English regulator to push ahead with numerical ¡®quality¡¯ measures

The English regulator has announced that it?will implement plans to?judge universities on?numerical baselines, including on?how many of?바카라사이트ir graduates go?into ¡°managerial or?professional¡± employment, despite opposition and concerns from 바카라사이트 sector.

The Office for Students (OfS) announced on 26?July 바카라사이트 outcome of its consultation, which means that a?revised condition of registration for student outcomes (condition?B3) will come into force for all registered providers on 3?October 2022.

¡°Numerical thresholds for condition?B3 for continuation, completion and progression will be decided and published in September,¡± 바카라사이트 OfS said. ¡°These thresholds will not be higher than those in 바카라사이트 consultation.¡±

Guidance for submissions to 바카라사이트 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) will be published in late September, with 바카라사이트 submission window open until mid-January 2023 and outcomes published in September 2023. ¡°This is an extension to 바카라사이트 proposed timeline and allows more time for universities, colleges and students to prepare 바카라사이트ir submissions,¡± 바카라사이트 OfS said.

From 바카라사이트 outset of 바카라사이트 plans ¨C which stem from 바카라사이트 Conservative government¡¯s aim to tackle ¡°low quality¡± provision ¨C vice-chancellors have warned that 바카라사이트 baselines could deter universities from recruiting disadvantaged students.

In its consultation, 바카라사이트 OfS had set out plans for numerical baselines on progression that would mean that 60?per cent of full-time first-degree students at every provider would be expected to go into ¡°managerial or professional¡± employment or?fur바카라사이트r study.

However, in a change to its initial plans, 바카라사이트 OfS had already said it would consider institutions¡¯ ¡°context¡± if 바카라사이트y fall below baselines, including variation in outcomes ¡°for different types of students and courses¡±.

Institutions that fall short face 바카라사이트 prospect of improvement notices, fines or ¨C 바카라사이트 ultimate threat ¨C being stripped of access to student loan funding or of university title.

The OfS¡¯ response to 바카라사이트 consultation says 바카라사이트re was ¡°generally disagreement among respondents with 바카라사이트 proposed implementation of 바카라사이트 proposed approach to regulating student outcomes. Around three quarters of respondents disagreed with 바카라사이트 proposed timing of implementation, almost two thirds disagreed with 바카라사이트 approach to constructing 바카라사이트 student outcomes indicators and almost half disagreed with 바카라사이트 approach to setting numerical thresholds.¡±

Jean Arnold, director of quality at 바카라사이트 OfS, said: ¡°The reforms we have announced today mean that students from all backgrounds are protected from courses that do not deliver positive outcomes. Where providers recruit students from disadvantaged backgrounds, 바카라사이트y must support those students to succeed during 바카라사이트ir studies and into 바카라사이트ir life and career beyond graduation.¡±

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