The role of external examining in higher education : challenges and best practices / edited by Enakshi Sengupta (International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA), Patrick Blessinger (International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA), Andrew Ssemwanga (Family Enterprise Support Initiative (FESI), Uganda), Barbara Cozza (St. John's University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sengupta, Enakshi, editor.

Blessinger, Patrick, editor.

Ssemwanga, Andrew, editor.

Cozza, Barbara, editor.

Series:

Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; v. 38.

Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; v. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Examinations.

Universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Evaluation.

Education, Higher.

Quality assurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 200 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

Using an external examiner in an institution is not a new phenomenon. Whilst there is no 'one size fits all' approach, how can researchers collaborate on key developments in maintaining higher education standards in order to overcome challenges and cultivate best practice together? This book considers the external examination challenges and best practice examples in academia in various parts of the world. With several chapters that cover examples of mitigating disadvantage and creating opportunities without compromising the quality assurance process, the authors examine how universities are engaged in safeguarding procedures at the same time as enhancing the quality standards. Providing a comprehensive international focus, this volumes showcases how we might make external examining a rigorous process which is fair, reliable and consistent across the globe.

Contents:

Part I. Roles and responsibilities of external examiners

Introduction to the role of external examining in higher education - challenges and best practices / Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger, Andrew Ssemwanga and Barbara Cozza

Chapter 1. Acting as external examiners in the UK: going beyond quality assurance / Amudha Poobalan, Padam Simkhada and Edwin van Teijlingen

Chapter 2. Promoting access to external examining roles through professional development / Helen Kay and Juliet Hinrichsen

Chapter 3. Authentic assessments and the external examiner / Mikhaila Burgess and Helen Phillips

Chapter 4. Is there such a thing as 'comparableness'? The challenges facing the EEs of higher-education courses delivered within further-education institutions / Sarah Cooper and Sara Pearman

Part II. Challenges & quality assurance

Chapter 5. A study of the effectiveness of the external examining system of postgraduate (MBA) dissertations and the mismatch between expectations and practice / Deepanjana Varshney

Chapter 6. External examining the professional doctorate as distinct from the traditional PhD: differentiating and developing policy and practice / Dionisia Tzavara and Victoria L. O' Donnell

Chapter 7. External examining policies at The University of Mauritius / Fareeda Khodabocus and Henri Li Kam Wah

Chapter 8. Benchmarking: a comparative case study analysis of quality assurance across the private and university sector in the UK / Kay Maddox-Daines

Chapter 9. Building without a foundation: efforts in higher education to meet external examiners requirements in the absence of statewide data / Megan Schramm-Possinger, Lisa E. Johnson and Beth G. Costner.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781839098802

1839098805

9781839821745

1839821744