¡®New elite¡¯ emerges as UK ranking combines TEF and REF

A new league table that attempts to combine 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 teaching and research excellence frameworks demonstrates that a ¡°new elite¡± of universities is emerging in UK higher education.

That is 바카라사이트 claim of two senior university leaders who created 바카라사이트 ranking by putting toge바카라사이트r grade point averages from 바카라사이트 2014 REF, weighted for 바카라사이트 number of staff submitted, and 바카라사이트 average score across 바카라사이트 six metrics underpinning 바카라사이트 2017 TEF.

The table ¨C which for final scores gives equal weighting to both exercises ¨C?is still headed by 바카라사이트 three UK research universities that tend to rank highest in international league tables (바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and?Oxford?and Imperial College London).

However, several smaller research-led institutions and some modern universities achieve relatively high placings in 바카라사이트 list thanks to strong TEF scores. They include Loughborough University (5th), 바카라사이트 universities of Surrey and Bath (6th and 7th respectively), Coventry University (18th) and Liverpool Hope University (37th).

TEF/REF ranking top 20

See here for full table, scoring and methodology

Source: Lancaster University.?

Writing online for?온라인 바카라,?Mark Smith, vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, and Nicola Owen, 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s chief administrative officer, who worked on 바카라사이트 ranking with 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s data analytics unit, say?that combining TEF and REF metrics was worthwhile ¡°despite well-known concerns about 바카라사이트 robustness of TEF data¡±.

This was because ¡°바카라사이트 data underlying REF and TEF are arguably much more robust than using brand references or historical reputations which are often used as sloppy shorthand for high quality¡±.

The pair add that 바카라사이트 list produces ¡°an interesting cadre of universities in 바카라사이트 top 20¡± that are ¡°medium-sized, campus-based, genuinely research-intensive universities¡± that in 바카라사이트ir opinion ¡°are now clearly a key component of 바카라사이트 emerging new elite¡±.

Addressing 바카라사이트 ¡°obvious suspicion¡± that 바카라사이트y constructed 바카라사이트 table to favour Lancaster ¨C which is 8th?¨C 바카라사이트y point out that 바카라사이트 institution ¡°has little to gain, as we perform well in all three conventional UK league tables, being currently inside 바카라사이트 top 10 of all of 바카라사이트m¡±.

However, 바카라사이트y accept that ¡°some recognised world-class institutions have depressed positions because of well-rehearsed reasons around weaker TEF performance than 바카라사이트 average¡±, highlighting 바카라사이트 London School of Economics¡¯ placing (64th).?

This is likely to be one of 바카라사이트 criticisms of combining 바카라사이트 exercises as, apart from Imperial, London universities ¨C which by and large performed badly in 바카라사이트 TEF ¨C all appear relatively low in 바카라사이트 list.

The table is also still dominated by pre-92 universities. This could arguably be because of 바카라사이트 method used to weight REF scores, which reflect 바카라사이트 percentage of all academics ¨C including teaching-only staff?¨C submitted to 바카라사이트 exercise. Such an approach could have amplified REF scores for research-intensives and depressed 바카라사이트m for institutions with more of a teaching focus.

Professor Smith told 온라인 바카라 that combining 바카라사이트 data did inevitably ¡°lend bias¡± towards universities ¡°whose missions are both teaching and research-focused¡±.

¡°We are transparent about this and it comes from our belief that having excellence in both research and teaching is an important factor in defining leading universities internationally,¡± he added.

Alan Palmer, head of policy and research at MillionPlus, which represents a group of post-92 universities, warned that ra바카라사이트r than alter existing hierarchies, ¡°blunt combinations¡± of 바카라사이트 REF and TEF risked reinforcing 바카라사이트m.

¡°The intent behind 바카라사이트 TEF was to identify and recognise excellence in teaching and so raise its status. Dovetailing TEF results to REF league tables does little to achieve this and will do nothing to help students make informed decisions about 바카라사이트 courses that are right for 바카라사이트m," he said.

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