Board of Examiners (BoE)

The BoE makes decisions on examinations, continuous assessments and recommendations for student graduation. It has the following duties:

  1. To maintain the academic standards of the programme at a level appropriate to the type of award.
  2. To approve examination question papers after considering the views and recommendations of External Academic Advisers, where appropriate.
  3. To maintain general supervision of the system of continuous assessment, where it applies.
  4. To maintain the proper conduct of examinations.
  5. To determine students’ examination results.
  6. To assess the progress of students and to report its decisions, including its recommendations for Honours Degree classification, to the Undergraduate Examination Boards.
  7. To consider appeals referred to it by the Registrar.
  8. To meet once per semester or as decided by the Chairperson.

 

Membership

  • Chairperson: Programme Director
  • Members: All staff concerned with the setting and marking of any part of the Examinations
  • Secretary: Staff representative from the School of Interdisciplinary Studies