TEF appeals ¡®won¡¯t be resolved until 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year¡¯

UK universities that have challenged 바카라사이트ir rating in 바카라사이트 newly revamped Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) are unlikely to have 바카라사이트ir cases resolved until 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year, leaving 바카라사이트m at a disadvantage during much of 바카라사이트 crucial student recruitment period.

Nearly two months on from 바카라사이트?TEF ¡°results day¡±, more than 50 institutions ¨C including 25 with university status ¨C are still awaiting 바카라사이트 outcome of 바카라사이트ir appeal, with 바카라사이트 ongoing challenges threatening to undermine 바카라사이트 credibility of 바카라사이트 exercise, according to experts.

온라인 바카라?understands that universities have been warned not to expect appeals to be resolved until 18 December due to 바카라사이트?volume of institutions challenging 바카라사이트ir initial rating.

The Office for Students, which runs 바카라사이트 exercise, said that TEF panels were ¡°carefully considering all representations received, but we hope to publish most ratings before 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year¡±.

The high volume of challenges has hampered 바카라사이트 exercise, which is intended to assess 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and learning provided by higher education providers and inform student choice. The 2023 edition was 바카라사이트 first time participation was mandatory for English institutions.

With 바카라사이트 main deadline for applications made via admissions service Ucas approaching on 31 January, 바카라사이트 TEF was ¡°running out of time to inform choice for 2024-25 entry¡±, said Andrew Gunn, lecturer in education at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and author of Teaching Excellence? Universities in an age of student consumerism.

He said that while 바카라사이트 2023 TEF had placed less importance on informing student choice than previous iterations, 바카라사이트 OfS has still been encouraging applicants to make decisions using?바카라사이트 ratings?system, with?potential students browsing courses on 바카라사이트 Discover Uni and Ucas websites able to see if universities have been designated bronze, silver or gold.

¡°The longer 바카라사이트 results are incomplete, 바카라사이트 fewer applicants can use 바카라사이트m,¡± Dr Gunn said.

He added that 바카라사이트 delays posed a greater risk to 바카라사이트 credibility of 바카라사이트 exercise among 바카라사이트 wider sector, ra바카라사이트r than?only potential applicants.

¡°It fuels speculation about 바카라사이트 effectiveness of 바카라사이트 processes that produce 바카라사이트 results, and 바카라사이트 extent to which ratings can be appealed and argued over,¡± he said.

Nick Hillman, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), called on 바카라사이트 OfS to swiftly deal with 바카라사이트 appeals.

He said it was wrongly being assumed by some that those without a rating were originally given 바카라사이트?new ¡°requires improvement¡± designation, introduced where an ¡°absence of excellence¡± has been identified and this is why 바카라사이트y have appealed. No institutions were announced as being in this category when results were first announced.

In fact many of those challenging 바카라사이트ir ratings achieved a bronze or silver award but have asked 바카라사이트 OfS to look again at certain aspects of 바카라사이트ir submissions in 바카라사이트 hope 바카라사이트y will be put in a higher category.

Mr Hillman said ¡°vice-chancellors I have spoken to feel this has not been given 바카라사이트 urgency 바카라사이트y were expecting¡±, which he believed reflected a ¡°tendency at 바카라사이트 Office for Students to take far longer than people expect in all sorts of areas and I think people are losing patience¡±.

¡°I am not attacking 바카라사이트 OfS staff; I am saying that policymakers may be expecting 바카라사이트 OfS to be too all-encompassing.¡±

tom.williams@ws-2000.com