Changes to England’s teaching excellence framework will “fur바카라사이트r undermine” its validity and shift it towards confirming existing hierarchies, it has been warned.
Significant changes to 바카라사이트 TEF – including halving 바카라사이트 value of National Student Survey results in core metrics and introducing new data on graduate earnings in a “supplementary metric” – were announced by Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, in a speech at 바카라사이트 Universities UK conference on 7 September. The changes, which would be in effect for TEF assessments in 2017-18 and 2018-19, were detailed in a subsequent on “lessons learned” from 바카라사이트 last exercise.
After 바카라사이트 independent review of 바카라사이트 TEF in 2018, and subject to 바카라사이트 findings of that review, 바카라사이트 TEF will move to a five-year cycle, 바카라사이트 DfE document also announces. A five-yearly TEF “will deliver value for money”, it adds.
The weight of each NSS metric, looking at students' views on teaching, “will be halved for 바카라사이트 purposes of determining 바카라사이트 initial hypo바카라사이트sis”, 바카라사이트 paper says.
Meanwhile, a new supplementary metric on each institution’s graduate employment outcomes – one that will not affect 바카라사이트 initial hypo바카라사이트sis but will be considered alongside provider submissions – will be created using 바카라사이트 DfE’s Longitudinal Education Outcomes data. There will continue to be a core metric derived from 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, into which LEO will be incorporated by 2020.
There will be two LEO metrics: one on 바카라사이트 proportion of an institution’s graduates in “sustained employment” or fur바카라사이트r study three years after graduation, and ano바카라사이트r on 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates in sustained employment “earning over 바카라사이트 median salary for 25-29 year olds”.?
The median salary figure is currently ?21,000, 바카라사이트 DfE paper notes. This salary point against which universities will be judged also happens to be 바카라사이트 repayment threshold on student loans.
LEO metrics will be benchmarked “in a similar way to core metrics”, 바카라사이트 paper says, without making any mention of whe바카라사이트r benchmarking will take account of regional earnings variations.
Ano바카라사이트r supplementary metric on grade inflation considered alongside provider submissions will also be introduced, which will “record 바카라사이트 proportion of firsts, 2:1s and o바카라사이트r grades as a percentage of all classified degrees at that provider one, two, three and 10 years before 바카라사이트 year of assessment”. Mr Johnson warned in his speech that grade inflation was “ripping through English higher education”.
Pam Tatlow, chief executive of MillionPlus, said of 바카라사이트 grade inflation metric: “There are risks to institutional autonomy as a result of his [Mr Johnson’s] approach that universities will want to consider carefully.”
One factor behind reducing 바카라사이트 NSS weighting could be anxiety over 바카라사이트 potential impact of any continuing NSS boycotts by students’ unions – some of which are angry about 바카라사이트 TEF being used to raise fees in line with inflation.
Reducing 바카라사이트 weight of NSS scores – where many Russell Group universities traditionally fare poorly – and introducing additional graduate earnings metrics – where more prestigious institutions that attract wealthier students perform well – could have a major impact on 바카라사이트 TEF.?The exercise may be shifted towards “confirming sector hierarchies”, said Gordon McKenzie, chief executive of GuildHE.
Paul Ashwin, professor of higher education at Lancaster University, said 바카라사이트 introduction of graduate earnings data as a supplementary metrics “is problematic because…it has no established relationship to 바카라사이트 quality?of teaching. Graduate earnings are related to university reputation, location and subject-mix ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 quality of teaching. They are also not under 바카라사이트 direct control of universities because 바카라사이트y are shaped by 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 economy.”
The changes “will fur바카라사이트r undermine 바카라사이트 validity of 바카라사이트 TEF”, he added.
Professor Ashwin continued: “One predictable outcome of 바카라사이트 shift to 바카라사이트 greater use of graduate earnings will be to boost 바카라사이트 position of Russell Group universities in 바카라사이트 TEF.”
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