External Examiner roles and responsibilities
A consolidated taught course External Examiner policy has now been approved by Senate. This policy document does not include any changes in policy since 2024/25 and instead brings together all policy information into a single point for clarity and ease.
All policy information has been removed from these External Examiner webpages and can instead be found in the policy noted above. The remaining information present on these External Examiner webpages is guidance and supplementary information.
For the purposes of these webpages, and the taught course External Examiner policy, ‘department’ can be read as interchangeable with ‘school’ or other equivalent. ‘Partnerships’ are included under references to ‘departments’ unless a partnerships-specific note is included.
Please note that the policy and information on these webpages relates specifically to taught course External Examiners. For Postgraduate Research External Examiners, please see the Postgraduate Research webpages and contact pgresearch@essex.ac.uk with any queries.
If students want more information on the role of External Examiners and reports submitted, they can talk to their course representative or Head of Department/School.
Annual Review of Courses
Departments should send the approved version of their ARC report to the relevant External Examiner. They may also send a draft before the deadline if they wish.
Exam Boards
All Exam Boards are held remotely (online).
For internal University of Essex provision External Examiners
In order to access the Exam Boards and associated material, External Examiners will need to access their University of Essex IT account. Please check that you have access in good time before any Exam Boards. If you have difficulty accessing your IT account, please contact external.examiners@essex.ac.uk in the first instance.
Annual Report
For more information about the annual report, please see the reporting webpage.
