Excellence - Education; Research; Knowledge Exchange Changes to the Taught Assessment Regulations Academic Services Ailsa Taylor April 2013 [email protected]

Excellence - Education; Research; Knowledge Exchange

Changes to the Taught

Assessment Regulations

Academic Services

Ailsa Taylor

April 2013

[email protected]


Why the regulations are important

• Smooth running of assessment process and Boards of Examiners (BoE) meetings – collective decisions

• Important part of quality assurance, standards and enhancement

• Reducing successful appeals

• Improving the student experience - consistency



Sources of advice - documents• Assessment regulations

www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/academicservices/staff/assessment/assessment-regulations

• Exam hall regulations• Guidance for Boards of Examiners• Special circumstances guidance• External Examiners Code • QAA Quality Code for Higher Education



Sources of advice - people• Colleagues

• Convener and Secretary to BoE, Regulations Expert • College Offices • Academic Services • Curriculum and Student Progression Committee –

chaired by Ian Pirie



What is in the Taught Assessment Regulations - 1

• Roles and Responsibilities– Board of Examiners– Examiners, including External Examiners and Convener of the Board

• Conduct of Assessment– Assessment requirements– Deadlines – students responsibilities– Reasonable adjustments

• Marking of Assessment– Influence of examiners– Common Marking Schemes



What is in the Taught Assessment Regulations (2)

• Operation of Boards of Examiners– Quorum– Attendance– External Examiner participation

• Assessment Decisions– Progression– Awards– Minuting decisions– Appeal

• Interpretation



What is new in 2012-13 Some key changes

• Scope – expanded to further clarify that they apply to UG and PGT assessment for courses assessed in the current academic year

• References to Directors of Studies removed and replaced with Personal Tutor

• Regulation 17 Oral assessment

• Regulation 50 Postgraduate degree, diploma and certificate award



What is new in 2012 -13 (2)

• Regulation 51 Submission of postgraduate dissertations

• Regulation 56 Status of decisions

• Regulation 57 Failure to complete assessment of a degree programme adequately

http://www.docs.sasg.ed.ac.uk/AcademicServices/Regulations/KeyChanges.pdf


Plans for the Future

• Should be enabling• Change over time• Have just been reviewed by a working group of

CSPC in April 2013 for 13/14, alongside DRPS

They are never going to be perfect. But please keep suggesting changes!


Documents

Excellence - Education; Research; Knowledge Exchange Changes to the Taught Assessment Regulations Academic Services Ailsa Taylor April 2013 [email protected]