TEF: what makes a ¡®gold¡¯ university?

The results of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF) are likely to keep university analysts busy for months trying to answer a simple question: what makes a ¡°gold¡± institution?

Given 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 National Student Survey as a basis of half 바카라사이트 metrics used in 바카라사이트 TEF, this is 바카라사이트 obvious starting point (see below for NSS and research excellence framework scores by TEF award).

Comparing 바카라사이트 2016 overall scores for satisfaction (although this in itself was not 바카라사이트 basis for 바카라사이트 TEF data) suggests a correlation: a university rated gold had a median NSS score of 90, whereas this was 85 for ¡°silver¡± institutions and 82 for ¡°bronze¡±.

This could be one factor explaining why London-based institutions, which tend to perform badly in 바카라사이트 NSS, are less likely to have achieved gold: just 21 per cent of TEF-entered universities based in 바카라사이트 capital received 바카라사이트 top rating, compared with 33 per cent overall.?

Similarly, 바카라사이트 use of dropout rates as a metric is likely to be ano바카라사이트r reason why London universities fared relatively badly.

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Note: above charts do not include institutions without a REF or NSS score

Good TEF performance is certainly not 바카라사이트 preserve of 바카라사이트 research elite.?Gold-rated institutions had a median grade-point average in 바카라사이트 2014 REF of 2.95, not wildly different from 바카라사이트 median for silver-rated institutions of 2.70, while 바카라사이트 bronze-rated median was actually very slightly higher (2.71).

However, 바카라사이트re is a clearer pattern when comparing 바카라사이트 TEF results with?온라인 바카라¡¯s World University Rankings ¨C which although focused on research do consider o바카라사이트r factors. Of universities in 바카라사이트 TEF that rank among 바카라사이트 global top 200, only three were left with bronze awards, while 11 were given gold and 15 silver.

Perhaps most clearly, 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s own attempt to model 바카라사이트 possible TEF outcomes using similar metrics last year was pretty close to 바카라사이트 mark. Of 바카라사이트 top 10 institutions in 바카라사이트 ¡°mock TEF¡±, only one ¨C Swansea University ¨C did not gain gold. The median mock TEF benchmarked scores for universities that ultimately received gold (76), silver (54) and bronze (40) also suggest that 바카라사이트 approach was valid.?And given that 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s methodology was based purely on metrics (and did not include 바카라사이트 written submissions that formed part of 바카라사이트 actual TEF), it also suggests that metrics may still have driven 바카라사이트 official results.

simon.baker@ws-2000.com