External Examiners’ Conference Professor Julian Chaudhuri Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education & Student Experience 24 May 2018

Institutional Context 77 in Complete University Guide Legacy going back to 1862 401-500 in World’s Top 1103 universities (THE World University Rankings) and Top 200 in Europe Advancing Knowledge, Transforming Lives Core principles of Quality, Institutional Sustainability and One Team Green Gown Award winner 2016 for Sustainability Reporting c 21,000 students and 2,900 staff

Structure Academic Partnerships Faculties UoP Degree/Foundation Degree delivery: 23 UK partnerships 8 International partnerships Articulation and Validation Agreements via: 308 international partnerships 52 countries Faculties Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Business Faculty of Health and Human Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Faculty of Science and Engineering

Education TEF 2017 Bronze Award Commitment to excellence in teaching and learning 81% of academics with a teaching qualification / 10th highest in UK 58% of academic staff PhD qualified Enterprise and Employability placements, internships and volunteering

Research Clusters of world-leading research Research-led teaching, with a focus on practical ‘real world’ learning REF 2014 almost two-thirds of submissions graded world-leading or internationally excellent top for output in Clinical Medicine

Student Experience Students as Partners Students involved at every level, including in quality assurance and enhancement Education & Student Experience Strategy Aim to ‘provide an excellent learning and stimulating student experience, where students are at the heart of all our considerations’ Assessment Policy 2014-20 External examiners comment on whether assessment policy is realised in programmes