University of the West of Scotland
School of Health and Life Sciences
External Examiner Vacancies (1)
Undergraduate Health and Social Care Provision
The School of Health and Life Sciences is seeking to appoint a Health external examiner to a range of modules within our Collaborative Health and Social Care and Health suite of programmes.
The remit involves assessment of modules relating to:
- Assessing, Enabling and Empowering
- Communication for Health and Social Care
- Contemporary Issues in Health & Social Care NEW
- Context of Integration NEW
- First Steps: Collaborative Health/Social Care
- Foundations in Evidence Based Practice
- Foundations of Health and Social Care
- Intro to Leading in Health/Social Care
- Next Steps: Collaborative Health/Social Care
- Dimensions of Health and Social Inequality
- Promoting Health and Wellbeing NEW
External examiner responsibilities include moderation of assessment methods/samples/results and completion of an annual report. A schedule of module confirmation events per academic session will be made available and external examiners would be expected to complete external moderation in line with these dates. The School uses an electronic marking system associated with the originality checking programme Turnitin, called Grademark. External examiners are required to make use of the system during the external moderation process (this being accessible through the Virtual Learning Environment).
Experienced and new external examiners will be considered provided the applicant has the relevant professional qualification(s) and experience. Relevant professional experience in the fields of health and social care and a valid teaching qualification are essential requirements for this post.
The appointment will be with effect from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2028.
Full details of the programmes and modules will be provided to appointees and an online induction will be provided by the University following appointment. Further information about UWS policy for external examiners is available at:
For informal discussion, please contact:
Elaine Stevens, Programme Leader: Elaine.Stevens@uws.ac.uk, Tel 01698 283 100