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

2. Institutional Context
77 in Complete University Guide
Legacy going back to 1862
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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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
External examiners comment on whether assessment policy is realised in programmes