This handbook is a website resource about the role of external examiners on the social work degree programmes across the UK. It has been produced by the four UK Care Councils together with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) and the Joint Universities Council Social Work Education Committee (JUC/SWEC) all of who are concerned to enhance the quality of external examining for social work. It does not replace formal documentation or guidance produced by higher education institutions (HEIs) as part of arrangements for external examining or that set out by the four UK Care Councils as to annual monitoring arrangements. It builds on the contributions of experienced external examiners to degree programmes at events held to support them in their role.
