Meetings of DABs are the culmination of assessment processes which take place leading up to the Board. Assessment processes include an opportunity for academic staff to undertake comparative analysis of marks and performance between modules and between cohorts of students.

Any anomalies in assessment processes (e.g. scaling of marks - see Section 8 of the Policy for the Verification of Assessment and Standardisation and Moderation of Marking) are discussed with the Course External Examiner and recommended to the DAB.

The Chair can be given delegated authority by the DAB to take action outside of the meeting should justifiable circumstances arise.