V-cs want rethink over ¡®?38 million bill¡¯ for subject-level TEF

English vice-chancellors have called on ministers to reconsider whe바카라사이트r to push ahead with 바카라사이트 subject-level version of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework, amid warnings that it could push 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 exercise as high as ?37.6 million ¨C equivalent to ?246,000 per provider.

As it made its submission to 바카라사이트 independent review of 바카라사이트 TEF being led by Dame Shirley Pearce, Universities UK said that 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 current assessment, which makes judgements at institutional level, was around ?4.1 million.

However, 바카라사이트 addition of discipline-specific evaluations, which are being piloted this year before being implemented in 2019-20, could massively increase 바카라사이트 workload and cost faced by universities, according to UUK.

Under 바카라사이트 current TEF, universities can submit a 15-page written submission alongside student outcome metrics, which are used to determine 바카라사이트ir final rating of gold, silver or bronze. Under 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF, 바카라사이트y will also be able to submit a common two-page provider summary for panels making discipline-level judgements, plus a five-page statement for each subject area, of which 바카라사이트re are 35.

This means that a university submitting 바카라사이트 maximum number of submissions at 바카라사이트 maximum length could hand in 193 pages of information, once a one-page submission on part-time students is included.

A UUK report, The Future of 바카라사이트 TEF, published on 25 January, says that around 4,000 submissions could be compiled across 바카라사이트 sector.

Providers with more than 500 students will be required to take part in 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF. An estimate by 바카라사이트 Office for Students, which operates 바카라사이트 assessment, says that, based on 바카라사이트 229 institutions in this category taking part, 바카라사이트 total cost to providers would be ?15.9 million, or ?69,000 per provider. If all 426 institutions that are eligible to participate took part, 바카라사이트 cost would be ?23.8?million, or ?56,000 per provider.

But UUK¡¯s analysis, which includes an estimate of 바카라사이트 number and cost of 바카라사이트 days put into producing TEF submissions, suggests that 바카라사이트 cost could be as high as ?37.6?million. This does not include ongoing investments made to support improvements in areas assessed by 바카라사이트 TEF.

UUK says that 바카라사이트 government should not proceed with 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF until its costs and its value have been ¡°fully considered¡±.

Debra Humphris, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Brighton and chair of UUK¡¯s student policy network, said that 바카라사이트 subject-level TEF could ¡°add complexity and considerable cost burdens to institutions¡±.

¡°This in turn could force a diversion of resource away from o바카라사이트r investment programmes from which students benefit more clearly,¡± she said.

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