EXTERNAL EXAMINER’S REPORT

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2018

External Examiners are required by the terms of their appointment to submit this report. Your report
will be widely circulated. Please do not refer to anyone by name or in a way that allows identification of
an individual.

The report enables us to identify any matters of concern. It is primarily used during annual monitoring
and review activity. It is also used in compiling the department’s annual report on external examining.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REPORT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO AN E-MAIL to jackier@oakfieldscollege.co.za

NAME OF EXTERNAL EXAMINER:

NAME OF COURSE: Musical Theatre
DATE OF EXAMINATION/S ATTENDED:
MODULES/SUBJECTS EXAMINED:

EXTERNAL EXAMINER’S DETAILS:

CONTACT DETAILS
Correspondence address:
Email address:
Contact number:

WORK EXPERIENCE
Current Place of Work
Current Capacity/Position/area of responsibility
Date of appointment (from/to)

QUALIFICATIONS:
NOTE: A CV may be submitted in place of completing this section, provided the CV covers all the required information.
Professional Qualification 1)
2)
3)
Institution where qualification was completed 1)
2)
3)
Date of completion 1)
2)
3)
PREVIOUS EXAMINING EXPERIENCE:
Do you have previous and/or current experience as an external examiner YES NO
for taught programmes within the Higher Education system?

If “yes” please provide details below. (Add more fields if required.)

Name of Institution/s 1)
2)
3)
Name of Course/Programme 1)
2)
3)
Subject/s examined 1)
2)
3)
Date of examination/s 1)
2)
3)

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK
Please mark with the appropriate block with an X based on your opinion of the below statements.
Wherever possible/necessary, please provide a reason for your answer.

1) Examiners were well briefed on the exam procedure YES NO

Please provide details:

2) Examiners fully understood the criteria by which they were expected to mark YES NO

Please provide details:

3) To your knowledge, the students were adequately briefed for the exam, had YES NO
enough time to prepare
and understood the criteria prior to the exam.

Please provide details:

4) In your opinion, he students were given the opportunity to demonstrate their YES NO
full capabilities
Please provide details:

4) The processes for assessment/examination was fair and without bias. YES NO

Please provide details:

5) The criteria and structure of the exam was relevant to the real-world situations YES NO

the students are likely to encounter in the professional sector.

Please provide details:

6) The standards set were appropriate and consistent with exit-level YES NO

requirements.

Please provide details:

7) The standards of the students are comparable with similar course(s) or subjects YES NO

in other tertiary, performing arts institutions.

Please provide details:

4) To my knowledge, the students received adequate feedback YES NO

Please provide details:

5) Have you identified any areas of good practice or key areas for commendation? YES NO

Please provide details:

6) Have you identified any key areas for improvement? YES NO

Please provide details:

Please elaborate on any comments, concerns, suggestions or commendations you may have:
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Are you a current employee of Oakfields College? YES NO

If YES, please provide details:

Are you a former member of staff or student of Oakfields College? YES NO

If YES, please provide details:

Do you have a close professional, contractual or personal relationship with any YES NO

member of staff or student involved with the programme?

If YES, please provide details:

Will you be in a position to significantly influence the future of students in the YES NO

programme?

If YES, please provide details:

Have you previously acted as an external examiner for Oakfields College? YES NO

If YES, please provide details:

If you are aware of any other association with Oakfields College which could give rise to a conflict of
interest, please provide details:

SIGNATURE OF EXTERNAL EXAMINER DATE SIGNED

(Electronic signature accepted)

 TO BE COMPLETED BY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Reciprocity and other conflicts of interest

Please confirm by signing below that you have checked with academic staff in the relevant disciplinary
areas that no reciprocal external examiner relationship will result from this appointment (i.e. no
members of the Faculty currently act as an external examiner in the nominee’s own institution and
disciplinary area) and that there are no other known conflicts of interest. If a potential conflict of
interest is highlighted, please provide details below and give reasons why the proposed external
examiner should still be appointed.
Exceptional Arrangements:
1. Where the individual appointed does not fully meet the selection criteria please articulate the
rationale for the appointment.
2. If the external examiner does not possess previous external examining experience, mentoring
arrangements and information about the additional support which will be provided by the
department must be stipulated below. (Provision of such support will be a condition of
appointment and the appointment cannot be processed unless this section is completed. Some
examples of additional support include shadowing the current external examiner, mentoring by
an experienced external examiner or conversations with the Head of Department.)
3. Comment below if the department can provide evidence that the pool of potential external
examiners is restricted, the rationale for an appointment which is an exception to the position
regarding conflicts of interest must be articulated below together with an explanation as to how
the department will manage the responsibility for standards of the programme and the other
responsibilities involving the external examiner and/or members of Oakfields College staff.

Response:

SIGNATURE OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DATE SIGNED

(Electronic signature accepted)