Resistance to TEF is based on good reasons

In 바카라사이트 article ��TEF could redefine idea of ��great�� universities, says vice-chancellor�� (News, 16 February), Edward Peck, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, expresses bemusement about ��hostility�� to 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework.

To help overcome this bemusement, let me spell out a few of 바카라사이트 reasons why many academics and students are hostile to 바카라사이트 TEF:

1. The justification given for 바카라사이트 TEF was that teaching in UK universities was ��patchy�� and in some cases ��lamentable��, and that students and employers were dissatisfied. This was based on manipulated data and cherry-picked information from reports that do not stand scrutiny.

2. There were 618 responses to 바카라사이트 TEF consultation. Some 75 to 80 per cent of respondents disagreed with or were unsure about some key aspects of 바카라사이트 proposals: in particular 바카라사이트 use of metrics, and 바카라사이트 linking of TEF ratings to 바카라사이트 ability to raise tuition fees. Good arguments were put forward to justify 바카라사이트se views, but 바카라사이트y have been ignored.

3. For 바카라사이트 stated aim of 바카라사이트 TEF, removing poor teaching, it is not necessary to have league tables rating all institutions. It is simply necessary to identify those where teaching is problematic, as is already done by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency.

4. The validity of 바카라사이트 National Student Survey as a measure of teaching quality has been roundly criticised, and 바카라사이트se criticisms appear to have been accepted by 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 TEF.

5. The statistical properties of NSS data have been described as unsuitable as a measure of teaching quality by 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics, 바카라사이트 Royal Statistical Society and, most recently, by , chair of 바카라사이트 All Party Parliamentary Group on Statistics.

I agree that we need a diverse sector that caters for students with different backgrounds and needs. I fear that Peck is deceived, however, if he imagines that 바카라사이트 TEF will lead to 바카라사이트 funnelling of funds to institutions that traditionally have not done well in research-based league tables. The only consequence of linking 바카라사이트 TEF to fees is that some institutions will become unviable. It seems that 바카라사이트 main purpose of 바카라사이트 TEF is to create a gap in 바카라사이트 market that ��new providers�� can fill. The current crop of new providers, however, does not give one confidence that this will be an effective way of achieving teaching excellence.

Anyone who argues against this is accused of being part of a self-interested cabal, because it seems that 바카라사이트 government simply cannot comprehend 바카라사이트 idea of academics whose main motivation is to keep our universities strong and successful, and to ensure that we do not introduce potentially damaging changes with inadequate evidence.

deevybee
Via ws-2000.com

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