The School of Health & Social Care at the University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for an immediate start and would welcome expressions of interests for this position:
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice & degree apprenticeship
This is a post-graduate taught programme offering both standard and apprenticeship routes through the programme. There are 2 cohorts a year with intakes in September and February. The programme has been submitted for HEE accreditation.
Further details can be found here https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/course/adclprms/
External Examiners play a central role in the maintenance of the standards of the University’s awards and the currency of the curriculum. They perform this role through:
- the approval of assessment tasks and examination papers
- discussions with relevant academic staff
- the review of samples of student work on modules within the programme
- the endorsement of marks to confirm that the marks are an agreed, fully moderated and externally examined set of results
- the submission of annual reports
- attendance at appropriate boards of examiners (currently virtual)
- agreement to programme modifications & revalidation
Applicants should possess the following:
- Current professional registration and experience of post-qualification educational provision at MSc level/QAA L7
- Relevant experience and expertise to maintain comparable quality standards
Please note the University Regulations mean that the following circumstances would make applicants ineligible for the role
- A member of a governing body or committee of the university of Lincoln 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 programme of study.
- Anyone who is, or knows they be, in a position to significantly influence 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 (s) or modules in question.
- Former staff or students of the institution unless a period of five years has elapsed, and all students taught by or with the External Examiner have completed their programme(s).
- A reciprocal arrangement involving cognate programmes at another institution.
- The succession of an External Examiner by a colleague from the Examiner’s home department and institution.
- The appointment of more than one External Examiner from the same department of the same institution.
If you are interested in the role please send a CV and appropriate covering letter/email to Helen Chilvers hchilvers@lincoln.ac.uk
Closing date for expressions of interest is Monday 30th January 2023.