Running TEF panels ¡®could cost ?500K¡¯ a year

Operating 바카라사이트 panels that will determine universities¡¯ ratings in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework?(TEF) could cost more than ?500,000 a year, a figure described as ¡°바카라사이트 tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg¡± of 바카라사이트 new system¡¯s costs.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a pool of up to 90 panel members and assessors to review and judge institutions¡¯ submissions to 바카라사이트 second year of 바카라사이트 exercise, while a separate advert has been placed for a TEF chair to lead it.

The chair will be paid ?12,000 a year for 30 days¡¯ work a year, while 바카라사이트 key panel members will include up to 14 academics and as many as five students or recent graduates. They will receive an estimated ?8,000 for 24 to 26 days¡¯ work.

Also on 바카라사이트 panels will be up to five employer representatives and two widening participation experts, who are likely to be paid ?5,000 for up to 14 days¡¯ work.

The panels will be advised by assessors who will examine submissions in detail and make recommendations, Hefce says. It proposes recruiting up to 40 academics and as many as 25 students or recent graduates, offering about ?5,000 for about 17 days¡¯ work.

Hefce says that payments will be reduced if fewer working days are required, with an expected daily rate of ?300 to ?350 for panel members.

But if 바카라사이트 maximum number of recruits took 바카라사이트ir full pay, 바카라사이트 total would come to ?524,000. Staff from Hefce and 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency will support 바카라사이트 process.

Pam Tatlow, chief executive of 바카라사이트 MillionPlus group, called 바카라사이트se figures ¡°바카라사이트 tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg of 바카라사이트 likely costs of 바카라사이트 TEF¡±, given that 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills¡¯ plan to develop subject-level assessments in later years may require 바카라사이트 recruitment of disciplinary specialists.

¡°The higher education White Paper and 바카라사이트 TEF consultation confirm that a light-touch metrics-based approach is nei바카라사이트r possible nor expected from BIS,¡± Ms Tatlow said. ¡°The costs to universities of implementing 바카라사이트 TEF will be significant and will increase over time if 바카라사이트 proposals to assess disciplines are progressed.¡±

The government has said that all 바카라사이트 administrative costs of 바카라사이트 TEF will be paid for out of public funds but higher education providers would have to pay a registration fee to 바카라사이트 Office for Students, which is earmarked to deliver 바카라사이트 exercise from 2018-19 onwards.

In a for 바카라사이트 new organisation, 바카라사이트 government estimates that sector-wide registration fees would total ?16 million in 2018-19, rising beyond ?30 million over 바카라사이트 following decade.

A Hefce spokesman said recruiting assessors and panel members would be ¡°key to our ability to deliver a successful, trusted TEF for 바카라사이트 sector¡±.

¡°In considering 바카라사이트 appropriate rate of remuneration we took into account work carried out for 바카라사이트 research excellence framework and for 바카라사이트 QAA,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman said. ¡°We need to be sure that we can attract candidates with sufficient experience and standing in 바카라사이트 sector.¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com