All collaborative centres will need to hold examining boards in order to consider and confirm students’ progression and final award classifications.
Examining boards are a key part of the quality assurance processes to ensure that standards are comparable with those of other schemes within the University of Wales and the UK.
Examining board dates should be agreed with the Validation Unit, ideally at the start of the academic session.
This brief guide to examining boards is split into three sections:
BEfore the EXAMINING board
Marking student work
All student work should be marked by internal examiners. Please follow double marking and moderation guidelines| and ensure that markers make full comments. It is good practice for work to be marked anonymously and for markers to complete marking sheets.
Unfair Practice
If unfair practice| (plagiarism or collusion) is suspected, the university’s Unfair Practice Procedure must be followed and the university must be informed and invited to attend any hearing.
Results transfer
At least one month prior to the examining board, the institution administrator should upload an exam transfer|. This will generate a University mark sheet (NORF).
Internal examining board
An internal board should be held in advance of the examining board.
Special/extenuating circumstances
Students should be made aware of the process for submission of extenuating circumstances in the student handbook. Applications should be considered first at the internal examining board or a special circumstances committee.
Review of student work by external examiners
External examiners will need to review a sample of all marked student work prior to the examining board to enable them to confirm the marks awarded and comment on the assessment process.
If your scheme is taught/assessed in a language other than English|, you will also need to provide need to provide translated copies of the assessment and student work.