External examiners
View a list of external examiner resources and external examiner induction day information.
Introduction
External examiners are individuals drawn from academia and also industry, business and the professions, appointed to provide institutions with impartial and independent advice alongside informative comment on the institution’s standards and on student achievement in relation to those standards.
If you are a member of staff at UWE Bristol and are interested in becoming an external examiner please see our FAQs (PDF) for more information about the role.
Guidance and links
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This system is used to access your portfolio of responsibilities, your team, personal details and completing/accessing annual reports. |
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Online assessment guidance |
External Examiners will be provided with sample packages (containing samples of student submissions, marking and feedback) and files related to any modules they have been allocated. This page will tell you how you will receive assessment samples with links to relevant guidance and systems. |
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Online assessment |
This link will take you to Blackboard to access the grade centre and access samples and files. |
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Pre-assessment scrutiny |
This document contains step by step guidance for External Examiners on navigating and using pre- and post-assessment sites. |
| Academic regulations and procedures |
This page contains our current academic regulations and procedures and related policies. |
Pre- and post-assessment sites
The following SharePoint links require a UWE Bristol login and you may need to request permission to access the documents.
Induction day information
Please watch the presentations shared at the External Examiners Conference along with other external examiner induction day resources:
- Agenda for the External Examiners’ Virtual Conference (PDF)
- Session 1 – Welcome and Overview presentation – Rachel Cowie (pptx)
- Session 2 – New External Examiners Role of the External Examiner at UWE Bristol presentation – Jenny Dye (pptx)
- Session 3 - Demo of Online Assessment (Blackboard) – demonstrating what external examiners can see in the grade centre and accessing samples/files in Blackboard.
- Session 4 – External Examining of Partnership Provision presentation – Hilary Lowe (pptx)
- Session 5 – External Expertise Service Demo
- External Examiner Annual Reporting (PDF)
Follow this link for a video guide on Pebblepad.
Contact us
Any queries concerning the external examiner role and responsibilities, please email externalsreport@uwe.ac.uk.
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