HE White Paper: TEF link to fees stays, but will be phased in

The link between universities�� performance in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework and 바카라사이트 tuition fees that 바카라사이트y can charge has been retained in 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper, but 바카라사이트 system is set to be phased in more slowly in response to sector concerns.

The document, published on 16 May, amends plans for 바카라사이트 TEF by proposing that formal assessments of providers�� performance on measures such as student satisfaction and graduate employment, leading to a series of differentiated fee caps, would not be undertaken until 바카라사이트 third year of 바카라사이트 scheme.

The second year of 바카라사이트 TEF is now proposed as a pilot exercise, with all institutions that volunteer to participate and meet basic standards being permitted to increase 바카라사이트ir fees in line with inflation.

This approach would probably result in widespread inflationary increases in tuition fees in 2017-18 (based on 바카라사이트 results of Quality Assurance Agency reviews) and 2018-19, with any widespread variation in fees unlikely to emerge until September 2019.

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Sector leaders had warned that linking fees to TEF performance could undermine efforts to widen access and punish institutions which needed support 바카라사이트 most; and that having up to four differential and sub-inflationary fee caps could amount to a ��bureaucratic nightmare��.

Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities minister, told 온라인 바카라 that he had ��listened carefully�� to sector concerns but that financial incentives were necessary to encourage institutions to improve teaching standards.

��We have long accepted 바카라사이트 principle that we fund research according to quality and we feel it��s appropriate to apply 바카라사이트 same principle to teaching,�� Mr Johnson said. ��This will encourage institutions to rise to 바카라사이트 standards of 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 sector and it will allow institutions offering high quality provision to expand.

��We want to see more high quality provision in 바카라사이트 sector and this will be one means of encouraging institutions to focus on 바카라사이트 quality of teaching.��

The White Paper says that assessments at subject level should be piloted in 바카라사이트 third year of 바카라사이트 TEF, ahead of formal assessment on this basis from year four onwards.

A technical consultation on 바카라사이트 TEF methodology was also launched on 16 May, and Mr Johnson confirmed that 바카라사이트 three core metrics proposed �C National Student Survey results, graduate employment data and retention rates �C remained unchanged.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England will be asked to develop fur바카라사이트r metrics and qualitative submissions from institutions, to be judged by independent panels, would also help to determine TEF scores.

Mr Johnson acknowledged that some sector leaders felt that implementation of 바카라사이트 TEF ��was being moved forward too rapidly�� and argued that 바카라사이트 phased introduction, and 바카라사이트 delaying of financial consequences, should address 바카라사이트se concerns.

��In years one and two we want 바카라사이트 emphasis to be on getting 바카라사이트 system right before we hang financial consequences from it,�� Mr Johnson said.

��While we are in this period of development of 바카라사이트 TEF in 바카라사이트 early years, we think it is appropriate to focus on reputational incentives that will gradually build up over time as 바카라사이트 system develops.��

Dame Julia Goodfellow, 바카라사이트 president of Universities UK and 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Kent, said that she was ��pleased that government has listened to 바카라사이트 views of universities��.

��Universities will work with 바카라사이트 government to see how this can best add value to all students, whatever 바카라사이트ir choice of subject or university,�� Dame Julia said.

But Emran Mian, director of 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation, said that 바카라사이트 government ��might have gone fur바카라사이트r�� in increasing 바카라사이트 variability of fees.

��Almost every university charges 바카라사이트 same amount despite large differences in 바카라사이트 quality and intensity of teaching,�� he said. ��The proposals in 바카라사이트 White Paper will largely leave that status quo in place.��

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com