Intern Examiners
All academic staff who hold permanent appointments or contract appointments of one year or longer are ex officio Intern Examiners.
Other contract or part-time staff whose contract is less than one year’s duration, who act as examiners shall be appointed annually by the Academic Council Committee on Examinations (ACCE), on the recommendation of the Head of School.
Only faculty who are Lecturer/Assistant Professor (above and below the bar), approved tutors, demonstrators and all those whose appointments as Intern Examiner have been approved by the ACCE are eligible to receive Intern Examiner payments (such as examination script corrections). Associate Professors and Professors may not receive payment for Intern Examiner duties.
Please see UCD HR Hourly Paid Information for FAQs.
Intern Examiner Rates as they appear on UCD Connect's Employee Self-Service
| Description |
Rates as of 1st Oct 2024 |
Description on Employee Self Service on UCD Connect (under Items / Hours Completed) |
| Marking of Scripts (per 3 hour script) |
€8.61 |
Exams_Marking of Scripts(3 Hour)_2010 |
| Marking of Scripts (per 2 hour script) |
€5.74 |
Exams_Marking of Scripts(2 Hour)_2010 |
| Marking of Scripts (per 1 hour script) |
€2.87 |
Exams_Marking of Scripts(1 Hour)_2010 |
| Practicals (per practical) |
€2.86 |
Exams_Practicals_2010 |
| Orals (per hour) |
€27.68 |
Exams_Orals_2010 |
| Essays Over 5,000 Words |
€12.97 |
Exams_Essays 5,000 Words_2010 |
| Essays Over 7,500 Words |
€17.50 |
Exams_Essays 7,500 Words_2010 |
| Postgraduate Dissertations or Minor Theses (per thesis) |
€21.54 |
Exams_Postgrad Dissert./Thesis_2010 |
| Architecture Studio work – Folios/Town Planning |
€21.54 |
|
| Clinical Practice Journal Radiography Undergraduate |
€4.29 |
Exams_Journal Radiog.Undergrad_2010 |
| Medical (per day) Orals/Clinics based inside Dublin |
€136.32 |
Exams_Med Orals/Clinics in Dublin_2010 |
| Medical (per day) Orals/Clinics based outside Dublin |
€180.75 |
Exams_Med Orals/Clinics out Dublin_2010 |
| Nursing Clinical Placement |
€20.39 |
Exams_Nursing Clinical Placement_2010 |
| Radiography& Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Exam in Dublin/Co Dublin per assessment hour_ 2010 (up to max of 3 hours) |
€20.39 | Exams_Radiography_ Clin Exam in Dub_2010 |
| Radiography & Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Exam outside Dublin/Co Dublin per assessment hour_2010 (up to max of 3 hours) |
€64.17 | Exams_Radiography_Clin Ex Out Dub_2010 |
| Radiography & Diagnostic imaging OSCE/Image Based Oral assessments involving 1:1 examination (per hour)_2010 |
€27.68 | Exams_Radiography OSCE/Image Orals_2010 |
| Radiography & Diagnostic Imaging VR Practical (per practical)_ 2010 |
€2.86 | Exams_Radiography VR Practical _2010 |
Rates above are annually submitted to the Finance Committee for approval
Payments will only be processed for staff whose annual nomination as an Intern Examiner has been approved by the ACCE and staff who are ex officio Intern Examiner
Payments will only be processed for staff whose annual nomination as an Intern Examiner has been approved by the Academic Council on Examinations (ACCE) and staff who are ex officio Intern Examiners.
Intern Examiners submit their claim through Employee Self Service (ESS) system, please complete a HR online set-up form if you have not already done so. Once your set up form is processed, HR will send you a log in and claim details. When logging into the ESS system select the relevant payment type and number of Assessment corrected/hours completed. The claim will then be automatically calculated and subject to the standard UCD level 1 and 2 approval process.
Please ask your School who is your UCD Level 1 and 2 approver before beginning your claim. If you have not claimed via ESS before and you have not received an email advising you to do so please contact your school administrator in relation to creating an online set up form.
A ‘step by step’ guide can be found is detailed in the Intern Examiner Payment Process Map
Exam Scripts - your claim should be per complete exam script (item) corrected - this may be for a 1 hour, 2 hour or 3 hour exam.
Example:
The previous method of Exam Script correction (paper-based claim) involved examiners entering the following information:
- Total number of questions to be answered by student e.g. 5
- Total number of questions corrected by examiner e.g. 50
- Total number of complete scripts corrected = 50/5 = 10 complete scripts
The 10 is the figure that will need to be entered in the item box in the drop-down menu of your timesheet on Employee Self Service.