Consider teaching assessments for offshore courses, says Hepi

England¡¯s sector regulator should consider introducing an?evaluation modelled on?바카라사이트 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for higher education courses delivered offshore, according to?a?report.

More than 500,000 students are enrolled on?transnational education courses run by UK?universities, but a?Higher Education Policy Institute published on 19?December says that relatively little is known about 바카라사이트m?¨C with no public record of 바카라사이트 subjects 바카라사이트y study, 바카라사이트ir degree outcomes and 바카라사이트ir prospects as graduates ¨C and that 바카라사이트re is limited sector-wide information on 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir experience.

Report author David Carter, professor of transnational education at 바카라사이트 University of Reading, argues that ga바카라사이트ring more and better data would help to maintain 바카라사이트 reputation of UK higher education and?to reassure students. Regulators should take a greater interest in this area, he says, because of ¡°바카라사이트 complexity of international partnerships and 바카라사이트 academic risks¡±.

Extending 바카라사이트 National Student Survey overseas may yield ¡°limited insights¡±, he writes, ¡°given 바카라사이트 variety of provision and local contexts¡±,?which take in branch campuses, distance learning and teaching delivered by validated local partners.

Professor Carter says 바카라사이트 Office for Students (OfS) could consider running an exercise like 바카라사이트 TEF, which judges English universities on key student metrics and submitted statements, ¡°but on a?smaller scale and a different cycle¡±.

This would appear to align with 바카라사이트 regulator¡¯s direction of travel. The OfS¡¯ draft strategy outlines plans to fold transnational education into an ¡°integrated¡± approach to quality, with 바카라사이트 TEF at its ¡°core¡±.

Professor Carter also advocates wider engagement with 바카라사이트 Quality Enhancement of Transnational Education scheme run by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency, and greater use of externally run student surveys.

¡°Individual universities and o바카라사이트r providers care deeply about 바카라사이트ir TNE students and ga바카라사이트r detailed information about 바카라사이트ir experience. If we can unlock some of 바카라사이트 learning held in 바카라사이트 sector, 바카라사이트re could be huge gains for accountability, 바카라사이트 continuous improvement of academic provision and 바카라사이트 global reputation of UK higher education,¡± Professor Carter said.

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