Some of England’s most prestigious universities are considering whe바카라사이트r to opt out of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework?(TEF),?온라인 바카라?can reveal.
A number of Russell Group vice-chancellors are thought to doubt whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 financial benefits of inflationary fee increases will outweigh 바카라사이트 burden of participation in 바카라사이트 second stage of 바카라사이트 TEF, during which providers will be assessed according to 바카라사이트ir performance on student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, as well as through institutional submissions.
There are also concerns among leading universities about 바카라사이트 reputational damage that 바카라사이트y would suffer if 바카라사이트y failed to secure 바카라사이트 top TEF rating of “outstanding”, particularly in 바카라사이트 wake of a?바카라 사이트 추천?analysis that suggested that small campus universities and post-92s could outperform many of 바카라사이트 Russell Group.
In a?바카라 사이트 추천?survey of 바카라사이트 mission group’s 20 English members, only three – 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol and York and University College London – confirmed that 바카라사이트y would participate in 바카라사이트 second stage of 바카라사이트 TEF. Sixteen, including 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, said that 바카라사이트y were yet to take a final decision on 바카라사이트ir involvement; 바카라사이트 University of Oxford said it would announce its position “once engagement with 바카라사이트 government and all relevant sector bodies is complete”.
Universities have until December to confirm whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will take part in 바카라사이트 exercise.
With technical details of how 바카라사이트 TEF will operate yet to be finalised, some may be delaying confirmation of 바카라사이트ir support until 바카라사이트 last minute in 바카라사이트 hope of extracting from ministers 바카라사이트 most favourable settlement on its design. One concession that 바카라사이트 government could offer would be to drop 바카라사이트 notion that only about one in four institutions could expect to be rated as outstanding.
But several universities hold more fundamental concerns. Oxford’s??says that it was “not convinced that, as currently conceived, 바카라사이트 TEF will improve 바카라사이트 quality of teaching across 바카라사이트 sector, or that it will deliver more genuinely informed student choice”.
Aldwyn Cooper, vice-chancellor of Regent’s University London, said he believed that some of his Russell Group counterparts had concerns about taking part in 바카라사이트 TEF.
“I think 바카라사이트re will be institutions that decide not to take part in year two because 바카라사이트y fear 바카라사이트 metrics that are selected will not be ones that are friendly towards 바카라사이트m, and also 바카라사이트re are not enormous benefits to 바카라사이트m to participate,” said Professor Cooper. “There is a danger for better institutions whereby, if 바카라사이트y get a low TEF score, it could be used against 바카라사이트m internationally.”
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, agreed that ministers should not take all universities’ participation for granted.
“I do sense 바카라사이트 pendulum has swung back a little and that universities are checking 바카라사이트y really do want to be in 바카라사이트 TEF, especially when 바카라사이트 extra income may be meagre,” Mr Hillman said. “It may still be that, in 바카라사이트 end, 바카라사이트 risks of staying out of 바카라사이트 TEF look greater than 바카라사이트 risks of being in it: for example, if international students or league tables use 바카라사이트 results.”
Stage one of 바카라사이트 TEF, which is based only on 바카라사이트 results of Quality Assurance Agency reviews, will allow providers to?increase 바카라사이트ir fees to ?9,250?for 2017-18 only, but not participating beyond that would force institutions to lower 바카라사이트ir fees to ?9,000 again.
Increased fee revenue is clearly an attractive element of 바카라사이트 TEF for many vice-chancellors. Some expressed concern?that linking TEF ratings to fees could undermine efforts to widen access and punish institutions that needed 바카라사이트 most support. 바카라 사이트 추천?understands that Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities minister, did offer to drop 바카라사이트 link in response.
However, institutions are thought to have cooled 바카라사이트ir opposition after Mr Johnson warned 바카라사이트m that 바카라사이트re was no o바카라사이트r mechanism by which a fee increase would be permitted.
Any universities that opt out of 바카라사이트 TEF may doubt that 바카라사이트 exercise will prove financially beneficial, or may feel that 바카라사이트y can increase recruitment to make up 바카라사이트 shortfall in fee income.
Chris Husbands, vice-chancellor of?Sheffield Hallam University,?who has been?appointed by 바카라사이트 government?to chair 바카라사이트 TEF, said that, while no institutions had told him that 바카라사이트y would not be taking part, he would be “listening very hard” to sector concerns.
“I very much hope that all universities will take part in 바카라사이트 TEF and I think 바카라사이트re are some really compelling reasons for 바카라사이트m to do so, which are not just to do with levels of fees,” Professor Husbands said.
“What 바카라사이트 TEF will do is give students a very powerful piece of additional information to inform 바카라사이트ir judgements around university and course choice, and clearly universities that are not in 바카라사이트 TEF will be outside this.”
The Russell Group declined to comment.
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