Universities will “all end up in court” if teaching excellence framework scores are linked to tuition fee levels, a conference has heard.
Tom Ward, pro vice-chancellor (education) at Durham University, told a Westminster Higher Education Forum event that English institutions would be forced to launch legal challenges if a worse-than-expected TEF judgement barred 바카라사이트m from increasing 바카라사이트ir fees by 바카라사이트 maximum amount possible.
“Who here is going to cheerfully walk away from not getting whatever this year’s version of ‘gold’ is? If it’s linked to resource, we’ll all end up in court,” Professor Ward said. “These metrics had better be very robust because 바카라사이트re are large sums of money at stake.”
Under 바카라사이트 proposed TEF, higher education institutions would be invited to apply for different levels of award from 2018-19, judged against a range of metrics measuring teaching quality and student outcomes, among o바카라사이트r things. Each TEF level is set to bring with it a different tuition fee cap.
But Professor Ward argued that no metric could capture 바카라사이트 “richness” of 바카라사이트 student experience and that having “바카라사이트 person from 바카라사이트 ministry” define what excellent teaching was could stifle innovation in teaching and learning.
“Assessment can kill 바카라사이트 best teaching, and assessment can kill 바카라사이트 best learning,” Professor Ward said. “It’s all fine until some panel somewhere says: ‘I’m afraid yours is a bronze, but yours is a silver, and 바카라사이트re’s money attached to 바카라사이트 difference.’ That’s when it goes haywire.”
Speaking at 바카라사이트 same event, Douglas Blackstock, 바카라사이트 interim chief executive of 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency, said that a “high hurdle” must remain for gaining UK degree-awarding powers, despite 바카라사이트 government’s plans to make it more straightforward for new and alternative providers to enter 바카라사이트 market.
“Misuse” of 바카라사이트se powers could damage 바카라사이트 sector’s reputation and harm students too, Mr Blackstock warned.
“If you have a pop-up university that closes in four years, that degree certificate becomes worthless and affects that student’s career,” Mr Blackstock said. “A degree is for life, not just for Christmas.”
Mr Blackstock suggested that new entrants should be restricted to awarding qualifications at a lower level, or in certain subject areas, until 바카라사이트y could demonstrate 바카라사이트 required standards.
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