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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Falmer Campus, Westlain House, Falmer, BN1 9PH

We are seeking an external examiner for the BSc (Hons) Professional Practice Course.

The Professional Practice degree is a part-time course is for health and social care professionals who do not yet have a BSc (Hons) degree and would like to take Level 6 modules on a flexible course allowing non-clinical and/or clinical modules. The course provides an opportunity to ‘top-up’ a previously completed Level 5 diploma or foundation degree to achieve a BSc (Hons) award.

The University of Brighton offers extensive support for external examiners and holds workshops annually. Further support is also provided by the course lead and the Acute Care Subject and Associate Subject Lead. The University normally expects external examiners to attend a minimum of one examination board per year.

Applicants are advised that the University applies the following criteria to external examiners:

• The area of expertise of external examiners is within the area of examinations undertaken.
• Applicants should have recently been employed (or are still employed) within a university appointment.
• They must not have been a University of Brighton examiner within the last five years.

Commencement date October 2026 for a period of 4 years

For an informal discussion, please contact Deborah Miarkowska d.miarkowska@brighton.ac.uk

Please forward your curriculum vitae to Laura Gwilliam l.gwilliam@brighton.ac.uk with the title of the course BSc (Hons) Professional Practice in the subject line.

Closing date for applications – September 2025

Further information may be found on the University website at: Continuing professional development in health https://www.brighton.ac.uk/studying-here/find-a-course/cpe-in-health-sciences/index.aspx