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Regulations and discretion conventions ........................................................... 35Consideration of module results ........................................................................... 35Report on the monitoring of marking practices ................................................. 35Invigilator and candidate reports....................................................................... 36Module results and internal examiners’ comments ........................................... 36Consideration of student results ........................................................................... 36Outstanding investigations into assessment offences ....................................... 36Pre-final year performance and progression ..................................................... 36Final year performance and award recommendations ...................................... 36Advanced standing in classification ..................................................................... 37Discretion ............................................................................................................ 37Field of study .................................................................................................... 39External examiners’ reports and other matters ..................................................... 39List of outstanding external examiner reports from the previous year ............... 39Matters arising/outstanding from previous reports ............................................ 39Oral reports from the external examiners ......................................................... 39Authority for the Chair to act on behalf of the board ......................................... 40Arrangements for the next meeting .................................................................. 40Prizes ............................................................................................................... 40After the SEB meeting ......................................................................................... 40Chair’s action ................................................................................................... 41Servicing examination boards .............................................................................. 41General ............................................................................................................ 41Minutes ............................................................................................................ 41Style of minutes ............................................................................................ 41Information to be recorded ............................................................................ 42SEB reports to DEBs ........................................................................................ 42Degree Examination Boards ................................................................................ 43Academic Regulations ......................................................................................... 44Quick reference guide to examination board authorities ...................................... 447. Student Failure and Reassessment ................................................................. 45Agreeing failure ................................................................................................... 45Reassessment ..................................................................................................... 45Resits .................................................................................................................. 46Timing of resits ................................................................................................. 47Undergraduate resits .................................................................................... 47MBBS resits .................................................................................................. 47BDS resits .................................................................................................... 48Postgraduate resits ....................................................................................... 48Resitting individual elements of assessment .................................................... 48Resitting dissertations and projects .............................................................. 48Retakes ............................................................................................................... 48Required retakes .............................................................................................. 49Retaking dissertations and projects .................................................................. 49Recommending and agreeing retakes .............................................................. 49Requests to retake after the SEB ..................................................................... 508. External Examiners ........................................................................................... 52General ................................................................................................................ 52Purpose of external examiners ............................................................................ 53Appointment of external examiners ...................................................................... 53Period of appointment ...................................................................................... 54Moderation of assessment ................................................................................... 54External examiners’ views ................................................................................... 55