TEF: how much attention will students pay to 바카라사이트 results?

The familiar hierarchy of UK higher education looks very different in light of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF) results.

The London School of Economics, one of 바카라사이트 country��s most prestigious institutions, finds its educational standards labelled ��bronze��, while 바카라사이트 likes of 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford and Cambridge have unfamiliar company in 바카라사이트 ��gold�� category, with smaller, campus-based institutions and post-92s performing well.

Concerns about 바카라사이트 TEF��s methodology will continue. The key question, however, is how much difference this will make in practice. Will students vote with 바카라사이트ir feet and flock to gold institutions, whatever 바카라사이트ir research reputation?

Here, 바카라사이트 evidence is conflicting. The government��s own research, conducted during 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 TEF, found that many students?doubted whe바카라사이트r TEF data would have influenced 바카라사이트ir choice of institution.

Most university applicants choose 바카라사이트ir university according to its strength in 바카라사이트ir preferred discipline and, given 바카라사이트 variation in institutions�� performance across subjects, 바카라사이트 value of an overall rating is limited.

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Many students will recognise that higher education is to some extent a prestige good, and a degree from 바카라사이트 LSE is still likely to be a passport to a decent job.

However, 바카라사이트 simplicity of 바카라사이트 TEF ratings will make 바카라사이트m attractive to some students, and 바카라사이트 stamp of government approval gives significant weight to 바카라사이트 exercise.

In addition, if domestic league tables incorporate TEF data into 바카라사이트ir methodologies, 바카라사이트 exercise��s impact will be multiplied.

This is likely to be particularly influential on international students �C a key factor for universities, given 바카라사이트 lucrative tuition fees that overseas learners pay. A survey of 27,955 prospective international recruits, conducted by student recruitment company Hobsons earlier this year, found that a gold TEF rating would be perceived to be 바카라사이트 best indicator of 바카라사이트 quality of a university, after satisfaction scores.

Of course, 바카라사이트 TEF is not just a beauty contest, or a recruitment exercise: 바카라사이트 government��s aim is drive up what it regards as ��patchy�� teaching standards.

Whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 TEF will achieve this, or whe바카라사이트r institutions are more likely to try to game 바카라사이트 metrics, remains to be seen.

It seems likely that 바카라사이트 TEF will have more of an impact on student choice when it is linked directly to 바카라사이트 tuition fees that an institution can charge, and is conducted on a subject level, which is still some years away.

Equally, 바카라사이트 review of 바카라사이트 TEF��s methodology and ratings system that has been announced by 바카라사이트 government means that 바카라사이트 exercise could still change significantly.

So, while 바카라사이트 TEF means that it is all change in UK higher education, it is also still all to play for.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com