Jobs: England

Bournemouth University is urgently seeking to appoint an External Examiner/External Assessor for our Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeships to start as soon as possible for Level 4 units only from appointment to September 2025. We would then like the External Examiner/External Assessor to cover units at all levels from September 2025 onwards for a period of four years. The fee paid to External Examiners per year is £450 and External Assessors per year is £450. The University provides an External Examiner Induction/Briefing seminar in November and March each year to support those new to external examining and experienced External Examiners. Please find more information the Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeships programme here: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/bsc-nursing-apprenticeships The ideal academic candidate for this post will have previous experience as an External Examiner and External Assessor in nursing apprenticeships (although support will be provided to exceptional candidates without this prior experience) and should be currently active in educational delivery and research within the field of adult nursing. As External Examiner, your duties would include:

• External moderation of a range of assignments
• Review proposed assessment briefs to determine their appropriateness
• Visit to BU to look at resources and meet staff and students
• Submission of an annual report to the Academic Quality department
• Attendance at Assessment Boards online
• Advising on matters such as programme review and/or modifications

As External Assessor, your duties would include:

• Assess the EPA plan and how this is delivered in practice
• Assess standards in an effective manner, identify good practice and recommend enhancements to enable informed EPA development
• Assess/observe the management of gateway
• Assess the assessment instruments/methods
• Assess/observe the reliability and comparability of EPA
• Assess the accessibility of EPA and the management of reasonable adjustments
• Assess/observe assessor standardisation or moderation meetings
• Produce an external assessor report

Information relating to the External Examining role at Bournemouth is available via the following list: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/professional-services/academic-quality-standards/external-examiners For more details and/or an informal conversation, please contact the RNDA programme lead: Dr Rowena Slope We will also require proof of your right to work in the UK prior to making the appointment

The University of Northampton is looking for an External Examiner for Podiatry courses as listed below: BSc (Hons) Podiatry. BSc (Hons) Podiatry – Apprenticeship route Level 7 Stand Alone Modules This will entail attendance of our assessment boards, review of all taught modules and their assessment processes; including review of Dissertation projects, VIVA’s, practical, exam, presentation and assignment-based assessments across level 4, 5 and 6. As a HCPC and royal college approved and validated course, we can only accept applications from those holding current HCPC registration as a Podiatrist. We are looking for someone:

• who is suitably qualified with expertise in the above areas, ideally a Course Leader or Senior Lecturer on similar courses;
• previous experience as an external examiner is preferred but not essential

The appointment will be for the four academic years 2025 to 2029, from 1 October 2025. Please note that we cannot currently accept applications from staff at the following institutions:

• Glasgow Caledonian
• University of Huddersfield
• Coventry
• Cardiff Metropolitan
• University East London

The University of Northampton will not appoint an External Examiner from any of our approved partnerships. This information will be checked upon application. Closing date: 25 May 2025 We reserve the right the close the vacancy early should enough applications be received. If you are interested in applying for this role (or to request further information), please send a recent CV to externalexaminers@northampton.ac.uk If you are unsuccessful in your application, we will destroy your application and CV after 1 month of the advert closing. If you are successful, your application and CV will be retained securely for 5 years, one year after the end of the 4-year contract. The University of Northampton is committed to creating a learning experience that celebrates equality and harnesses the power of diversity as exemplified by the rich social and ethnic backgrounds of our student body. We encourage applications from colleagues from diverse backgrounds to ensure that external scrutiny continues to challenge and inspire us.

Bournemouth University is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for our MSc Public Health with effect from September 2025. The period of appointment will be for a period of four years and the fee paid to External Examiners per year is £450. The University provides an External Examiner Induction/Briefing seminar in November and March each year to support those new to external examining and experienced External Examiners. Please find more information the MSc Public Health programme here: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/msc-public-health The ideal academic candidate for this post will have previous experience as an External Examiner in public health (although support will be provided to exceptional candidates without this prior experience) and should be currently active in educational delivery and research within the field of public health. As External Examiner, your duties would include:

• External moderation of a range of assignments
• Review proposed assessment briefs to determine their appropriateness
• Submission of an annual report to the Academic Quality department
• Attendance at Assessment Boards
• Advising on matters such as programme review and/or modifications

Information relating to the External Examining role at Bournemouth is available via the following list: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/professional-services/academic-quality-standards/external-examiners For more details and/or an informal conversation, please contact Dr Holly Crossen-White, Programme Lead, hcrossen@bournemouth.ac.uk We will also require proof of your right to work in the UK prior to making the appointment.

The University of Northampton is looking for an External Examiner for

• BSc Degree in Occupational Therapy with three pathways: full time, full time extended, and apprenticeships
• MSc Pre-registration Occupational Therapy programme

Both programmes enable students to register with the Health Care Professions Council. We are looking for someone:

• who is suitably qualified with expertise in the above areas, ideally a Programme Leader or Senior Lecturer on similar programmes.
• previous experience as an external examiner is preferred but not essential

The appointment will be for the four academic years 2025 to 2029, from (1 October 2025). Please note that we cannot currently accept applications from staff at the following institutions:

• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Hertfordshire
• Coventry University
• University of Winchester
• Glasgow Caledonian

The University of Northampton will not appoint an External Examiner from any of our approved partnerships. This information will be checked upon application. Closing date: 31 May 2025 If you are interested in applying for this role (or to request further information), please send a recent CV to externalexaminers@northampton.ac.uk If you are unsuccessful in your application, we will destroy your application and CV after 1 month of the advert closing. If you are successful, your application and CV will be retained securely for 5 years, one year after the end of the 4-year contract. The University of Northampton is committed to creating a learning experience that celebrates equality and harnesses the power of diversity as exemplified by the rich social and ethnic backgrounds of our student body. We encourage applications from colleagues from diverse backgrounds to ensure that external scrutiny continues to challenge and inspire us.

The University of Northampton is looking for an External Examiner for FdSc Nursing Associate. The University of Northampton is looking to recruit a suitable qualified NMC registered academic to act as External Examiner for the FdSc Nursing Associate programme. The university has a long history of delivering nursing programmes at pre and post graduate level. FdSc Nursing Associate is the newest programme within the existing provision. The university has been involved with nursing associates since the first wave of the pilot programmes in 2017. The programme is validated to the NMC (2018) programme standards and recruits both apprentices and direct entry UCAS entry students. We are looking for someone:

• who is suitably qualified with expertise in the above areas, ideally a Programme Leader or Senior Lecturer on similar programmes;
• a Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) registrant;
• previous experience as an external examiner is preferred but not essential

The appointment will be for the four academic years 2025 to 2029, from 1 October 2025 (or immediate start if appointing after 1 October 2025). Please note that we cannot currently accept applications from staff at the following institutions: 1. The University of Staffordshire 2. De Monfort University 3. University of Worcester 4. Teesside University 5. University of Winchester 6. Queens University Belfast The University of Northampton will not appoint an External Examiner from any of our approved partnerships. This information will be checked upon application. Closing date: 27/04/2025 If you are interested in applying for this role (or to request further information), please send a recent CV to externalexaminers@northampton.ac.uk If you are unsuccessful in your application, we will destroy your application and CV after 1 month of the advert closing. If you are successful, your application and CV will be retained securely for 5 years, one year after the end of the 4-year contract. The University of Northampton is committed to creating a learning experience that celebrates equality and harnesses the power of diversity as exemplified by the rich social and ethnic backgrounds of our student body. We encourage applications from colleagues from diverse backgrounds to ensure that external scrutiny continues to challenge and inspire us.