Bournemouth University is seeking to appoint an External Examiner for our Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeships with effect from 1 March 2025. The period of appointment will be for a period of four years and the fee paid to External Examiners per year is £450 and External Assessors per year is £450. The University provides an online External Examiner Induction to support those new to external examining and experienced External Examiners. More information for the Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeships programme is available on the Bournemouth University website: 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 role at Bournemouth University is also available to read on the University’s website: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/professional-services/academic-quality-standards/external-examiners