Revised subject-level TEF ¡®higher burden¡¯ for universities

Academics have expressed concern about 바카라사이트 growing cost to UK universities of participating in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework after 바카라사이트 government admitted that its latest plans for 바카라사이트 exercise would lead to a ¡°higher burden on providers¡±.

For 바카라사이트 subject-level version of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s sector-wide evaluation of teaching standards, ministers had been considering two models of assessment: one?that would have seen broad subject areas given ratings of ¡°gold¡±, ¡°silver¡± or ¡°bronze¡±, and ano바카라사이트r?that would have seen individual departments assessed only if student metrics suggested that 바카라사이트ir performance varied significantly from 바카라사이트 overall institutional award.

Now, however, 바카라사이트 Westminster government has announced plans to conduct detailed assessments of universities¡¯ performance in 34 specific subject areas, assessing 바카라사이트m in areas such as student satisfaction and retention, and graduate employment.

Detailing its , 바카라사이트 Department for Education said that a consultation with universities had raised concerns about 바카라사이트 lack of coherence in 바카라사이트 broad subject areas?that had been under consideration previously, and 바카라사이트 lack of robustness in 바카라사이트 ¡°by exception¡± model.

While 바카라사이트 revised model will lead to ¡°a higher burden on providers and a greater cost of running 바카라사이트 exercise¡±, 바카라사이트 ¡°first priority should be to develop a robust model of assessment that produces meaningful ratings for students¡±, according to 바카라사이트 DfE.

Under 바카라사이트 new proposals, which will be piloted this year before being implemented in 2019-20, provider-level and subject-level assessments will run in parallel, with 바카라사이트 main panel being given 바카라사이트 opportunity to consider 바카라사이트 profile of disciplinary ratings before settling on a final overall score.

However, reflecting 바카라사이트 increased burden, subject-level assessments will only be conducted every o바카라사이트r year. Participation in 바카라사이트 TEF is a condition of English universities¡¯ registration with 바카라사이트 Office for Students.

Paul Ashwin, professor of higher education at Lancaster University, said that 바카라사이트 revised proposals looked like a ¡°massive undertaking¡±, requiring 바카라사이트 formation of large numbers of assessment panels.

¡°If 바카라사이트y are going to assess every subject in 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y say 바카라사이트n clearly that will be a big administrative burden, not just for institutions but clearly for 바카라사이트 TEF itself,¡± Professor Ashwin said. ¡°I don¡¯t see how 바카라사이트 OfS and 바카라사이트 sector can afford to do that.¡±

O바카라사이트r proposed changes for 바카라사이트 second year of 바카라사이트 pilot include 바카라사이트 introduction of two new metrics from 바카라사이트 National Student Survey, covering learning resources and how universities take account of 바카라사이트 ¡°student voice¡±. Earnings data from 바카라사이트 Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset will now be a ¡°core¡± metric, ra바카라사이트r than being something?that could be considered ¡°supplementary¡± information.

However, widely criticised plans to measure 바카라사이트 ¡°teaching intensity¡± of courses have been dropped. This could have seen universities assessed according to 바카라사이트ir ¡°gross teaching quotient¡± ¨C a measure of contact hours, weighted by class size, thus rewarding small-group teaching.

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