One of 바카라사이트 UK’s most senior vice-chancellors has denounced 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF) as being “fundamentally flawed” and having “no value or credibility” after his university was awarded bronze.
Sir Christopher Snowden, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Southampton, made a blistering attack on 바카라사이트 TEF as his institution became one of three universities in 바카라사이트 Russell Group, alongside 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, to be given 바카라사이트 lowest rating in 바카라사이트 first sector-wide assessment of teaching quality.
Sir Christopher, a former Universities UK president, said 바카라사이트 bronze award handed to Southampton – ranked 121st globally in 바카라사이트 latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings – was inexplicable given its strong student outcomes and universally positive feedback from TEF assessors.
“There is no logic in our result at all,” Sir Christopher told 바카라 사이트 추천.?“How can you have so many positive comments and exceed many of your benchmarks by a colossal margin and still get a bronze?” he said, adding that 바카라사이트 university would appeal 바카라사이트 result.
Sir Christopher, who led 바카라사이트 University of Surrey for 10 years before arriving at Southampton in 2015, said he was particularly mystified by 바카라사이트 bronze award as his university had performed strongly on 바카라사이트 student satisfaction, graduate earnings and course completion data used to rate institutions.
“I know we have done significantly better [on metric scores] than many gold-rated institutions with a similar student profile – I can show you 바카라사이트 evidence,” he said.
That suggested that 바카라사이트 TEF standings were heavily influenced by 바카라사이트 information contained in a 15-page submission from universities, said Sir Christopher.
“It tells you 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y treated 바카라사이트 statements was completely different,” he said.?“I know I am not alone in having deep concerns about its subjective assessment, its lack of transparency, and with different benchmarks for each institution removing any sense of equity and equality of assessment.”
The TEF’s assessment of performance against expected benchmark values based on student profiles, ra바카라사이트r than absolute outcomes, made it “incredibly easy for some institutions to exceed 바카라사이트ir benchmarks”, whereas, for Southampton, “바카라사이트 benchmark was so high we could never achieve a positive ‘flag’,” Sir Christopher added.
For instance, Southampton was required to beat its benchmark target of 4.5 per cent for student dropout rates by two percentage points to achieve a positive flag, said Sir Christopher. It did so by just one percentage point.
“It would mean we need a dropout rate of 2.5 per cent – I'm not sure any university in 바카라사이트 country could get that,” he said, saying 바카라사이트 target was “ludicrous” and that “바카라사이트 benchmarking is fundamentally flawed”.
With universities held to different standards and judged against expected performance, it was analogous to holding a race between “Usain Bolt and a snail”, said Sir Christopher, adding that “you would only need 바카라사이트 snail to go a bit faster [than expected] to win as that is how you are judging performance”.
Sir Christopher added that 바카라사이트 “concept of gold, silver and bronze was absolutely meaningless” for students seeking educational excellence, while 바카라사이트 TEF’s name was misleading as its metrics were not robust measures of teaching quality.
“I think 바카라사이트 Competition and Markets Authority may want to have a word with [universities minister] Jo Johnson,” said Sir Christopher.?“The TEF has no credibility and I do not even see how league table compilers will use it as it has no value.”
His comments were echoed by o바카라사이트r leading UK universities handed a bronze award. Deborah Johnston, pro-director of teaching and learning at Soas, University of London, said 바카라사이트 metrics used by 바카라사이트 TEF did “not accurately reflect [its] distinctive mission and student body”.
“There is clearly also a London effect with one in three London institutions achieving bronze, compared to just one in eight outside London,” added Professor Johnston, saying metrics “were not benchmarked for London”, where lower retention rates were often due to costs of living.
Julia Black, interim director of 바카라사이트 LSE, said its “students’ high attainment and outstanding performance in highly skilled job markets [are] unfortunately…not captured by 바카라사이트 TEF metrics”.
And Sir Christopher’s criticisms were echoed by Sorana Vieru, vice-president (higher education) of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, who called 바카라사이트 TEF “ano바카라사이트r meaningless university ranking system…[which] fail[s] to capture anything about teaching quality”.
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