School of Nursing and Advanced Practice – Liverpool John Moores University
The School of Nursing and Advanced Practice is looking for academic colleagues to act as External Advisors for a validation event. The programme on the agenda is the BSc Health Studies (top-up) programme. We will require an advisor for this Level 6 award.
The validation event will be held via MS Teams on the 13th February.
The role involves:
- Acting as a subject expert on the validation and review panel
- Receiving and providing written feedback on programme documentation.
- Attending an online event facilitated via MS Teams the 13th February to discuss the programme with the programme team, students and service users.
- Contributing to the panel’s decision regarding approval of the programme.
The criteria for this position is listed below:
- Nominees must have current academic experience and subject expertise to be able to advise on the programme content and delivery.
- Hold a UK professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Nominees must hold an academic qualification that is at least of the same FHEQ level as the programme being reviewed.
- Nominees must be independent of the programme being reviewed.
- Nominations will not be accepted from current or previous external examiners (within the last 5 years).
- Nominations will not be accepted from former employees/students of the university (within the last 5 years).
- There should be no close association between the nominee and the programmes/school/faculty, or any other factors which may compromise objectivity (for example, placement tutor, research collaborator, relative or close friend).
- A nominee may be appointed as an external panel member/external advisor no more than 2 times in a 5 year period.
- A payment of £200 will be provided, plus any associated expenses if applicable.
If you are interested in this role, or would like further information, please contact Laura Schwartz, (Programme Lead BSc Health Studies) L.Schwartz@ljmu.ac.uk