The 15 th Annual External Examiners Seminar Australia Day Professor Craig Mahoney DVC (Learning & Teaching)
Jan 04, 2016
The 15th Annual External Examiners Seminar
Australia Day
Professor Craig Mahoney
DVC (Learning & Teaching)
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Key Features
• 2 x 13 week semesters
• Assessment shift in Semester 1
• Nomenclature – Student Self-Directed Time– Winter Break– Spring Break
• International student recruitment variations
• Induction, Welcome Week, Fresher’s Week – combined for Year 1 students
• Relevant mainly to UG provision
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Mentoring
• Appointment of new External Examiners– Approval is varied – academia, industry,
private consultants, foreign, retired, etc
• Mentoring support is designed to aid understanding of the systems and protocols used at Northumbria
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Critical Friend
• Advice
• Review
• Guidance
• Quality & Standards
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Assessments
• Feedback on;– Type of assessment load offered– Experience with non-percentage marks– Increasing classification numbers for 1st and
2:1– Assessment for Learning– SDF Employer Engagement success
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Bologna
• Transcript of Record
• Diploma Supplement
• HEAR Trial (n=18)– Recording achievement– Retrospective on Biology and Accounting– Forward trial from September 2009
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The Journey
We teach over 7,320 modules on over 560 courses
2006/07 1st Class 627 & 2359 2:1
degrees
7120 students attended 22
graduations last year - more than 11,000 students
graduated
National Student Survey 2008 – 71% response rate, 84% satisfaction
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Student Experience
• 50th in latest survey
• NSS results favourable
• Vibrant Student Services
• Staff:Student ConsultativeCommittee
• Considered a national leaderin Student Representation
• Feedback loops
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National Student Survey
• 71% response rate
• 84% approval rating
• 90% prepared to recommend Northumbria
• Responsiveness
• Feedback of work 4 weeks unless otherwise stated, aspiration of 3 weeks
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Exam Boards
• Intention to move towards ‘limited paper’ Boards
• Trial completed with considerable success
• Greater flexibility
• Higher reliability with SITS