External Examiners

External examiners are appointed from outside the University of Sheffield to provide independent validation of our assessment practices. At present there are two External Examiners for Philosophy Department one covering the BA Philosophy programme and one covering the BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE) Programme. 

External Examiners are consulted on assessments and procedures throughout the year. They review assessments, both at coursework level and exam level and view samples of work on all modules counting towards the final degree. They attend the final examination board each summer, where final degree classifications are considered.

Current Appointed External Examiners

BA Philosophy 

Our current external examiner is Professor Alison Stone, Dept. of Politics, Philosophy and Religion - University of Lancaster

BA Philosophy, Religion & Ethics

Our current external examiner is Professor Andrew Davies, Dept. of Theology & Religion - University of Birmingham 


More about the role of External Examiners can be found below

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