I had two external examiners plus one internal examiner.
Usually, one examiner is an academic from the candidate's own university department (but not one of the candidate's supervisors) and the other is an external examiner from a different university.
Students may have the right to ask for their work to be considered by the external examiner.
In 2008, he was an external examiner for several university medical schools in several countries.
An exhibition will be constructed of the candidates work and an external examiner will visit and talk to the student about their pieces.
At oral examinations, the teacher and one external examiner together decide on the mark to be given, where the external examiner has the last word.
Bockris, armed with a thesis, met the external examiner.
The external examiner arrangements within institutions will clearly need to be the subject of scrutiny by the quality audit unit in view of their importance in ensuring independent checks.
