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Towards TEF Professor Fiona Cownie Pro Vice Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) Keele University Purpose of TEF The Government says it has introduced TEF as a way of: Better informing students choices about what & where


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Towards TEF

Professor Fiona Cownie

Pro Vice Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) Keele University

Purpose of TEF

The Government says it has introduced TEF as a way of:

  • Better informing students’ choices about what & where to

study

  • Raising esteem for teaching
  • Recognising and rewarding excellent teaching
  • Better meeting the needs of employers, industry, business &

the professions

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The TEF: Key Features

  • Second year of the scheme = “TEF2” (TEF1 = QAA

review)

  • Two main components to the submission
  • Data metrics provided by HEFCE
  • Narrative submission provided by university
  • Three possible outcomes of the TEF: Gold, Silver and

Bronze

  • Link to fee rises

The Metrics – ‘Core’ and ‘Split’

Core metrics = Teaching on my course (NSS Q 1-4 ) Assessment and Feedback (NSS Q5-9 ) Academic Support (NSS Q10-12) Non-Continuation (HESA & ILR Data ) Employment or Further Study (DLHE 6 months p.g.) Highly skilled employment or further study (DLHE)

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Split Metrics

  • Year of Study
  • Level of Study (first degree or other undergraduate)
  • Age (young / mature)
  • Disadvantaged (POLAR)
  • Ethnicity
  • Disabled
  • Sex

Significance Flags

  • Data is benchmarked to allow meaningful comparisons

between institutions by taking into account the different mix of students at each provider.

  • Results that are significantly different from benchmark are

highlighted.

  • 2 percentage points above benchmark = one flag
  • 3+ percentage points above benchmark = a double flag
  • Similarly, if below benchmark (one or two negative flags)
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The Narrative Submission (15 sides)

Purpose = to enable the provider to:

  • Add additional context e.g. mission
  • Support or explain performance against the core and split

metrics

  • Put forward evidence against the assessment criteria
  • Further explore performance for specific student groups

based on split metrics

Assessment Criteria

  • Teaching Quality
  • Learning Environment
  • Student Outcomes & Learning Gain
  • TEF Descriptors (bronze, silver, gold)
  • Gold = consistently outstanding & of the highest quality
  • Silver = high quality and significantly and consistently

exceeds baseline quality threshold

  • Bronze = provision is of satisfactory quality
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Assessment

  • Assessors plus panel
  • Narrative must demonstrate the impact & effectiveness of teaching on

student experience and the outcomes they achieve.

  • Wherever possible, impact should be demonstrated empirically.
  • No prior knowledge or external evidence can be taken into account.
  • Teaching & learning excellence must be demonstrated across an

institution’s entire provision (no pockets of excellence).

  • Evidence should normally be from the last 3 years. (Not future

promises)

Beyond TEF 2

  • TEF will become an annual sector exercise
  • TEF2 awards will be valid for up to 3 years
  • For TEF3 – fee differentiation between Bronze and

Silver/Gold

  • Intention to pilot subject-level TEF in 2017/18 - but fees

will not vary by subject

  • Potential for PGT-level TEF in 2018/19
  • TEF metrics will evolve – e.g. learning gain
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Discipline-level TEF

  • Very little information
  • JACs codes? REF categories? Humanities, Social Sciences,

Natural Sciences?

  • Likely to have to show excellence across a group of

disciplines

  • Actual TEF (as opposed to pilot) not till yr 5 of the scheme

Things to watch out for:

  • NSS is changing
  • DLHE is also under review and expected to change
  • HEFCE is piloting research on ‘learning gain’ for possible

future inclusion.

  • The data is based on a 3 year average – the time lag

between you taking action and that being reflected in the data is great.

  • Obtaining the data you need can be tricky
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Useful Documents

  • HEFCE Teaching Excellence Framework Year Two

Additional Guidance (October 2016/32)

  • HEFCE Teaching Excellence Framework Year Two

supplementary technical guidance for panel members and assessors (December 2016/32a)

  • HEA Guidance on the Teaching Excellence Framework