ROLE: External Examiner
START DATE: September 2021
DURATION: 4 years
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 4th June 2021
CONTACT: Joanne Reid - j.reid@ucb.ac.uk 

University College Birmingham urgently requires an External Examiner specialising in Education and Childhood studies for the BA (Hons) Childhood Education Studies (online), BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies ( Graduate Practitioner) and the MA/PG Cert Learning and Teaching (Vocational Subjects) programmes. This contract is for four years and will commence September 2021.

The successful candidate will need to be an academic with experienced in childhood and education programme course design and delivery at a minimum of Postgraduate level and be of senior lecturer position or higher. You will also need to be, and provide a copy of, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Certificate. This position will require an external examiner with previous experience due to the non-availability of mentors for first-time external examiners. Exam Boards are held twice a year at the end of February/beginning of March and end of June/beginning of July.

Please email any questions or expressions of interest together with a CV and a copy of your HEA fellowship Certificate which demonstrates your suitability for the role to j.reid@ucb.ac.uk.

The deadline for CVs is Friday 4th June 2021.

Joanne Reid
Assessment & External Examination Officer
University College Birmingham
Summer Row
Birmingham
B3 1JB