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External Examiner Dashboard: welcome to the role of External Examiner!

Whether you are thinking about one of our opportunities or already working with us, here you will find information and resources to support you in the role. You can email the Portfolio Records Team with any questions which you may have about the structure of the role.

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Being an External Examiner...

In England

External Examiners are a key means of ensuring that:

The academic standard for each award and its component parts is set and maintained by the University at the appropriate level and that student performance is properly judged against this.
The assessment process measures student achievement appropriately against the intended outcomes of the programme, and is rigorous, fairly operated and in line with the institution's policies and regulations.
The University is able to compare the standards of its awards with those of other degree awarding bodies and against the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, and other appropriate external reference points.

External Examiners also play a key role in the on-going enhancement of the quality of the University's awards. Current students and staff can view published External Examiner reports on our secure SharePoint site (Staff/student intranet - University login required).

At the University of Bradford

The main duties of the External Examiner role at Bradford are as follows:

Reviewing and feeding back on proposed assessment tasks.
Reviewing samples of student work.
Endorsing the outcomes of module marking and moderation.
Attending Course Assessment Board meetings.
Producing an annual report.
Providing feedback to Programme/Module Teams, as required.
Addressing professional, statutory and regulatory body requirements, where applicable.

Handbook/Guide for External Examiners

Our Guide for External Examining Taught Provision at the University of Bradford (2026 version) puts "Regulation 8" in more human-friendly terms. Click the link or read using the embedded viewer below.

Guide-for-Taught-External-Examiners_2025-26.pdf

We also host a copy of Regulation 8 here: Regulation-8-External-Examiners-2526.pdf.