Boards of Examiners

Terms of Reference

 A Board of Examiners (BoE) is set up for a TPg programme to oversee examination matters. Their major duties are:

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 award classification, to the Postgraduate Studies Committee.
7. To consider appeals referred to it by the Registrar.

[* Comments from External Academic Advisers should be used for future reference and forward planning purposes.]

A BoE may be subsumed under the DB of the offering department or PCC of the programme, usually for non-integrated programmes.

 

 

Membership

Chairman:	Faculty Associate Director, TPg Programme
Members:	Dean of Faculty of Business Chairman of the Faculty’s RPSC Sub-committee All staff concerned with the setting and marking of any part of the examinations
Secretary:	To be appointed by the Chairman