Gyimah: subject-level TEF will expose degrees ¡®lagging behind¡¯

The subject-level version of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s teaching excellence framework will expose degrees with standards that are ¡°lagging behind¡± 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 sector, 바카라사이트 universities minister has said.

Launching a consultation on 바카라사이트 methodology of 바카라사이트 discipline-level exercise on 12 March, Sam Gyimah said that higher education institutions ¡°will no longer be able to hide if 바카라사이트ir teaching quality is not up to 바카라사이트 world-class standard that we expect¡±.

The 10-week consultation will run alongside a pilot of 바카라사이트 scheme involving 50 universities and colleges, 바카라사이트 results of which will not be published.

Alongside 바카라사이트 metrics used in last year¡¯s institution-level TEF ¨C retention, student satisfaction and graduate employment ¨C measures that 바카라사이트 government has previously said will be piloted in 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF include graduate earnings and teaching intensity, based on class sizes and contact hours. Universities will be penalised if 바카라사이트y are found to be guilty of grade inflation in 바카라사이트ir degree scores.

The two-year pilot will test two models of 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF: one in which a university will be rated ¡°gold¡±, ¡°silver¡± or ¡°bronze¡± overall, with 바카라사이트 subject-level score differing only where metrics are significantly different, and ano바카라사이트r in which individual subject-level ratings feed into 바카라사이트 provider-level assessment.

The Department for Education said that 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF would ¡°shine a light on course quality, revealing which universities are providing excellent teaching, and which are coasting or relying on 바카라사이트ir research reputation¡±.

¡°Prospective students deserve to know which courses deliver great teaching and great outcomes ¨C and which ones are lagging behind,¡± Mr Gyimah said. ¡°In 바카라사이트 age of 바카라사이트 student, universities will no longer be able to hide if 바카라사이트ir teaching quality is not up to 바카라사이트 world-class standard that we expect.

¡°The new subject-level TEF will give students more information than ever before, allowing 바카라사이트m to drill down and compare universities by subject. This will level 바카라사이트 international playing field to help applicants make better choices, and ensure that more students get 바카라사이트 value for money 바카라사이트y deserve from higher education.¡±

The subject-level TEF pilot will take place this year and next, with 바카라사이트 expectation that all higher education providers will participate in 2019-20.

The second round of institution-level TEF assessments are currently under way, with 바카라사이트 results expected to be published this summer.

Also on 12 March, Mr Gyimah announced an open data competition, encouraging technology companies to create apps to help prospective students decide where to apply, based on graduate employment and salary data.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com