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Staying
in touch
As well as being welcome additional income, examining keeps you
in touch with your peers and your subject at a potentially isolating
stage in your career.
Psychology examiner Robert Arnold finds it is his main way of keeping up
with developments in his subject. He says, ‘It maintains a contact with
Psychology which hasn’t gone away just because I’ve stopped teaching.
Being an examiner is the main way I keep up with my subject, apart from
reading New Scientist’.
History examiner, Janet Patterson, took early retirement and now
works part time throughout most of the year as an examiner. She explains
that examining has expanded her history knowledge. ‘I have now started
to mark 19th and early 20th centuries, which was not my specialism. I’ve
discovered a great passion for Lloyd George I didn’t know I had!’
General experience also needed
If you’re interested in examining but find the panels are full for
your first choice of subject, why not consider applying in another
subject you used to teach? For example, do you have an experience in
general or religious studies outside your main specialism?
Nine out
of ten examiners say they would recommend examining and plan to do
the job again this year. The awarding bodies welcome applications at all
stages of your career and it’s never been easier to apply. Find out more
and apply on-line at Edexcel Online
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