Confirming your appointment
Guidance for external examiners
Thank you for agreeing to act as an External Examiner for Loughborough University. You will have received an email from the Doctoral College Office (DCO) with the details of the examination – please respond to this email within 10 working days to confirm your appointment. If there is any reason why you are no longer able to act as External Examiner, please inform the DCO and the Internal Examiner as soon as possible.
As External Examiner, your role and responsibilities are as follows:
- Respond promptly to communications from the Doctoral College Office and the Internal Examiner regarding your appointment and the organisation of the viva.
- Notifying the Doctoral College Office and Internal Examiner of any adjustments relating to a physical or mental condition that are required to enable you to attend and conduct the viva.
- Complying with the University’s requirement to conduct a Right to Work check by providing a copy of your passport to the PGR Administrator upon your appointment, and providing the PGR Administrator, or relevant School contact, with the original passport and/or visa documents on the date of the viva.
- Completing the Examiners’ Independent Preliminary Report form prior to the oral examination, discussing your Preliminary Report form with the Internal Examiner prior to the viva, and completing the Examiners’ Joint Report and Outcome form immediately after the viva.
- In the event of a ‘Refer’ outcome, examining – with the Internal Examiner – the resubmitted thesis and considering whether the revisions have been undertaken and the overall standard for the award of the research degree has been reached.