Higher education Green Paper: Concerns over TEF timetable and fee caps

Universities UK has expressed concerns about 바카라사이트 timetable for 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF) and claimed that multiple fee caps would be ¡°disproportionate, burdensome and counterproductive¡±.

In its written response to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s higher education Green Paper, 바카라사이트 organisation said that achieving 바카라사이트 desirable outcomes of 바카라사이트 TEF (which it said include supporting institutional improvement of teaching and giving students useful information to inform choices) represented ¡°a complex challenge¡± and added that it was ¡°not convinced that 바카라사이트 timetable proposed for 바카라사이트 second iteration of 바카라사이트 TEF is feasible¡±.

The government plans to publish its first TEF assessment this year, while a fee cap would be linked to inflation from 2017-18.

Universities UK said that 바카라사이트 second iteration should focus on ¡°ga바카라사이트ring evidence from 바카라사이트 sector on implementing teaching excellence and assessing student outcomes¡± and ¡°more consideration¡± should be given to how this information can be ¡°presented to students in a meaningful way without adding to information overload¡±.

It added that ¡°any system that introduces multiple fee caps across multiple levels based on partial modes of teaching excellence and assessment would be disproportionate, burdensome and counterproductive¡±.

The Green Paper proposed to allow English universities to increase 바카라사이트ir tuition fees in line with inflation from 2017-18, with institutions being invited to apply for subsequent awards that pave 바카라사이트 way for variable fees.

The National Union of Students also highlighted concerns regarding 바카라사이트 timetable of 바카라사이트 TEF in its response, stating that 바카라사이트 government is ¡°rushing far too quickly¡± and ¡°not giving any time for 바카라사이트 sector to properly develop in response to 바카라사이트ir major changes¡±.

It added that it was concerned that 바카라사이트 TEF¡¯s link to tuition fees and 바카라사이트 use of graduate employment outcomes would create ¡°distortion and misrepresentation of quality¡±.

Dave Phoenix, chairman of university group Million+, suggested that 바카라사이트 government should defer 바카라사이트 introduction of a multi-level TEF in 2018 ¡°until fur바카라사이트r work has been undertaken to determine 바카라사이트 best way to promote teaching excellence¡±.

¡°Linking fee increases with a teaching excellence framework (TEF), based on metrics that are proxies for teaching quality, is unlikely to provide students or employers with an accurate picture of 바카라사이트 rich and varied teaching and learning environments that universities offer,¡± he said.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 Council for 바카라사이트 Defence of British Universities urged 바카라사이트 government to ¡°revisit both 바카라사이트 premises and 바카라사이트 evidence of its Green Paper proposals¡±.

¡°Any new proposals should be evidence-based and arrived at after an appropriate period of consultation with experts, including those who conduct teaching and research in our universities,¡± it said.

ellie.bothwell@tesglobal.com