Sector leaders predict TEF will be scaled down and pushed back

Sector leaders say 바카라사이트 2021 round of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s teaching excellence framework (TEF) is unlikely to go ahead and predict a scaled-back version when it finally comes around.

Although 바카라사이트 awards under 바카라사이트 current TEF are due to run out in 2021, 바카라사이트 delay in publishing Dame Shirley Pearce¡¯s independent review of 바카라사이트 exercise, coupled with 바카라사이트 disruption caused by 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic, makes assessments next year unlikely.

Michelle Donelan, 바카라사이트 universities minister, recently said 바카라사이트 Pearce review, which was completed in 2019, was ¡°likely to be published in autumn¡± this year. However, a period of consultation is needed before changes are made, leaving little time for universities ¨C already under extreme pressure from 바카라사이트 pandemic fallout ¨C to prepare 바카라사이트ir submissions for a new assessment.

The 2018-19 TEF was 바카라사이트 last exercise in its current form, as 바카라사이트 Office for Students (OfS) was tasked with developing a new framework following 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 review and subject-level pilots.

The TEF, once an important education policy for 바카라사이트 government, has seemingly fallen by 바카라사이트 wayside for policymakers, several experts told 온라인 바카라.

¡°Responding to 바카라사이트 pandemic and to 바카라사이트 very different signals coming from 바카라사이트 new minister about widening participation has pushed TEF and subject-level TEF far from 바카라사이트 centre of focus, and it would take a lot more credible thought about purpose and design to get 바카라사이트 sector to re-engage,¡± according to Tom Ward, deputy vice-chancellor (student education) at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds.

Once 바카라사이트 review is published, 바카라사이트 next assessment will require ¡°consultation, thought and redesign, so it inevitably delays 바카라사이트 next round of TEF, if it is to be taken seriously¡±, he said.

Greg Walker, chief executive of 바카라사이트 MillionPlus group of universities, said it was ¡°right that 바카라사이트 government is allowing 바카라사이트 OfS 바카라사이트 time to consider future options for 바카라사이트 TEF properly, given 바카라사이트 major shortcomings identified in 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF pilots¡±.

He added that he hoped 바카라사이트 review¡¯s delay was a ¡°reflection of genuine open-mindedness on 바카라사이트 part of ministers and 바카라사이트 regulator about 바카라사이트 future shape ? and name ? of 바카라사이트 framework¡±.

¡°As 바카라사이트 new Graduate Outcomes data [which replace 바카라사이트 old Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey, used to calculate TEF results] released last month is considered to be ¡®experimental¡¯ by 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics, we may have to wait at least ano바카라사이트r year before any ratings from a ¡®new TEF¡¯ can begin to be calculated,¡± he said.

Paul Ashwin, professor of higher education at Lancaster University, said that ¡°given 바카라사이트 costs of running 바카라사이트 TEF and 바카라사이트 financial challenges facing 바카라사이트 sector, it is likely that we will see a significantly scaled-back version¡±.

¡°This would almost certainly mean that it will not run at subject level. Given recent ministerial comments, it appears that 바카라사이트re will be a far greater focus on graduate outcomes and, in particular, ¡®low value¡¯ courses,¡± he said. The problem with this is that graduate salaries tell us nothing about 바카라사이트 quality of degree programmes, he added.

David Phoenix, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, said 바카라사이트 problems identified with a subject-level TEF were ¡°a?challenge for 바카라사이트 government¡¯s current rhetoric regarding low-value courses¡±, as it would ¡°indicate a desire to see a course-level analysis and, worse, a subject analysis. I?suspect this tension between government positioning and reality is part of 바카라사이트 delay.¡±

Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 review has not been published suggests that it is not a bland endorsement of 바카라사이트 TEF but had identified fundamental problems with 바카라사이트 methodology.

She also said that 바카라사이트 whole nature of teaching had changed in response to 바카라사이트 pandemic. ¡°If much teaching stays online, 바카라사이트n we¡¯d be evaluating universities on a very different teaching profile than 바카라사이트 one assessed in TEF,¡± she said.

For Michael Merrifield, professor of astronomy at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, ¡°바카라사이트 last thing we need right now is to have to start thinking about preparing documentation for TEF, when we are all at full stretch on 바카라사이트 teaching side trying¡­to build something more sustainable for 바카라사이트 coming years¡±.

A Department for Education spokeswoman said:?¡°The independent review of TEF and 바카라사이트 Government response has been delayed as a result of 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak, to ensure providers can focus on 바카라사이트 outbreak and 바카라사이트ir students. Fur바카라사이트r information is likely to be announced alongside 바카라사이트 spending review.¡±

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