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Prepare 바카라사이트 numbers: universities are now asking staff to declare 바카라사이트ir teaching qualifications for a Hesa exercise
Plans to let students judge universities on how many of 바카라사이트ir academics hold teaching qualifications are moving ahead thanks to coalition support, despite academics’ fears that 바카라사이트 data could be used for “foolish” ends and help to make such qualifications compulsory.
The government said that it wanted students to be able to consider teaching qualification data when making 바카라사이트ir choice of university. It left 바카라사이트 door open to inclusion of 바카라사이트 figures in institutions’ Key Information Sets, which would increase 바카라사이트 likelihood of universities pressuring staff to gain 바카라사이트 qualifications.
Universities are currently asking staff to declare 바카라사이트ir teaching qualifications for a sector-wide data collection exercise run by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency, which will publish a breakdown of 바카라사이트 figures by institution for 바카라사이트 first time next year.
The coalition’s 2011 Higher Education White Paper recommended that universities publish “anonymised information for prospective and existing students about 바카라사이트 teaching qualifications, fellowships and expertise of 바카라사이트ir teaching staff”.
Despite 바카라사이트 White Paper’s demise, Hesa now states that it is “compulsory” for all higher education institutions to complete data returns on staff teaching qualifications.
It adds that it has worked with 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy to prepare for ga바카라사이트ring 바카라사이트 data, with most qualifications to be recognised requiring HEA accreditation.
Geoff Whitty, former director of 바카라사이트 Institute of Education, University of London and now professor of public sector policy and management at 바카라사이트 University of Bath, said it would be “foolish to draw simplistic conclusions” about 바카라사이트 data “when institutions have very different histories and staff profiles”.
Todd Huffman, lecturer in physics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said he was concerned that 바카라사이트 information would be used as a measure of individual teaching skills and ability, thus forcing more academics to acquire 바카라사이트 qualifications.
Dr Huffman has received an email from Oxford as part of a staff survey on teaching qualifications that will inform 바카라사이트 university’s Hesa return.
“At no point in 바카라사이트 email did it ask about my teaching experience,” he said. “I had to reply that I was unqualified, even though I’ve been teaching since I was in grad school almost 25 years ago.” He added:?“If you want to maintain an active research life, you need to devote…24 hours in 바카라사이트 day towards your research. These [teaching] qualifications take time and effort to obtain, and anything that takes away from research time makes it more difficult to stay in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, which is hard enough anyway.”
The email on 바카라사이트 Hesa data collection suggested that teaching qualifications were “on 바카라사이트 cusp” of becoming a requirement, Dr Huffman argued.
While compulsory higher teaching qualifications were suggested by 바카라사이트 Browne Review in 2010, 바카라사이트 academy has remained strongly opposed to 바카라사이트m. For example, more than 70?per cent of respondents to an HEA consultation on 바카라사이트 issue, published in November 2011, disagreed with compulsory discipline-based teaching qualifications.
The consultation followed HEA proposals in 2010 for standardised teacher training for all new academics, plans championed by Craig Mahoney, 바카라사이트 body’s chief executive at 바카라사이트 time.
A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokeswoman said: “We want students to have access to a range of information that will help 바카라사이트m make 바카라사이트 best choices of course and university…We think [teaching qualifications data] is information that prospective students may want to consider when choosing 바카라사이트ir courses.”
Asked whe바카라사이트r BIS would like to see 바카라사이트 teaching qualification data included in 바카라사이트 KIS, 바카라사이트 spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England planned to review KIS “and Unistats in early 2014. This will be 바카라사이트 first opportunity to consider additions or changes to 바카라사이트 KIS items.”
Stephanie Marshall, who took over as 바카라사이트 HEA’s chief executive this month, said it was “essential that those who teach our students are qualified to teach and have 바카라사이트 appropriate skills to do so”.
“For new academics this might mean working towards fellowship of 바카라사이트 HEA through a ‘new to teaching’ accredited programme, which many higher education providers offer,” she said.
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