how we manage assessment boards and wanted to find out from anyone who has moved away from standard Department/School level assessment boards. Happy to collate responses and circulate. How are your boards structured? We have 7 Schools and each has its own Board of Examiners, chaired by the respective Head of School. Each School has a main Board and a resit board for both UG and PG provision (so 4 boards a year for each school). If numbers are small, we will often combine the boards for two or more schools (e.g. there is only one combined PG resit board). Who sits on them? Constitution comprises: * Head of School * Course Leaders for the courses under consideration * A representative from Quality Assurance * A representative from Registry Quorum: 50% of the membership including the chair. How do you deploy External Examiners? We have recently updated the constitution so External Examiners no longer form part of the board's quoracy requirements, though they are still welcome to attend should they wish (for which they are paid). EEs make one or two assessment visits per year for their respective courses (only one is funded centrally, if courses choose to have a second visit, this is funded from the course budget). If at a University level, how do you manage local preparation? All Boards are scheduled centrally and the schedule circulated before the beginning of each academic year. About a week before the main Boards, a joint pre-board meeting takes place attended by senior administrative staff from Quality and Registry to error check the board profiles and ensure accuracy for the main event (Boards do not have authority to change individual marks.) What have been the pitfalls in moving to this model? It works well for us. UCA has very few exams and almost all assessment is done via course work or presentations. Best wishes and have a great weekend. Heather Heather Martin Deputy Academic Registrar [cid:image001.jpg@01D12133.15F4D2B0] Tel: 0191 515 2672 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Academic Registry | Floor 1 | Gateway | City Campus | Sunderland | SR1 3SD ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the ARC-APG list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARC-APG&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ARC-APG list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARC-APG&A=1