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Where a piece of work has been referred to a third marker, following an
irreconcilable difference between the first and second markers, the third marker
should prepare a brief report on the resolution of the mark.
Records of internal moderation must be made available to the External Examiner.
External Moderation
The University requires that the standard and consistency of the marking of
assessments which contribute directly to an award be confirmed by the
appropriate External Examiners.
External Examiners have the right of access to all assessed work which
contributes to an award. In practice, in most cases they will necessarily
concentrate on a sample of assessed work. The School Director of Teaching and
Learning or a member of staff designated by the Head of School/Department (for
example, a Programme Director) should seek the agreement of the External
Examiners as to how the sample is selected, bearing in mind that, in the first
instance, the same principles as for internal moderation should determine the
selection of the sample, but that, in the case of external moderation,
consideration should be given to candidates' profile of marks and indicative
overall classification as well as to marks for individual modules.
In considering candidates' profile of marks and indicative overall classification,
External Examiners may wish to give consideration to: (a) those candidates who
fall within the borderline and who fail marginally to fulfil one or other of the
criteria for promotion; (b) those who fall marginally short of the threshold overall
average which qualifies for inclusion in the borderline and who have fulfilled one
or other of the criteria for promotion; and (c) candidates whose profile is marginal
and sufficiently unusual to give rise to concerns about the security of the implied
classification. Statistics from previous Sessions indicate that the numbers of
students who fall within these categories for any programme will be small.
For the Part 1 Examination, External Examiners would be expected to consider a
sample which allows them to moderate the full range of marks, and to attend
particularly to the pass/fail borderline and the borderline at the 30% threshold. It
is expected that the sample may be smaller than the samples for the Part 2 and
Part 3/4/Final Examination.
The School Director of Teaching and Learning (or other designated member of
staff) should seek to establish whether External Examiners wish for access to
assessed work which might not be readily available (e.g. coursework), and should
make appropriate arrangements to accommodate such requests.
External Examiners are asked to comment on the monitoring of assessment, and
explicitly to report that moderation procedures are satisfactory.
Further information on the requirements for moderation by External Examiners
is contained in the Code of Practice on the External Examining of Taught Programmes.
Verification and submission of marks
Markers, or, where appropriate, the module convenors, are responsible for
checking that the marks submitted to the School/Departmental Examination
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