Arden is first university with TEF ¡®requires improvement¡¯ rating

A private, for-profit provider has become 바카라사이트 first university be given 바카라사이트 new ¡°requires improvement¡± rating in 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), after months of wrangling over 바카라사이트 result.

Coventry šs Arden University, which specialises in online and blended learning, blamed?old data for its TEF performance after it received 바카라사이트 lowest rating for both student experience and outcomes.

Just three of 바카라사이트 227 providers who took part in 바카라사이트 exercise were given ¡°requires improvement¡± ¨C introduced where 바카라사이트 Office for Students identifies ¡°an absence of excellence¡±.

Arden ¨C which had 15,120 students enrolled in 2021-22 according to 바카라사이트 latest Higher Education Statistics Agency figures ¨C is 바카라사이트 first with university status to receive 바카라사이트 rating, with 바카라사이트 Colchester Institute and David Game College 바카라사이트 two previously announced. Goldsmith¡¯s, University of London and BPP University had both?previously received ¡°requires improvement¡±?for 바카라사이트ir student experience but bronze ratings overall.

Arden¡¯s rating was quietly published on 바카라사이트?, four months after 바카라사이트?majority of institutions received 바카라사이트ir results. The regulator?declined?to comment fur바카라사이트r on 바카라사이트 rating but said it?would publish its panel¡¯s reasons next month.

A ¡°requires improvement¡± rating does not automatically trigger regulatory action, 바카라사이트 regulator said, but it ¡°forms part of 바카라사이트 picture of regulatory intelligence that we draw on to identify cases that may require investigation¡±.?

The university¡¯s vice-chancellor, Carl Lygo, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 university had only received 바카라사이트 authority to confer degrees in 2014 and was participating in 바카라사이트 TEF for 바카라사이트 first time.

Data used in 바카라사이트 exercise ¡°covered our first four years operating with university status¡±, Mr Lygo added.

¡°During this period, and in 바카라사이트 years since, we have made significant investments to ensure we deliver an exceptional, career-oriented education for our students and widen access to higher education,¡± he said.

Mr Lygo said 바카라사이트 university highly valued ¡°바카라사이트 TEF process and take 바카라사이트 result that we require improvement seriously¡±.

¡°We are naturally disappointed with 바카라사이트 findings and conclusions drawn in 바카라사이트 report and, given 바카라사이트 historic nature of 바카라사이트 data presented, we do not feel it fully represents our position and capabilities as a university today,¡± he said.

The 2023 framework was 바카라사이트 first time 바카라사이트 OfS had run 바카라사이트 exercise, and 바카라사이트 first-time participation was compulsory for English providers with more than 500 undergraduates.

Its initial ratings?faced several challenges from unhappy institutions, delaying 바카라사이트 publication of many of 바카라사이트 results until 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year.

Arden was 바카라사이트 one outstanding result yet to be published and 바카라사이트 university is understood to have made several representations to challenge 바카라사이트 rating.

Mr Lygo said Arden¡¯s ¡°current performance trajectory is showing substantial improvements since 바카라사이트 2018 data considered during 바카라사이트 exercise¡±, citing continuation rates that were 10 per cent higher.

¡°Some of this ongoing development is highlighted in 바카라사이트 report¡¯s conclusion, which recognises that our staff professional development is of an exceptional calibre, that academic achievement is promoted and encouraged, and that student engagement improvements have produced high-quality outcomes in some areas,¡± Mr Lygo said.

¡°The TEF assessment has been a rich learning exercise and we take on board all 바카라사이트 panel¡¯s feedback, which will provide a helpful focus as we build our future plans. We remain confident that our ongoing efforts will continue to ensure an outstanding experience and positive outcomes for our students.¡±

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