DUTIES AND COMPETENCES
According to the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW), each educational programme or group of programmes has an examination board. The examination board is the body that determines whether a student has fulfilled the requirements with regard to knowledge, insight and skills stated in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) of this university in order to receive a degree in one of the BMS programmes. The examination board has several other duties and competences according to the WHW and the EER. One of these competences is to make exceptions to certain rules in the EER for students, e.g. to grant exemptions, and allow free educational programmes and extra exam or test opportunities. To qualify, students can submit a request to the examination board via this website. The examination board also judges cases of scientific misconduct (including irregularities and plagiarism) and determines the sanctions. Furthermore, the examination board is commissioned to safeguard the quality of testing and examination. The examination board appoints examiners for administering and grading tests and exams, monitors the relationship between final attainment levels, learning goals and tests, and safeguards the quality of the assessment of theses.
Rules & Regulations (R&R) and Mandates
The Education and Examination Regulations (EER) of the faculty BMS state the requirements with regard to knowledge, insight and skills for students to obtain a degree, rules regarding education and examination, and the duties and competences of the examination boards.
One of the duties of the examination boards of BMS is to draft Rules and Regulations (R&R) on how to execute the requirements and powers from the EER. When making a request to the examination board you need both the information from the EER and from the R&R.
Education and Examination Regulations (EER)
Examination Boards (& members)
The Faculty of BMS has four examination boards, each of which represents a group of specific educational programmes. Each programme is represented by an individual member. The WHW states that at least one member must be appointed that is not associated with one of the programmes represented in the board. The members of each board are listed below. The registry supports the examination boards of BMS.
Chamber of chairs
The chairs of the examination boards are joined in the chamber of chairs to discuss items concerning the boards and to assure the quality of examinations across all BMS examination boards. Members:
- dr. Jannis Kraiss (BS)
- dr. Derya Demirtas (MS)
- dr. Ewert Aukes (GS)
- prof.dr.ir. Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis (IS)
- Claudia B. van Dijken (secretary)
Meeting schedule
The meetings of the examination boards BMS and the Chamber of Chairs (CoC) are held on a regular basis. The dates of these meetings can be found in the annual schedule:
Annual reports
Safeguarding assessment quality
The Examination Board has the legal task to safeguard the quality of exams and examinations. This task is tightly connected to its function to determine whether a student meets the intended final qualifications as explicated in the Education and Examination Regulation (EER), before a certificate can be handed out to a student.
As overall criteria for Assessment Quality we see that the Assessment is conducted professionally at all times, measures students’ achievements, ensures equal rights to all students enrolled in the programmes and/or separate study units, addresses academic integrity, and is aligned with Education and Examination Regulation (EER) and Rules and Regulations (R&R) of the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences.
LINKS
- CES - General
- CES - CELT - Centre of Expertise in Learning & Teaching
- CES - Credit Conversion table for non-European partner organisations
- CES - Testing & Assessment support at the University of Twente
- CES - Complaints desks and CBE - for all formal complaints, appeals or objections from students regarding education and student-related matters (also decisions and procedures of the examination boards)
- AI in assessment Artificial Intelligence and Assessment (at the UT)
- Codes of conduct/Gedragscodes | Service Portal | University of Twente
- Copyright information provided by the University Library
- Copyrighted course material - How to do it right
- Education and Examination Regulation BMS (EER BMS) and Programme Specific Parts (PSP)
- Examination Boards University of Twente
- BMS Faculty Council: members, meeting documents and regulations
- Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) (Dutch)
- Inspectorate Higher Education (Inspectie Hoger Onderwijs, Dutch)
- Ministry of Education (OC&W, Dutch)
- Quality Assurance Education BMS
- University Teaching Qualification (UTQ)
- Senior University Teaching Qualification (SUTQ)
- Students' Charter (English version)