Assessment and feedback

Boards of examiners and external examiners

A Board of Examiners is a body with membership approved by the relevant College whose role it is to take an overview of each student’s academic performance on a relevant course or programme based primarily on assessment results, and to make a final academic judgement on the appropriate outcome. 

Every Masters programme has a Board of Examiners to moderate and adjudicate final course marks and make final decisions regarding progression and degree awards. Board of Examiner meetings take place twice a year in August/September. Each Board of Examiners includes at least one External Examiner, who is a member of academic staff from another Higher Education institution.

The Masters in Clinical Trials has one External Examiner:

Dr Isla Mackenzie
Clinical Reader in Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician
University of Dundee
Ninewells Hospital
Dundee DD1 9SY

Students should not make direct contact with External Examiners. If you have queries about the assessment process you can contact the programme team or the University’s Academic Services team at Academic.Services@ed.ac.uk

External Examiners for Taught Programmes Policy: http://www.edinburgh.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/externalexaminerstaught.pdf

Handbook for External Examiners of Taught Programmes:

http://www.edinburgh.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/externalexaminerhandbook.pdf

Further information on the role of the Board of Examiners is available at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/boe_handbook.pdf