Dublin Business School – Quality Assurance Handbook
second marker and is in addition to the normal assessment moderation process
Specific. This is a category for staff with specific qualifications and/or specific industrial experience to teach on modules where that particular expertise is required. Those appointed under this condition in some cases may not have an academic qualification equivalent to the course on which they are teaching. 1
A tutor is a practitioner who may not have the requisite formal
qualifications at the appropriate level. A tutor may contribute to a module, deliver lectures, workshops, tutorials etc. but cannot be a Module Leader. The Module Leader works with the tutor to ensure teaching material is of the required academic standard. The Module Leader is ultimately responsible for the module. Appointment of External Examiners The formal appointment of External Examiners is made by the appropriate accreditor. The AASC approves the nomination of External Examiners on behalf of the Academic Board. If the nomination is approved by the AASC the QA Officer updates the External Examiners Register. The External Examiners Register is sent to the School Executive for Information and the Academic Board for final ratification. General The AASC reviews information supplied on CV’s or Nomination Forms. Verification of this data, such as verification of qualifications via transcripts and/or parchments and verification of teaching experience via reference etc. is an executive function and remains the responsibility of the School. Where a candidate’s qualification is not from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England or Scotland, then a Comparability of Qualification ‘certificate’ should be appended to the CV. It can be found at the following link. http://www.qualificationsrecognition.ie/recognition/int_qual_databse/index.html Membership
Director of Academic Affairs (Chair)
Head of Academic Enhancement
Head of Academic Programmes
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