Memorandum 112
Supplementary evidence from Professor
Roger Goodman[384]
When I gave oral evidence to the Committee on
30 March, the Chairman asked me (Q260) whether the University
of Oxford ever goes outside the Russell Group for our external
examiners. At the time, my reply was: "I am pretty sure we
do go outside the Russell Group for our external examiners but
I could not give you a case here and now, and I myself have been
an external examiner in non-Russell Group universities, including
in fact this university here". I have asked my University
for further information on this point, so that I can provide a
fuller response to the Committee. I am now writing to provide
this information, in the hope that it is of help to the work of
the Committee.
In the past year, Oxford University has used 284
external examiners across its undergraduate and postgraduate taught
courses. Of these, 120 have been from Russell Group universities,
and 164 came to us from outside the Russell Group. Those from
outside the Russell Group included: academics employed by the
1994 Group, the University Alliance, and Million+; a number of
medical doctors who work primarily in NHS hospitals; and several
academics from learned institutions or who otherwise have no current
higher education institution affiliation. Ten of our external
examiners are from overseas universities, in the EU, other European
countries, and North America. Oxford University therefore recruits
its external examiners from a diverse range of universities.
May 2009
384 University of Oxford, following the oral evidence
session on 30 March 2009. Back
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