5 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNAL STANDARDISATION / MODERATION OF MARKING

5.1 Departments are required to determine, manage and record the type of marking, standardisation and moderation that is in operation in all the modules within their academic portfolio.

5.2 Departments are also required to maintain a single formal published statement of standardisation / moderation procedures that is regularly reviewed. This statement should be published in order to inform students, external examiners and others about the arrangements for assuring the accuracy of marking and grading decisions as they relate to different types of assessment.

5.3 All first-sit assessed student work that will receive a percentage, pass/fail or grade5 should be internally moderated. This may be limited to the review of a representative sample across the marking range, or it may involve the second marking of the work of the whole cohort.

5.4 Internal moderation is normally undertaken, in collaboration with the module leader, by a member of academic staff with appropriate expertise in the discipline area.6

5.5 Where student work is moderated by sampling a representative sample of student work, incorporating a sample from all grading bands, will be reviewed by the internal moderator.7
5.6 Along with viewing students' work, moderators are required to view the marks for the whole cohort, assessment briefs and marking criteria to ensure they have a holistic view of student assessment.

5.7 Where student work that has been second marked is also subject to moderation, the internal moderator will have sight of the marks allocated by the first and second marker and also any feedback or comments that have been made to students.

5.8 The internal moderator should give a clear indication that moderation has occurred and the outcomes of internal moderation should be recorded in a brief internal moderation report. The moderation report should be made available to the external examiner(s).