4.4. Moderation of Assessments

The purpose of double marking is to assure confidence about the marks assigned to individual scripts or students’ assessment work by providing combined academic judgement through the agreement of marks between First and Second Examiners and resolution of problematic cases. The Second Examiner can be an internal or an external member of the University. He/she shall preferably be a person within the discipline examined or a person in a related discipline who is competent enough to use the same marking scheme/rubrics and evaluate the assessment work of the candidates. It may be a person from the same Department or the Faculty.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Second Examiner and double marking:

1. The Second Examiner shall mark the answer scripts after the First Examiner using the same marking scheme/marking rubric and shall be

blind to the marks and feedback of the First Examiner during marking.

2. Preferably, all scripts shall be double marked. Double marking means this, which is the best practice.

3. If only a percentage of scripts is double marked as a strategy of moderation (see section 5.4), the final mark of candidates shall be decided

   based on the approved faculty guidelines developed around the overarching guidelines in this manual.