New TEF ¡®will capture diversity of excellence¡¯ in English HE

The newly revamped Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a chance to ¡°celebrate¡± 바카라사이트 sector and capture more of 바카라사이트 good practice that can be found in a range of different universities, those behind 바카라사이트 exercise have said.

All English higher education providers with more than 500 undergraduates have until 24 January to finalise 바카라사이트ir submissions for TEF 2023, 바카라사이트 first iteration?since 2019?and now run by 바카라사이트 regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students.

Those ruing 바카라사이트 paperwork ¨C which includes a provider submission as well as an optional student submission ¨C should take heart in knowing 바카라사이트 exercise will be worth it, according to Graeme Rosenberg, head of compliance and student protection at 바카라사이트 OfS.

¡°The intention is that it encourages and stimulates enhancement through a number of means,¡± he told a Westminster Higher Education Forum event.

¡°Partly 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 reputational reward and incentive of 바카라사이트 ratings 바카라사이트mselves and we expect many providers will want to get 바카라사이트 best ratings 바카라사이트y can. The process also involves self-evaluation and, we hope, deep reflection with each provider assessing its own strengths and what can be improved.¡±

Mr Rosenburg said 바카라사이트 new TEF has a dual focus on both 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 student experience and student outcomes such as future employment and will assess how well each provider is delivering ¡°for its own particular mix of students and courses¡±, embracing 바카라사이트 diversity of student populations and different ways of providing learning and teaching.

He said it also?gave institutions 바카라사이트 chance to look beyond outcomes that can be measured and articulate ¡°what it intends its students should gain from 바카라사이트ir education¡±.

April McMahon, vice-president for teaching, learning and students at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and deputy chair (academic) of 바카라사이트 TEF panel, said 바카라사이트 fact that providers will be given two ratings ¨C one for student outcomes and one for experience ¨C which will make up 바카라사이트 overall gold, silver or bronze designation was ¡°a big step forward¡±. This will give providers with ¡°genuinely outstanding¡± practice in one but not 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 ¡°chance to shine¡±, she said.

This time some providers will also be?given a?¡°requires improvement¡± rating?if 바카라사이트y are found to have an?¡°absence of excellence.¡±

¡°TEF is a rigorous and important process but I certainly see it as a positive?one,¡±?Professor McMahon added. ¡°Higher education has come in for a bit for a bashing recently¡­here is our opportunity to remember and demonstrate that we are a very high-performing sector.¡±

Professor McMahon said her experience within institutions was that 바카라사이트 TEF succeeds in putting attention on 바카라사이트 importance of teaching among senior leaders.

¡°The sector is very focused on research and research excellence, which is a good thing, but it doesn¡¯t hurt to be reminded that teaching and students are very important for paying our bills, keeping 바카라사이트 lights on and making sure universities are beacons for that kind of excellence in 바카라사이트 world too,¡± she added

When it was first launched in 2017, many hoped 바카라사이트 TEF would upend 바카라사이트 traditional hierarchy of institutions and help often overlooked universities demonstrate 바카라사이트ir excellence in areas that?rarely gain attention.

In reality, smaller providers have?complained of facing an onerous task?when participating in 바카라사이트 exercise as 바카라사이트y lack 바카라사이트 dedicated teams and access to research and data that larger providers enjoy.

Professor McMahon said she wanted to reassure institutions that 바카라사이트 panel was ¡°looking for evidence of what providers are doing and 바카라사이트ir understanding of why 바카라사이트y are doing it. Not evidence of having had a slick marketing team working on those submissions.¡±

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