S.L. 327.88 Art. 20Appointment of external examiners.

(1) The Senate shall normally appoint External Examiners, either on a visiting or a non-visiting basis, for programmes of study in undergraduate degree Courses. When appointed, External Examiners shall be members of each Board of Examiners of compulsory final year

Study-Units, and also members of the Award Classification Board of the

Course that includes the programme of study for which they are appointed External Examiners, provided that in programmes of study which include Synoptic Study-Units the External Examiner need only be involved in these Study-Units besides the dissertation.

(2) As members of the Board of Examiners of a study-unit, external examiners shall:

(a) together with the Board of Examiners, approve examination papers and mark schemes, and all other assessment exercises, procedures and practices in relation to that study-unit;

(b) whenever deemed necessary, see the assessed work of students for compulsory first semester study-units of the final year; and

(c) moderate the results and/or recommend changes to unpublished marks of all compulsory final year study-units assessed at the end of the last semester, including the dissertation study-unit when one is required: Provided that when the number of students is too large or in postgraduate programmes, it shall be sufficient for the external examiner to moderate the examination by seeing a reasonable sample of the assessed work, including assignments and/or examination scripts from the top, the middle and the bottom of the ability range and including work of borderline students.