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Please sign up for the BTEC Higher Nationals monthly newsletter here.  \nThe key update to this version in comparison to 2021-22 is updated guidance on External Examiner student interviews (page X) .  \nQuestions?  \nIf you have any questions regarding the quality assurance of BTEC Higher Nationals, please contact your External Examiner (EE), or Pearson’s Higher Nationals Assessment team via the contact us page of our website.  \nIntroduction  \nThis guide provides you with the information you need to be prepared for this process in 2022- 2023.  \nExternal examination is how we check that you are operating appropriate quality assurance and maintaining national standards for our BTEC Higher Nationals programmes. This document provides more information on the processes and support to help you prepare. It takes you through what you need to do, who’s responsible at each stage, and gives additional advice and guidance around best practice.  \nWe hope you find this guide useful, and we have aimed to cover all the relevant points to help you successfully deliver BTEC Higher Nationals.  \nWE’RE HERE  \nTO HELP  \nIf you need more information or support at any stage, please visit the contact us page of our website so your question can be answered as quickly as possible by our teams. We’re always ready to help with whatever query you may have.  \nWhat you need to do  \nFamiliarise yourself with our processes and terms  \nIf you are new to delivering BTEC Higher Nationals qualifications, you should start familiarising yourself with the term ‘external examination’, and how we quality assure the internal assessments that you undertake. Further guidance on the quality assurance process can be found here.  \nRead this guide  \nThis guide provides you with information regarding the external examination for BTEC Level 4 and 5 Higher Nationals (RQF) and Customised BTEC Level 4 and 5 Higher Nationals on Pearson’s Self-Regulated Framework (SRF) .  \nRead the associated quality assurance documentation  \nThis guide should be read in conjunction with the BTEC Higher Nationals Centre Guide to Quality Assurance and Assessment, which provides additional information and guidance regarding the delivery and assessment of our BTEC Higher Nationals qualifications (QCF, RQF and SRF) . All of our quality assurance documentation can be found in the QA Hub on HN Global. It is also good practice to familiar yourself with our vocational qualification policies.  \nRead the relevant qualification specification  \nYou also need to read any specific instructions in the relevant qualification specification document which you can find on the Pearson Qualifications website here. Working from our guidance documents will ensure that you have all of the correct conditions and requirements in place for each stage of the external examination process.  \nHow we verify standards  \nWe allocate an External Examiner (EE), who is a subject expert, to conduct sampling of assessment instruments and assessed student work in order to provide judgments and feedback. 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