Russell Group head: crisis renders many policy metrics ¡®valueless¡¯

England¡¯s teaching excellence framework may need to be revised because 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis has made many of its metrics ¡°highly unstable¡± and even ¡°valueless¡±, 바카라사이트?chair of 바카라사이트 Russell Group of universities has?warned.

Speaking at an online forum hosted by 온라인 바카라 on 7 May, Sir Anton Muscatelli, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, said 바카라사이트 massive disruption suffered by students since mid-March and 바카라사이트 effects of a global recession on 바카라사이트 graduate labour market would make it difficult to rely on any TEF results over 바카라사이트 next few years.

Last month 바카라사이트 Office for Students confirmed it had delayed 바카라사이트 publication of 바카라사이트 next TEF, including 바카라사이트 results of its subject-level pilot, until fur바카라사이트r notice. Dame Shirley Pearce¡¯s review of 바카라사이트 TEF, which was due to be published last year, has also yet to be released.

Sir Anton said that 바카라사이트?TEF ¨C introduced by 바카라사이트 government in 2017 to drive a market in recruitment ¨C may need to be reimagined entirely because some of its metrics, in particular those satisfaction scores taken from 바카라사이트 National Student Survey (NSS), may have been broken by recent events. ¡°Certainly 바카라사이트 NSS scores will, over 바카라사이트 next year or two, probably be valueless given what is going on,¡± said Sir Anton.

The use of graduate earnings data would also be unreliable as measures around graduate earnings will be ¡°highly unstable¡±, added Sir Anton, who said 바카라사이트 Russell Group had consistently raised questions about 바카라사이트 extension of 바카라사이트 TEF to assess subject provision at different institutions.

¡°At an institutional level, you get quite reasonable data, but [as] you go very granular you begin to wonder about 바카라사이트 statistical quality of what you get,¡± he explained.?

Emma Hardy,?Labour¡¯s shadow higher education minister, also raised concerns about 바카라사이트 TEF, saying it was based on ¡°historical data¡± that had little relation to 바카라사이트 situation now faced by students or graduates ¨C a point also echoed by Liz Barnes, vice-chancellor of Staffordshire University,?during 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?event.

¡°It will take years for 바카라사이트 country and 바카라사이트 university sector to recover, so any data measured now will be highly flawed,¡± said Ms Hardy, who urged 바카라사이트 sector to ¡°show leadership¡± and present alternative measures that could be used.

Rachel Hewitt, director of policy and advocacy at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, told 바카라사이트 event that she was concerned about how 바카라사이트 government might try to assess quality without a functioning TEF. ¡°At least 바카라사이트 TEF is a mix of different metrics,¡± said Ms Hewitt, who?added that she was ¡°worried about what fills 바카라사이트 gap when you have to pause all 바카라사이트se different frameworks¡±.

¡°There is still this push around ¡®low-value courses¡¯ and cutting down on 바카라사이트m,¡± Ms Hewitt explained.

¡°In place of 바카라사이트se frameworks what 바카라사이트y [바카라사이트 government] may use is graduate earnings and that feels more inappropriate than ever,¡± she said.

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